Really enjoyed the opportunity to present our new paper at #dpk2026 as part of the @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And the early career researchers took this opportunity to network across our research sites 😍

A recent paper by Epp et al. in NN claimed that ~40% of reported BOLD findings could be misinterpreted. In our reanalysis, we identified several statistical issues that, in our view, undermine these conclusions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 👇 1/11

Amazing new work from project A06 led by Eun Jin Shim and @stefaniebrassen.bsky.social! 🤩 This study examined whether positive expectations improve outcomes in depressed patients and whether individual placebo responsiveness predicts treatment success 💊 Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Stefanie Brassen@stefaniebrassen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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

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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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...

Interested in finding out more about the topics of #treatmentexpectation and #placebo/#nocebo effects? 🤔 🔊 We collected all podcasts episodes featuring members of our CRC! 🎤 Browse all episodes here ➡️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2no...

My wonderful team and I had a great time at this year’s @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social retreat in Meschede! It was inspiring to meet old and new friends, get fresh input, and enjoy the uniquely warm and collaborative atmosphere. Very happy to be part of this 🧠🥾🍷💡

Criminal risk behavior can be an early sign of dementia - raising important clinical and legal questions. Excited to share the findings from our meta-analysis: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences@mpicbs.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Criminal minds in #dementia: Broad meta-analysis by Matthias Schroeter & Lena Szabo in @nature.com including 236,360 persons. They found that larger atrophy in the brain is linked to criminal behavior in frontotemporal dementia, suggesting a loss of normal behavioral restraints. tinyurl.com/4dt6jd7s

Very thankful for the opportunity to attend the #SIPSplacebo2025 Conference in Kraków, take part in the ECR Summer School, and present my poster looking at how expectations of affective placebo treatment can be enhanced. @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social @sipsplacebo.bsky.social

Thanks to all participants who joined and engaged with the topics! Now we are perfectly primed to start the #SIPS2025 conference today! And of course thanks to our CRC ECRs and @sipsplacebo.bsky.social who made this summer school possible! ⭐

One Saturday afternoon, we started with @winstontan.bsky.social and @liviaasan.bsky.social presenting the new SIPS ECR network. 🙌 Afterwards, @rimamrahal.bsky.social gave a fantastic keynote on #openscience and #registeredreports. ☝️ Of course, socializing also happened in the evening! ✨

Excited to share our latest publication from @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social! Our data highlight how neurocognitive resources influence positive expectation effects on the processing of aversive stimuli. Stay tuned for what this implies for depressed patients. rdcu.be/edRLS

Placebo treatment entails resource-dependent downregulation of negative inputs

Scientific Reports - Placebo treatment entails resource-dependent downregulation of negative inputs

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Our ECR meeting is full of new people from all three sites and getting to know each other! We're so excited to start the second funding period with all of you ❤️