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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We are very happy to support this important initiative by one of our former research assistants, Veronika Zöbelin, and can't wait to see the results ♀️🧠

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Grattis Dr. Lilja! We are very proud of our newest PhD graduate, Antonia, who successfully defended her thesis, "What Matters Most: Selective Memory Enhancement Surrounding Acute Stress". We're happy to celebrate this milestone & wish her all the best in her next chapter 🥳🍾☀️

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

How does an intense event change what we remember about the rest of our day? Our recent study (N=285) challenges the idea of a uniform emotional memory boost. We found that individuals split into two distinct modes of organizing threat-relevant information.🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.3...

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Divergent modes of episodic organization underlie whether emotional learning enhances memory across event boundaries - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Episodic memory organizes continuous experience into discrete events, often limiting integration across temporal gaps. Emotionally salient experiences, such as learning about threats, may nevertheless...

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Time for the yearly "summer" team activity: swapped boats for bowling to escape the rain. Some colleagues clearly improved since last time 🧐🎳 Others had beginner's luck?

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Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

💥 Limited connections An international research team led by Bernstein member Lars Schwabe @stresscognition.bsky.social shows how stress affects information-linking processes in our brain. Read the whole story 👉️ bit.ly/4vxEKDW @uni-hamburg.de #BernsteinNetwork #CompNeuro 🧠 📈

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Heading to #PuG2026 in Heidelberg! Catch Hendrik's talk in the Saturday session at 11:00 (HS14) exploring how post-retrieval stress disrupts memory updating. Or check out the thread below for our poster lineup (#229, #369, #574)! 👇 (1/3) @dgps.bsky.social

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Universität Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de · 02/06/2026

🧠 Neue Informationen gleicht das Gehirn mit Erinnerungen ab und verknüpft sie miteinander. Ein Forschungsteam unter der Leitung von Prof. Lars Schwabe aus dem Arbeitsbereich Kognitionspsychologie (@stresscognition.bsky.social) zeigt nun, dass diese Prozesse durch Stress negativ beeinflusst werden.

Eingeschränkte Schlussfolgerungen: Wie Stress unser Gehirn beeinflusst

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Alison Preston @aliprestonphd.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

When you're stressed, what happens to the mental links that let you connect related experiences and draw new conclusions? In our new @science.org #ScienceAdvances paper, we show that stress disrupts that linking process in the hippocampus🧵

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Does the brain perform inference under pressure? Our fMRI study led by Kai Schueren shows acute stress impairs our ability to link memories of past events with new information.🔗 The work is out now in www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... and also covered in www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Our lab is eager to host a post-doc researcher via the Humboldt Research Fellowship! If you’re interested in collaborating and applying together, please reach out to us directly: lars.schwabe@uni-hamburg.de Details: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...

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Humboldt Research Fellowship

Through the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors researchers with above-average qualifications from across the globe.

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Inspiring days in Ratzeburg 🌿✨ at the 3rd Summer School of @rtg2753.bsky.social on Emotional Learning & Memory. Science, sports, spa – and great talks from our lab on past & future projects! 🧠💡 With @elbersgerd.bsky.social, Kai Schüren, Tim Dressler, @s-vandelangenberg.bsky.social & Antonia Lilja

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

GOAT times in the lab 🐐🍻 Excited to (re)welcome Tim Dreßler as a new PhD student, and belated cheers to @elbersgerd.bsky.social & Dr. Leon Lange, who joined our department earlier this summer 🌞

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Sterre van de Langenberg @s-vandelangenberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Grateful for some intense days at #ICON25 in Porto and energised from the people I (re)connected with — so much input, inspiring discussions, and the chance to share my work on hippocampal neurofeedback 🧠 Now moving from brainwaves to ocean waves: recharging with workouts & the sea 🏄🏼‍♀️🏋🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

New publication from our lab! 👀 We found that memory enhancement from PEs depends on the brain's neural state: theta/alpha activity & pre-error reactivation are key. TMS over the superior parietal cortex altered response bias but not PE-related memory effects 💡 👉 www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...

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Prediction Error-Related Memory Enhancement Depends on the Neural State Surrounding the Prediction Error Event

Prediction errors (PEs) can enhance memory for preceding events. While such PE-related memory enhancements are critical for understanding adaptive memory, their underlying mechanisms are not fully und...

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Hats off to Dr. Kaja Loock, who successfully defended her PhD on July 11th! 🎓👏🏼 Her thesis, "Learning from the Unexpected: How Prediction Errors Shape Episodic Memory Formation," sheds new light on how surprises shape what we remember. 🧠💡 Congrats on this outstanding achievement! 🌟

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

🔥 Biannual Team Fun Alert We took a break from the brain stuff & soaked up some sunshine! ☀️ We got competitive over mini-golf ⛳ and kubb 🪵 (aka Viking Chess), relaxed with a cozy picnic in Planten un Blomen 🌸 and shared too much pizza & laughter 🍕😂 We’re now on Insta too, come follow along 👇🏼

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

📢 On July 1st, our new postdoc Dr. Leon Lange & our new PhD student Neele @elbersgerd.bsky.social (as part of the @rtg2753.bsky.social) joined the lab - a very warm welcome to both! 😍

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Today, our postdoc Hendrik Heinbockel received the Best PhD Thesis Award at the Summer Event of the Hamburg Brain School /Center for NeuroScience. Congratulations! ☀️💐👏🏼 #HamburgNeuro #HBS #HCNS

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Exciting news from the 14th Germany-wide PhD Thesis Award of @dgps.bsky.social (General Psychology) 🌟 Our postdoc Sarah Koch was awarded 3rd place for her outstanding dissertation, presented at the final symposium in Cologne 🎉👏 Huge congratulations to Sarah and all other finalists!

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Our new paper is out! Valentina Krenz et al show that the amygdala response during the initial encounter of an emotional event boosts subsequent remembering through a more precise reinstatement of the event representation during subsequent encounters 💡 www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Excited to have welcomed our new PhD student to the lab! 🧠 Good luck with your research journey, @ivanamarijanovic.bsky.social ! 🍀 www.psy.uni-hamburg.de/arbeitsberei...

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Herzlich Willkommen, Ivana!

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🔥New paper by Kaja Loock! In a series of experiments, Kaja, F. Kalbe & L. Schwabe investigated whether PE effects are specific to the predictive stimuli that precede PEs, or if PEs create a temporary period of enhanced, non-selective memory formation. The results? 👇 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Great talents looking for #NeuroJobs or #PsychJobs in your network? 🧠🌐 Please share our vacancies! 📝 Deadline March 5th

Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We're announcing new openings in our research team! Join us at @uni-hamburg.de and be a part of fascinating work on stress and cognition: 🔹 Post-doc: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb... 🔹 PhD student: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb... We’re excited to welcome new talent 🌟 #NeuroJobs #PsychJobs

Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🚀 Big milestone for Antonia Lilja! Her first first-author paper in her PhD is now online🔥 Findings show that #stress enhances #memory for preceding neutral events—but only if the stressor itself is well remembered. No cueing effects found. Check it out! learnmem.cshlp.org/content/31/1...

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Stress enhances memory for previously encoded events depending on stressor recall

Peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing basic neuroscience research in the areas of neuronal plasticity, learning and memory

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Tina Lonsdorf @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

come work with @stresscognition.bsky.social , @anjariesel.bsky.social , @nicoschuck.bsky.social @christianbuchel.bsky.social, @janhaaker.bsky.social as well as Tania Lincoln, Tobias Donner, Sarah Hohmann, Simone Kühn, Jürgen Gallinat and a bunch of brilliant students!

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

📢 The latest special issue of Biological Psychiatry, titled "Stress and Cognition: From Bench to Bedside", is live 🔗! Co-edited by Lars & @nikosdaskalakis.bsky.social it explores how stress impacts the brain, cognition & mental health—bridging basic research and clinical applications. Highlights ⬇️

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Current Issue Table of Contents: Biological Psychiatry

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Start the new year right! Prof. Lars Schwabe shares insights on creating lasting routines and handling setbacks in @spiegel.de podcast Smarter leben (in German). Listen here:

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RTG Emotional Learning and Memory @rtg2753.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

💡 📝Apply for the postdoc position at the Cognitive Psychology Lab at @uni-hamburg.de @stresscognition.bsky.social until the 10th of January! All details via www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Only four days left to apply for this postdoc position in our Cognitive Psychology Lab! 📝🧠 #neurojobs #cognition #vacancy #postdoc

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🆕 We've opened +2 PhD positions! 🧠 Mechanisms involved in emotion-related alterations of learning and memory in health & disease 👥 Interdisciplinary team: @rtg2753.bsky.social 📽️ Impression: youtu.be/dqdb6cAJlMg 🗓️ 01.07.2025, fixed until 30.06.2028 📬 Deadline: 31.01.2025 More info & apply 🧵👇

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Image film of the Research Training Group 2753 "Emotional learning and memory"

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Today it was time for our annual winter activity: We hit the lanes for some friendly competition, followed by a visit to Hamburg's Christmas markets. A perfect way to celebrate the season together! 🎳🌟 #Bowling #LabFun #TeamCelebration

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RTG Emotional Learning and Memory @rtg2753.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

🎬 We are so excited to share the image film of our Research Training Group, which provides behind-the-scenes insights into the research within the group, the experiences of our PhD students and our goals for the next years! Thank you to everyone who contributed 📽️🧠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqdb...

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Image film of the Research Training Group 2753 "Emotional learning and memory"

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

In addition, we're #hiring a new #postdoctoral researcher ! 🔎 Focus: stress, emotion & cognition 📍 Hamburg, Germany 💼 Start: 01.04.2025 | Fixed: 2 years 🎓 Requirements: PhD in Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience More info & apply by 10.01.2025 via the link: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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Also, we’re looking for a PhD candidate to join us in exploring the intersections of (stress-related) #psychology & #cognitive #neuroscience⚡ 📬 Apply by 06/01/2025 🗓️ Start on 01/04/2025 🔗 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...