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Monika Eckstein

@monikaeckstein.bsky.social

Social neurosciene of learning, touch and health -- let's check out brains and hormones! 🧠🤝👩‍🎓

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Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 3w ago

This second paper from the @heika-team.bsky.social study on #robotic #touch gives more details on the subjective and physiological responses to walking hand in hand with a robot 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2607.09323 It seems no big difference how exactly the hands touch while strolling along with TIAGo Pro. 🤖🤝

Effects of Robotic Touch on Older Users During Walking Guidance by a Humanoid Robot

The shortage of healthcare staff is a challenge in geriatric care. To address this, robots can be integrated into care settings to provide assistance and emotional support. A promising application is ...

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Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Another result that we (& @utasailer.bsky.social) found in #geriatric participants: A priori attitutes towards social #touch 🤝 are related to acceptance of touch by a humanoid 🤖 robot 👉see preprint 🔍 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9... incl. #qualitative analyses (funds @heika-team.bsky.social)

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · last mo.

We have an update on this publication on emotion processing in mothers with bonding issues 👉🏼 www.nature.com/articles/s41... with @cfmhlab.bsky.social

Postpartum maternal bonding problems relate to aberrant neural processing of infant emotions: Results of an adapted fMRI emotional GoNoGo task - Translational Psychiatry

Translational Psychiatry - Postpartum maternal bonding problems relate to aberrant neural processing of infant emotions: Results of an adapted fMRI emotional GoNoGo task

nature.com

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

- We estabished a new version of the gonogo task using infant stimuli. - Mothers reporting bonding disorder show increased neural activity processing emotional infant faces in cingulate & caudate as compared to a control group. This is data from our NeMo project: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/7/...

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Poster session today #pug2026: @kathalysator.bsky.social will present EMA data of couples' #social #support while affected by chronic #pain due to #endometriosis 👬⚡️👫📱

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This week starts the Psychologie & Gehirn conference #pug2026 in #Heidelberg. Our team will present several results from our social interaction research 👪🤖🧠🫂. Frist panel Thursday morning: Carlotta Mayer presenting 🗣️💬📊: Hormonal Responses to Social Robot Interaction: www.conftool.com/pug2026/inde...

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Another result that we (& @utasailer.bsky.social) found in #geriatric participants: A priori attitutes towards social #touch 🤝 are related to acceptance of touch by a humanoid 🤖 robot 👉see preprint 🔍 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9... incl. #qualitative analyses (funds @heika-team.bsky.social)

Individual differences in touch attitudes shape acceptance of robotic touch in older adults: Evidence from a medical center setting

Background Interpersonal touch is a fundamental aspect of human social interaction and plays a crucial role in health and wellbeing. In geriatric healthcare, touch-capable social robots are increasing...

researchsquare.com

Melanie Fischer@melaniefischer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wir suchen Verstärkung für unsere AG! Das Stipendium bietet die Möglichkeit, Promotion und Psychotherapieausbildung zu verbinden, mit Forschungsschwerpunkt auf Expressed Emotion/Partnerschaft. Gerne teilen!

Ausschreibung Promotionsstipendium

In der AG Klinische Paar- und Familienpsychologie (Leitung Prof. Dr. Melanie Fischer) in Kombination mit der Psychotherapie-Ambulanz Marburg (PAM e.V.) ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt zu vergeben ei...

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Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Reminder: Morgen, Dienstag, 10:00. Der Vortrag ist auf deutsch. 🗣️💬📊👩‍🍼

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Herzliche Einladung zum nächsten Journal Club Vortrag am Dienstag 17.2., 10:00, zu uns ins Institut. Offen für alle Interessierten! Thema: #Peripartale psychische Gesundheit, #Stress und kindliche #Entwicklung 👪🧠🫀 von Linda Stürmlinger. Mehr zu unserer Forschung auf unserer Homepage👉 t1p.de/zhzq4

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In unserem neuen 🧠🦠⚕️🫂 Projekt untersuchen wir #Neurotransmitter und Bakterien auf der Haut bei Depressions- und #Angst-Patient:innen in Psychotherapie, sowie deren Präferenz für #Berührung. Mehr Infos unter 👉 heibox.uni-heidelberg.de/d/e5c4884dcf...

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In meinem Team gibt es eine 👉Masterarbeit👈 zu vergeben: Kann das Mikrobiom der Haut über eine Skin-Brain-Axis die psychische Gesundheit beeinflussen? #depression #skin Bei Interesse: 📧monika.eckstein@med.uni-heidelberg.de www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/department-f...

Masterarbeit (Psych./Neurowiss.) zu vergeben: Thema: Einfluss des Haut-Mikrobioms auf die Psyche Zeitraum: April – Dezember 2026 (Teilzeit) Fragen an: monika.eckstein@med.uni-heidelberg.de Institut für Medizinische Psychologie Heidelberg
Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Reminder on the postdoc call: Applications need to get in contact with us before submitting their application. We are interested in the effects of touch by significant others and its stress-buffering effects on a neurobiological level 👩‍🍼💑🫂🫀🧠. Project #35 @hlsalliance.bsky.social 👇

Florian Bublatzky@fbublatzky.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📍 Location: Mannheim / Heidelberg 🕒 Start: Aug 1, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 (latest) ⏳ Deadline: March 31 📩 Apply / inquiries: Project 35 👉 lnkd.in/demaA837 in case of question just contact us

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Call for PostDoc applications: Find the project on Social Touch during Stress by @fbublatzky.bsky.social and myself as #35. Please reach out to us for any questions and to discuss your thoughts on the project. Colleagues, please repost or forward to candidates. 🧠🫂👇

Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim @hlsalliance.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Alliance is looking for outstanding, international early career scientists/ clinician scientists, for bridging projects between two or more Alliance partner institutions. 👉Deadline on 3/31/26 5pm CEST Info on our webpage at: www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie... #postdoc

Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We @cfmhlab.bsky.social are happy to share results of our proof-of-method🧠 #neurofeedback trial for #postpartum #bonding problems 👩‍🍼 Results indicate specific effects, not only on #maternal bonding but also negative #affect during actual interaction (preprint 👉 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...)

Improving maternal bonding through Real-time fMRI Neurofeedback in Mothers with Postpartum Bonding Problems

Maternal bonding, the first emotional connection a mother forms with her infant, is typically supported by neural reward-system activation, yet around 10% of mothers experience difficulties forming th...

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Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The demographic trend of #aging populations brings high challenges on #mental health. Only important question is if technologies can compensate #loneliness or lack of professional care? I will present our work on human-robot-interaction (funded @heika-team.bsky.social) 👉 hcr.iar.kit.edu/workshop.php

KIT - BioRobotics Lab Workshop

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Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This week, we started new experiments on human-robot-interaction in healthcare with a focus on #touch between the human and the patient. Funded by heika-research.de/en/research/... Contact us 👉roboterstudie.pmed@med.uni-heidelberg.de for questions or participation. 🤖🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧠

Ekaterina Schneider@katya-shn.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Check out our findings on the effects of oxytocin and physical intimacy on dermatological wound healing @monikaeckstein.bsky.social ja.ma/4hVrWBW jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Oxytocin, Physical Intimacy, Wound Healing, and Stress Responses

This randomized clinical trial examines the effects of repeated intranasal oxytocin administration and a behavioral microintervention on neuroendocrine stress responses and dermatological wound healin...

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Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In this project we also validated a German version of the "touch experiences and attitudes questionnaire" (TEAQ-G, open for re-use 👉 static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10...) including attitutes to #self-care and we combined it with EMA data on #stress and 🤤 salivary #cortisol and #oxytocin

Client Challenge

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Monika Eckstein @monikaeckstein.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We have a new report on how remembered #childhood #touch and current attitutes to intimate #social touch 👩‍👧👩‍❤️‍👩🫂 relate to daily neuroendocrine states and emotions🧠🖤🤍 link 👉 rdcu.be/eKaRX. Great thanks to @katya-shn.bsky.social & our whole team @dorahopf.bsky.social