Markus Wöhr

@markuswohr.bsky.social

Professor for Biological Psychology and Behavioral Pharmacology at KU Leuven, Belgium | Professor for Biological Psychology at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany | #Humboldtian https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6986-5684

Visiting the mausoleum of Emil von Behring, who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine „for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria“, in Marburg.

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How much do treatment expectations matter in depression? Our new paper underscores the translational value of experimental placebo models for understanding and predicting real-world expectation effects. Part of our work in @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social Read more: rdcu.be/fiAkd

Acute placebo responsiveness predicts longitudinal expectation effects in antidepressant treatment

Translational Psychiatry - Acute placebo responsiveness predicts longitudinal expectation effects in antidepressant treatment

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Happy birthday, Max Planck! 😊 Heute hätte unser Namensgeber Geburtstag. Ein guter Grund, sich den genialen Physiker und Nobelpreisträger genauer anzusehen: Wer war er wirklich? Und wie hat er die Welt verändert? Ein kurzes, filmisches Porträt. #OnthisDay #OTD

🎧 Healthy Dialogue is a new podcast from the JAMA Network featuring nuanced, in-depth conversations about the most pressing issues in health and health care with the world’s top experts. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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What is behind the rise in #autism diagnoses? Join Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, and JAMA Psychiatry Editor Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, as they discuss the history of autism spectrum disorder, the role that genetics and environmental factors play, and more with JAMA Senior Editor Derek Angus, MD, MPH.

Autism—Understanding Diagnosis, Prevalence, and Treatment

JAMA Senior Editor Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, spoke with Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, JAMA Psychiatry Editor, and Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, a professor of developmental neuropsychiatry at Columbia Univer...

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Liao L, Fombonne E. Autism Overdiagnosis and Its Harmful Effects. JAMA Pediatr. Published online April 13, 2026. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.0400 e.g. self-fulfilling prophecy; resource depletion; loss of precision and trivialising autism.

I am glad to announce that I will be attending the FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona to present my PhD research in a poster session and that I was selected as a travel awardee by the FENS Grant Administration. Thank you to @fens.org for this opportunity and see you soon! #FENS2026

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Wöhr Lab@wohrlab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Big news! Our WöhrLab team members received an impressive number of awards recently! Thanks to @ebbsociety.bsky.social, @neurowissg.bsky.social & @fens.org, @liviadicrescenzo.bsky.social, Sara Mejía Chávez, @tianhuawang.bsky.social & @fjrsousa.bsky.social will be able to attend #FENS2026! Congrats🎉

It was with great pleasure that I have received the news that I was awarded the IBNS Travel grant to attend the IBNS Annual Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. Thank you @ibnsconnect.bsky.social (IBNS) for this opportunity, looking forward for this opportunity.

Wöhr Lab@wohrlab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Second great news of the day: Dr. Theresa Kisko received a Early Career Achievement award from @ibnsconnect.bsky.social! And @fjrsousa.bsky.social won a second travel award this year to attend #IBNSSouthAfrica! Congrats 🎉