Ulrike Bingel
@ulrikebingel.bsky.social
Neurologist, Neuroscientist, Pain Researcher @SFB-TRR-289.bsky.social
Here are some impressions from the Essen #GlobalWalkAgainstPain, held in the remarkable surroundings of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein. Together, we raised awareness of what it means to live with pain — and of the challenges we still face in understanding and treating it.
42 new #fmri tutorials to accompany our new book Elements of fMRI, with @fMRIstats. Run code in both #python and #matlab in your browser to explore. 7 sections, from conceptual foundations to machine learning and AI. torwager.github.io/elements-of-...
Elements of fMRI Analysis — Interactive Tutorials
Hands-on tutorials for the book Elements of fMRI Analysis: runnable MATLAB and Python code, thought questions, and self-quizzes for all 42 chapters.
torwager.github.io
'Beyond Bayesian integration: how meaning shapes placebo effects' by Katja Wiech, Falk Eippert, Karin Jensen, Lene Vase & Ulrike Bingel @ulrikebingel.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
amazing, international team effort led by ECRs from our CRC and worldwide!!
The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis paper was led by CRC members @helenahartmann.com, Diana Müßgens & @aulenkamp.bsky.social, who were joined by many other members of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social! 😍 @julkleibo.bsky.social @katschmidt25.bsky.social @liviaasan.bsky.social @sheddenmora.bsky.social @ulrikebingel.bsky.social & more!
Two #WC2026 workshops examine placebo/nocebo mechanisms, featuring @christianbuchel.bsky.social and @ulrikebingel.bsky.social. Register: bit.ly/4qx0aOI
⏰ New preprint ⏰ "Layer-specific cortical processing dissociates sensory and cognitive influences on pain" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Collab w. @elh-institute.bsky.social, @tspisak.bsky.social, @ulrikebingel.bsky.social and some people not on here 😍
A really interesting finding from this study was a dissociation between affect & motivation: Stress induction increased self-administration despite the drug not actually helping people cope with the stress: no improvement in positive or negative affect (vs placebo)
Siri Leknes@sirileknes.bsky.social · 2mo agoMajor paper out: A heroic* demonstration that even acute stress increases drug intake in healthy people *4-session 2x2 RCT with ~4 oxycodone injections in 66 volunteers - with repeated blinded 2-panel stress/control inductions (ReSST) 1/🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Tolles Interview mit @ulrikebingel.bsky.social vom Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) 🔽 www.gesundheitsforschung-bmftr.de/de/mit-dem-p...
Mit dem Placebo-Effekt wirken viele Behandlungen besser - DLR Gesundheitsforschung
Wie gut eine Therapie wirkt, wird auch durch den Placebo-Effekt beeinflusst. Wie sich dieser beeinflussen lässt und welche Rolle Therapeutinnen und Therapeuten dabei spielen, erläutert Professorin Ulr...
gesundheitsforschung-bmftr.de
Friedrich Merz wollte doch was gegen hohe Krankenstände machen - wie wäre es, die Psychotheraphie nicht kaputt zu sparen?
'Brain rhythms of depression: A predictive processing perspective' by Andreas Strube @astrube.bsky.social & Diego Pizzagalli @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Erwartungen können #Schmerzen lindern – das ist bekannt. Forscher um @tspisak.bsky.social, @torwager.bsky.social und @ulrikebingel.bsky.social (@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social) zeigen, dass dieser #Placebo-Effekt komplexer ist als bislang bekannt. Das Wissen könnte helfen, Schmerzen effektiver zu lindern.
Placebo-Effekt komplexer als bisher vermutet
Ein internationales Forschungskonsortium analysiert Hirnbildgebungsdaten aus 16 Studien mit insgesamt 409 Teilnehmenden und zeigt, dass unterschiedliche Methoden der Placeboinduktion teilweise untersc...
healthcare-in-europe.com
More than words: Experience shapes #placebo pain relief through additional brain pathways 🧠 We're excited to share our latest publication in @natcomms.nature.com! 🤩 🔗 Read the paper: rdcu.be/fuxmn #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #PainResearch #BrainImaging #TeamScience #Reproducibility
Thanks to first author @tspisak.bsky.social, co-authors @christianbuchel.bsky.social @clauslamm.bsky.social @fadelzeidan.bsky.social @helenahartmann.com @laurenatlas.bsky.social @sirileknes.bsky.social (+ many more), & last authors @torwager.bsky.social @ulrikebingel.bsky.social!
Jim Halpert & Darryl Philbin: Team Work!
ALT: Jim Halpert & Darryl Philbin: Team Work!
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On my way to Cologne!
The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday, @ulrikebingel.bsky.social, Sven Benson and @helenahartmann.com will be on the #MSWissenschaft for the Meet the Scientist event! Where? Cologne, Mühlheimer Ufer, next to Mühlheimer Brücke When? 10:00 - 15:00 We're looking forward to many questions and discussions! 🤩
In case you missed it, we have a bilingual video series called 🥜 "In a nutshell" 🥜 In this series, our scientists explain what their work has to do with expectations, what new research found, & what patients can do to feel better. Here they are all in a thread for you to browse & watch! ⤵️
Jason Bateman: In A Nutshell
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While we're talking about podcasts... @ulrikebingel.bsky.social talked to the folks at ACHILLES RUNNING how to use placebo effects during running training 🏃 Watch/listen (in German): www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFEc...
Placebo-Effekte im Training nutzen - mit Prof. Dr. Ulrike Bingel | ACHILLES RUNNING Podcast
YouTube video by ACHILLES RUNNING
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Today and tomorrow we have a few posters from the CRC at #OHBM2026! 🧠 ▶️ #2066 from Jialin Li on "Beyond pain: a brain-based signature predicts individual pain relief" ▶️ #2234 from @ggallitto.bsky.social on "External validation of machine-learning models - registered models & adaptive splitting"
The Organization for Human Brain Mapping@ohbmofficial.bsky.social · 4mo agoJoin us for the #OHBM2026 Poster Reception! 🧠🤝 📅 June 16 🕓 17:00–18:00 📍 Exhibition Hall 1 Enjoy great science, conversation, and community—see you there! 🔬✨
Our first Impact Factor is 3.0 — an important milestone for a new journal. As with most new journals, the first IF is affected by the smaller publication volume in the launch year. Latest citation data are encouraging, and the journal’s IF is set to rise in 2027.
3️⃣ "From catastrophizing to catalyzing: does pain catastrophizing modulate the beneficial impact of open-label placebos for chronic low back pain?" by Elif Caliskan, Katharina Schmidt, Andreas Hellmann, @tspisak.bsky.social, @ulrikebingel.bsky.social & @julkleibo.bsky.social doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Frontiers | From catastrophizing to catalyzing: does pain catastrophizing modulate the beneficial impact of open-label placebos for chronic low back pain? A secondary analysis
Chronic back pain (CBP) is a global health problem with significant health and economic consequences. Traditional analgesics are often no better than placebo...
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4️⃣ "The association between test anxiety, learning strategies, and open-label placebo effects on academic test performance" by Elisa Frisaldi, @julkleibo.bsky.social, @helenahartmann.com, Sven Benson, @ulrikebingel.bsky.social & Katharina Schmidt doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Frontiers | The association between test anxiety, learning strategies, and open-label placebo effects on academic test performance: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
IntroductionThe management of educational stressors and predictors of cognitive performance outcomes, such as test anxiety and learning strategies (LS), pose...
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Wie können unsere Erwartungen Medikamente wirksamer machen? Die Neurologin Prof. @ulrikebingel.bsky.social @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social erklärt, wie unsere "innere Apotheke" für den Behandlungserfolg genutzt werden kann. #MedizinDerZukunft: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l1SL…
Thanks to @dfg.de for interviewing our speaker @ulrikebingel.bsky.social about this very important topic: How expectations can make treatments work better (or worse)! Video in German: youtu.be/5l1SLadf1ec?...
Wie Erwartungen Medikamente wirksamer machen können - exkurs-Gespräch mit Prof. Bingel
YouTube video by DFG bewegt
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Translation rocks! Congrats to @stefaniebrassen.bsky.social and team from @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social for her recent work on expectation responsiveness and longterm treatment trajectories in major depression published in Translational Psychiatry. www.clearskyscience.com/en/10.1038/s...
Acute placebo responsiveness predicts longitudinal expectation effects in antidepressant treatment · Clear Sky Science
Study shows that positive treatment expectations can bias emotional perception toward happiness and predict antidepressant outcomes.
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What an inspiring day focussing on Translation in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience! Thanks to Sigrid Elsenbruch, Dirk Scheele and Adriane Icenhour for bringing us together and the great talks and discussions. So glad to have such amazing colleages nearby and in our Network!
The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 5mo agoAfter the lunch break, our CRC speaker @ulrikebingel.bsky.social is now talking about the role of expectations for health and treatment outcomes ⚕️👩⚕️💊 Very important in all this: the patient perspective! 🙌
After the lunch break, our CRC speaker @ulrikebingel.bsky.social is now talking about the role of expectations for health and treatment outcomes ⚕️👩⚕️💊 Very important in all this: the patient perspective! 🙌
What an amazing day on the MS Wissenschaft! Great expectations for the tour ahead.
The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 5mo ago😍 What an opening day of @w-i-d.de's museum boat #MSWissenschaft 2026! 😍 Our speaker and PI @ulrikebingel.bsky.social presented our finished exhibit to school children and invited guests such as Dorothee Bär (@dorobaer.bsky.social), the Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space.
Don't miss our upcoming events on the boat 🚢 7.5. Exhibition opening with @ulrikebingel.bsky.social 11.6. Meet the Scientist in Potsdam with @jlaferton.bsky.social ➡️ ms-wissenschaft.de/de/veranstal... 8.7. Event on board with our clinician scientists @liviaasan.bsky.social & Lorenz Peters
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New perspective from A04/A01! @julkleibo.bsky.social, @katschmidt25.bsky.social and @ulrikebingel.bsky.social make a case how to translate placebo research into migraine care 🤯 ➡️ headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain</em> | AHS Journal | Wiley Online Library
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What a fantastic day at the 6th self help day at University Medicine Essen! ♥️ @ulrikebingel.bsky.social gave a great talk on the body's "inner pharmacy" and good doctor communication ⚕️ Thanks to everybody who came & for the inspiring discussions! @neurologieessen.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social
