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Rosa Maidhof @rosamaidhof.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#SAA2026 @saa2026.bsky.social was fantastic! So happy to see familiar faces from @stresslabvienna.bsky.social and @univie.ac.at and meet lovely new colleagues. Being poster neighbours with my dear former colleague Klara Hagspiel and learning about her exciting current research was an extra bonus! 😊

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We are glad to share our new Registered Report paper with @rosamaidhof.bsky.social and @evalabs.bsky.social on the effect of visual art and music on pain and stress. Exposure to multimodal art resulted in longer pain tolerance compared to visual art, but not compared to music doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Great news as we head into the holidays: Our project about the effect of multimodal art on pain and stress by Anna Fekete & @rosamaidhof.bsky.social with @evalabs.bsky.social won the Faculty’s Registered Report Award! 👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf... Anna also won an awesome Christmas sweater prize🎄🪅

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Rosa Maidhof @rosamaidhof.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Music is often used in pain management. Do music listening style or gender modulate music-based analgesia? Does it matter who selects the music? What psychological mechanisms are involved? Some answers in our new paper 👇 Thanks to the co-authors and participants! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The effect of music listening style on music-induced analgesia

Music listening may decrease pain via psychobiological mechanisms. Music listening style (MLS) influences music processing: Music empathizers (ME) focus on emotional aspects of music, whereas music...

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Maidhof et al. (2025) (@rosamaidhof.bsky.social) found self-selected music boosted pain tolerance, but women music empathizers felt more pain with their own music. Stress, not emotions, mediated this link, highlighting the need for personalized pain management. doi.org/10.1080/1025...

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