Publications of Veronika Engert
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Journal Article (19)
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Investigating the impact of distinct contemplative mental trainings on daily life stress, thoughts and affect – evidence from a nine-month longitudinal ecological momentary assessment study. Psychoneuroendocrinology (accepted)
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Plasma oxytocin is modulated by mental training, but does not mediate its stress-buffering effect. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 105734 (2022)
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Assessment of reward-related brain function after a single-dose of oxytocin in autism: a randomized controlled trial. Biological Psychiatry (2021)
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83 (8), pp. 894 - 905 (2021)
Contemplative mental training reduces hairglucocortovcoid levels in a randomized clinical trial. Psychosomatic Medicine
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236, 118011 (2021)
Association between hippocampal structure and serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in healthy adults: A registered report. NeuroImage
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9, 19323 (2019)
Only vulnerable adults show change in chronic low-grade inflammation after contemplative mental training: evidence from a randomized clinical trial. Scientific Reports
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2 (9), e199687 (2019)
Association of Short-Term Change in Telomere Length with Cortical Thickness Changes and Effects of Mental Training Among Healthy Adults: A randomised clinical trial. JAMA Network Open
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28, pp. 151 - 158 (2019)
It matters what you practice: Differential training effects on subjective experience, behavior, brain and body in the ReSource Project. Current Opinion in Psychology
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26 (7-8), pp. 95 - 129 (2019)
Loving-Kindness Meditation - A Queen of Hearts? Journal of Consciousness Studies
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Acute psychosocial stress increases serum BDNF levels: An antagonistic relation to cortisol but no group differences after mental training. Neuropsychopharmacology (2019)
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8, 15462 (2018)
Interactions of momentary thought content and subjective stress predict cortisol fluctuations in a daily life experience sampling study. Scientific Reports
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73, pp. 390 - 402 (2018)
Exploring the multidimensional complex systems structure of the stress response and its relation to health and sleep outcomes. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
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98, pp. 183 - 190 (2018)
Cortisol stress resonance in the laboratory is associated with inter-couple diurnal cortisol covariation in daily life. Hormones and Behavior
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3 (10), e1700495 (2017)
Specific reduction in cortisol stress reactivity after social but not attention-based mental training. Science Advances
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74, pp. 111 - 120 (2016)
Boosting recovery rather than buffering reactivity: Higher stress-induced oxytocin secretion is associated with increased cortisol reactivity and faster vagal recovery after acute psychosocial stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology
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62, pp. 138 - 148 (2015)
The effects of stress and affiliation on social decision-making: Investigating the tend-and-befriend pattern. Psychoneuroendocrinology
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103, pp. 283 - 291 (2014)
Mind your thoughts: Associations between self-generated thoughts and stress-induced and baseline levels of cortisol and alpha-amylase. Biological Psychology
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45, pp. 192 - 201 (2014)
Cortisol increase in empathic stress is modulated by emotional closeness and observation modality. Psychoneuroendocrinology
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9 (3), e90782 (2014)
Exploring the use of thermal infrared imaging in human stress research. PLoS One Poster (3)
Poster
Peripheral BDNF levels in humans are reactive to acute psycho-social stress and negatively relate to salivary cortisol. 48th ISPNE Annual Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (2018)