The result of "I am an adult with adult money" 😁

New (German) podcast episode from Paracelsus Lab 🧠 I talk about placebo and nocebo effects, and their role in modern medicine! 👩‍⚕️🏥⚕️ open.spotify.com/episode/1Cdq... If you like the topic, here are other podcast episodes where I was a guest: open.spotify.com/playlist/51h... @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

Placebo & Nocebo: Wie Erwartungen Heilung beeinflussen (Dr. Helena Hartmann)

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The only time I ever went viral on social media was with a meta-analysis on the beneficial effects of touch on our health that Julian Packheiser and I led together 💚 Look at that @altmetric.com score though 😍 Read it: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #openscience #metascience #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky

My "brain-cell-extending" @univie.ac.at cup with placebo black tea and this lovely crab will support me in doing figures today 💙

We've nearly reached 500 people at my #scicomm #writing account, @scienceandfiction.net, so if you weren't aware of it yet, a follow would be much appreciated 💙 If you prefer LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/scie... If you prefer Instagram: www.instagram.com/scienceandfi... #booksky 🪐📚 #wisskomm

Science & Fiction@scienceandfiction.net · last yr.

This is 💙 Science & Fiction 💙 where scientific results & fictional stories intersect. A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read exciting fictional stories ✨ 🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net 🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de Support: ko-fi.com/scienceandfi... #scicomm #wisskomm

When you procrastinate with small tasks all day to avoid starting to write the methods section of your next paper, only to finally open it at 4:58pm and realize that Past Helena has already written the whole methods and parts of the introduction 🤯 #PostdocLife #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

Slochiverse The Slocher: Thanks Past Self

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During my holidays, the office plant has decided to find their own way 🌱

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

👁️ New #ScienceandFiction short story 👁️ This time, @axellangner.bsky.social writes about a superhero called Akira. Can he use eye-tracking to defeat his archenemy? 🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/43_b... 🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/4...

And we're live! ♥️

For me this is a great way to see how something that was only in my head a few months ago, now travels through Germany on a museum boat! ♥️

The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today, @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! 🤩

I joined this retreat years ago and absolutely loved it! ♥️ Such an amazing and kind group of people ☺️ (Also great for networking and starring new shiny projects when you're supposed to just finish your PhD!)

@oegpjuwis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Can't find the time to work on your paper?🫠 Want to get some writing done? 📝Maybe you should join our 2026 Writing Retreat of the ÖGP-JuWis! Further information: www.oegps.at/summer-school

🥍 New #ScienceandFiction short story 🥍 This time, @lenaackermann.bsky.social writes about the location where your eyes should be right before a goal. 🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/42_q... 🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/4...

Wow, my @github.com #AwesomeList on PhD resources reached 500 stars and over 30 forks today! Add your own tried and tested resources today: github.com/helenahartma...

GitHub - helenahartmann/awesome-PhD: All the resources I wish I knew when starting my PhD. This repository is aimed to be a living, constantly developing resource where everybody can contribute with n...

All the resources I wish I knew when starting my PhD. This repository is aimed to be a living, constantly developing resource where everybody can contribute with new resources! - helenahartmann/awe...

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Uns fehlen noch wenige Personen! 🫶

Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her)@helenahartmann.com · 2mo ago

Im Rahmen einer Bachelorarbeit untersuchen wir, wie unterschiedliche Schreibstile das Textverständnis beeinflussen 🔤 Die Teilnahme an der Studie ist anonym und dauert nur wenige Minuten. Es werden vier 20 € Amazon-Gutscheine verlost bzw. 0,5 VP-Stunden vergeben. ➡️ s2survey.net/Wissensfrage...

I am so grateful for this team and every student putting this much effort into their research projects ♥️ it makes doing the sometimes frustrating work much more fun!

The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · last mo.

♥️ You have to celebrate ALL the victories! ♥️ Today, after 114 testing sessions, Team Empathy from the Bingellab celebrated the finished data collection of Julia Braunstein's study with lots of ice cream! 🍨

We need a few more people, please consider participating in this very short study - you can also win something! 😁

Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her)@helenahartmann.com · 2mo ago

Im Rahmen einer Bachelorarbeit untersuchen wir, wie unterschiedliche Schreibstile das Textverständnis beeinflussen 🔤 Die Teilnahme an der Studie ist anonym und dauert nur wenige Minuten. Es werden vier 20 € Amazon-Gutscheine verlost bzw. 0,5 VP-Stunden vergeben. ➡️ s2survey.net/Wissensfrage...

A new research topic in Frontiers in Psychology on "Optimizing the Therapeutic Potential in Clinical Settings: Leveraging Placebos and Mitigating Nocebo Effects" includes four CRC contributions! 🤩 www.frontiersin.org/research-top... Thanks @frontiersin.bsky.social for pushing this important topic!

Optimizing the Therapeutic Potential in Clinical Settings: Leveraging Placebos and Mitigating Nocebo Effects

The placebo effect holds a crucial yet often overlooked role in clinical care, representing intrinsic and potentially powerful components of any therapeutic intervention. Decades of predominantly expe...

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Started the day with two (!) papers being accepted that have been in the review process for what feels like forever... the monday curse is broken! 😍 #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #NeuroSkyence

Cute Monday Fridge Animation

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This is probably also something for the folks at #Neuroskyence, #AcademicSky, #PhDSky, #metasci and #PsychSciSky! 🤩

Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her)@helenahartmann.com · 2mo ago

I think it's a good time to reshare two great tools for researchers: 1️⃣ my awesome-PhD resource list @github.com: github.com/helenahartma... 2️⃣ our @igor-dgps.bsky.social' ARIADNE project: igor-biodgps.github.io/ARIADNE/ with its own GUI The best thing: You can contribute your own fave resources!

I think it's a good time to reshare two great tools for researchers: 1️⃣ my awesome-PhD resource list @github.com: github.com/helenahartma... 2️⃣ our @igor-dgps.bsky.social' ARIADNE project: igor-biodgps.github.io/ARIADNE/ with its own GUI The best thing: You can contribute your own fave resources!

GitHub - helenahartmann/awesome-PhD: All the resources I wish I knew when starting my PhD. This repository is aimed to be a living, constantly developing resource where everybody can contribute with n...

All the resources I wish I knew when starting my PhD. This repository is aimed to be a living, constantly developing resource where everybody can contribute with new resources! - helenahartmann/awe...

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Im Rahmen einer Bachelorarbeit untersuchen wir, wie Schreibstile das Textverständnis beeinflussen 🔤 Die kurzweilige Teilnahme an der Studie ist anonym und dauert nur wenige Minuten. Es werden insgesamt vier 20 € Amazon-Gutscheine verlost bzw. 0,5 VP-Stunden vergeben. ➡️ s2survey.net/Wissensfrage...

Aladdin's Genie Demands: Take the Survey!

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Im Rahmen einer Bachelorarbeit untersuchen wir, wie unterschiedliche Schreibstile das Textverständnis beeinflussen 🔤 Die Teilnahme an der Studie ist anonym und dauert nur wenige Minuten. Es werden vier 20 € Amazon-Gutscheine verlost bzw. 0,5 VP-Stunden vergeben. ➡️ s2survey.net/Wissensfrage...

Trixie: I Have All The Questions (Toy Story 4)

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Science moodboard for all the emotions 😭🤩😱😡

Browsing slides from >4 years ago. The FReD Explorer has come a long way - all thanks to the work of @lukaswallrich.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social, @sarahaj95.bsky.social, @helenahartmann.com, and 200 other committed researchers: forrt.org/explorer/

I wrote a new short story for my blog! It's about something serious that's been in my head for a while 🤔 Content warnings: depression, rumination

Science & Fiction@scienceandfiction.net · 3mo ago

😔 New #ScienceandFiction short story 😔 This time, @helenahartmann.com writes about rumination and circling thoughts and how to (potentially) get rid of them 🔁 🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/41_j... 🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/4...

Heute! Viel Spaß und Anmelden nicht vergessen, falls ihr noch spontan dazukommen möchtet 😊

PsyComm - Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Psychologie@psycomm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

✨Ein weiterer Lunch-Talk steht an! ✨ 📅 Am Freitag, 15. Mai 2026 (12:00–12:45 Uhr), wird es ganz psychoSoph-isch: Dr. Sophie Elschner spricht zum Thema "psychoSoph - Wissen über Psychologie als Comic" 💻 Online via Zoom 📩 Anmeldung per E-Mail an: psycomm@dgps.de Wie immer freuen wir uns auf euch! 💛

Seit letzter Woche ist unser Museumsexponat "Die Kraft der Erwartung" auf der MS Wissenschaft ausgestellt. Nun tourt es in den nächsten Monaten durch Polen, Deutschland und Österreich 🛳️

🔖 Now up on MetaROR: a full evaluation of the Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies, which enables researchers to conduct high-quality reproductions & replications across social science disciplines. Reviewers praised it as timely & useful while providing recommendations. Read it now 👇

Handbook for Reproduction and Replication Studies - MetaROR

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⏰ Search for datasets ⏰ As part of a planned study on pain-related empathy, we are searching for suitable stimulus material, ideally short video sequences (1–3 seconds) depicting pain-distorted facial expressions 🫤😵‍💫😬

Woody and Buzz Lightyear: Data Everywhere Meme

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