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Max Steininger @maxsteininger.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We ran a registered randomized controlled study with 164 participants to test whether virtual nature before or after an acute stress task affects stress reactivity and subsequent recovery. Participants retrospectively said that nature helped them prepare for and recover from the stressor BUT… (1/4)

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Isabella Wagner 🧠🦠 @isabellacwagner.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Apply now: 1 Postdoc + 1 PhD position, Anderson-Wagner group @univie.ac.at Focus: gut microbial effects on hippocampus & memory 🧠🦠 #PostdocJobs #Microbiome #AcademicJobs #PhDposition Postdoc Ad: careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... > Psychology PhD Ad: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p... > CoBeNe

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Max Steininger @maxsteininger.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Our preregistered systematic review & meta-analysis published in Nature Mental Health shows that nature exposure is linked to small-to-moderate reductions in self-reported pain (SMD = .53; N = 4,439). But high heterogeneity and moderate-to-high risk of bias call for a cautious interpretation (1/5)

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Nature exposure reduces self-reported pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Nature Mental Health

The authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 62 studies, including more than 4,400 participants across 21 countries, to investigate the effects of nature exposure on self-reported pa...

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Nature exposure reduces self-reported pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Nature Mental Health

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Boryana Todorova @todorova.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I’m thrilled to share that our paper “Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs. pro-environmental decisions” is now published in Communications Psychology! 🌿 OA link: www.nature.com/articles/s44... 1/6

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Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs pro-environmental decisions - Communications Psychology

People are less willing to incur time and effort costs for the environment than for themselves, with computational modeling revealing nonlinear discounting of time and effort linked to support for cos...

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Max Steininger @maxsteininger.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Excited to share that our recent study on nature exposure 🌲 and its impact on subjective and neural pain processing 🧠⚡ (rdcu.be/evMrv) was featured on Austrian national television (ORF). From minute 11 to 15 you can catch me and @clauslamm.bsky.social discussing the study design and key findings.

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G'sunder Sommer in Österreich: Die Kraft der Natur

Wenn die Pflanzen in den Alpen blühen und die Wälder rauschen, wird Österreichs Natur zur besten Medizin. Wer Körper, Geist und Natur in Einklang bringen will, ist hier goldrichtig – besonders im Somm...

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Boryana Todorova @todorova.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🌍 So excited to share our new paper “Machine learning identified key individual and nation-level factors predicting climate-relevant beliefs and behaviors”, just out in npj Climate Action! 🔗 Fully Open Access: rdcu.be/ele9s 1/

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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

🚨 Come work with us! 3-year fully funded PhD position in Social and Cognitive Neuroscience @univie.ac.at @clauslamm.bsky.social to join our project investigating prosocial behavior under uncertainty. More info: shorturl.at/1fnb2 Please share widely 🔁

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Max Steininger @maxsteininger.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

My talented colleague and friend @todorova.bsky.social just published a paper I had the pleasure of contributing to. We explore how climate action and brain health are deeply linked. Climate action can benefit our brains, and our brains shape how we act. Caring for the planet = caring for ourselves.

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Max Steininger @maxsteininger.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Can nature relieve pain 🌳🧠⚡️? Our latest preregistered neuroimaging study, now out in Nature Communications, suggests it can. We find that virtual nature exposure reduces both subjective and neural pain responses, even when compared to matched control environments. A 🧵 1/6 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Nature exposure induces analgesic effects by acting on nociception-related neural processing - Nature Communications

Virtual nature exposure reduces self-reported pain and is associated with decreased brain responses linked to somatosensory and nociceptive processing, providing new insights into the underlying mecha...

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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

We are a bit late for this, but happy new year from the SCAN unit! 🎈 We are thankful for the productive and joyful times together and looking forward to another year of exciting research! 🤩 Here is our 2024 in review 👇

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Magdalena Boch 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇦🇹 @magdalenaboch.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

yesterday, @clauslamm.bsky.social and I explained our research on Austrian kids TV 🧠🐕as you can see in the pics, we had a lot of fun doing it but my favourite moment was getting a picture of my niece watching the show! ♥️ #1: shorturl.at/isxPY #2: shorturl.at/gsN89 #neuroscience #outreach #dogfMRI

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