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About ChristophChris' main research interest lay in the basic brain processes that guide decisions under risk, emotion and social interactions. He put a strong focus on the neurochemical and hormonal basis underlying these processes.
To our deep sadness, on February 27 2017, while enjoying and exploring the beautiful nature of Namibia, Chris was bitten by a venomous snake and did not survive. We, the NBU, will do our best to take his drive to explore in life and in science as an inspiration to continue on the path that he has set for us. You can read more about Chris on the in memoriam page dedicated to his scientific life. |
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2020 Knight, E. L., McShane, B. B., Kutlikova, H. H., Morales, P. J., Christian, C. B., Harbaugh, W. T., Mayr, U., Ortiz, T. L., Gilbert, K., Ma-Kellams, C., Riečanský, I., Watson, N. V., Eisenegger, C., Lamm, C., Mehta, P. H., & Carré, J. M. (2020). Weak and variable effects of exogenous testosterone on cognitive reflection test performance in three experiments: Commentary on nave, nadler, zava, and camerer (2017): Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619885607 Rosenberger LA, Naef M, Eisenegger C, & Lamm C. (2020) Interpersonal distance adjustments after interactions with a generous and selfish trustee during a repeated trust game. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104001 Studer, B., Geniole, S.N., Becker, M.L., Eisenegger, C., & Knecht, S. (2020). Inducing illusory control ensures persistence when rewards fade and when others outperform us. Psychon Bull Rev (2020). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-020-01745-4 Kutlikova, H.H., Durdiaková, J.B., Wagner, B., Vlček, M., Eisenegger, C., Lamm, C., & Riečanský, I. (2020). The effects of testosterone on the physiological response to social and somatic stressors. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 104693. PDF Losecaat Vermeer, A.B., Boksem, M.A.S., Gausterer, C., Eisenegger, C., & Lamm, C. (preprint, PsyArxiv). Testosterone increases risk-taking for status but not for money. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/eu8jm Veselic, S., Jocham, G., Gausterer, C., Ernhoefer-Reßler, M., Wagner, B., Lanzenberger, R., Lamm, C., Eisenegger, C., & Losecaat Vermeer, A.B, (preprint, bioRxiv). A causal role for estradiol in human reinforcement learning. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.18.954982 Losecaat Vermeer, A.B, Krol, I., Gausterer, C., Wagner, B., Eisenegger, C., & Lamm, C. (2020). Exogenous testosterone increases status-seeking motivation in men with unstable low social status. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 113, 104552. PDF Korb, S., Massaccesi, C., Gartus, A., Lundström, J. N., Rumiati, R., Eisenegger, C., & Silani, G. (2020). Facial responses of adult humans during the anticipation and consumption of touch and food rewards. Cognition, 194, 104044. 2019 Rosenberger LA, Pfabigan, D, Lehner B, Keckeis, K, Seidel, E, Eisenegger, C, Lamm, C. Fairness norm violations in anti-social psychopathic offenders in a repeated trust game. Translational Psychiatry, 2019: 9, 266. PDF Lisa A. Rosenberger, Christoph Eisenegger, Michael Naef, David Terburg, Jorique Fourie, Dan Stein, & Jack van Honk (2019). The human basolateral amygdala is indispensable for social experiential learning. Current Biology. Losecaat Vermeer, A.B., Krol, I., Gausterer, C., Wagner, B., Eisenegger, C., & Lamm, C. (2019/10, preprint, PsyArXiv). Exogenous testosterone increases status-seeking motivation in men with unstable low social status. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/6bw3n PDF Vonmoos Matthias, Eisenegger Christoph, Bosch Oliver G., Preller Katrin H., Hulka Lea M., Baumgartner Markus, Seifritz Erich, Quednow Boris B. (2019). Improvement of Emotional Empathy and Cluster B Personality Disorder Symptoms Associated With Decreased Cocaine Use Severity. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, p. 213. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00213 2018 Rütgen M, Seidel E-M, Pletti C, Riečanský I, Gartus A, Eisenegger C, Lamm C. (2018). Psychopharmacological modulation of event-related potentials suggests that first-hand pain and empathy for pain rely on similar opioidergic processes. Neuropsychologia, 116, 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.023. Rosenberger, L. A., Ree, A., Eisenegger, C., & Sailer, U. (2018). Slow touch targeting CT-fibres does not increase prosocial behaviour in economic laboratory tasks. Scientific reports, 8(1), 7700. PDF Wu, Y, Clark L, Zilioli S, Eisenegger C, Gillan CM, Deng H, Hong L. Single dose testosterone administration modulates emotional reactivity and counterfactual choice in healthy males. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018; 90: 127–133 PDF Tuiten A, van Rooij K, Bloemers J, Eisenegger C, Van Honk J, Kessels R, Kingsberg S, Leonard R. Derogatis, De Leede L, Gerritsen J, Koppeschaar HPF, Olivier B, Everaerd W, Frijlink HW, Höhle D, De Lange RPJ, Böcker KBE, Pfaus JG. Efficacy and Safety of On-Demand Use of 2 Treatments Designed for Different Etiologies of Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder: 3 Randomized Clinical Trials, The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2017; 15(2): 201-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.11.226 PDF 2017 Wu Y, Zilioli S, Eisenegger C, Clark L, Li H. The Effect of Testosterone Administration and Digit Ratio (2D: 4D) on Implicit Preference for Status Goods in Healthy Males. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. PDF Wu Y, Eisenegger C, Sivanathan N, Crockett MJ, Clark L. The role of social status and testosterone in human conspicuous consumption. Scientific Reports, 2017:7. PDF Liu J, Zhong R, Xiong W, Liu H, Eisenegger C, Zhou X. Melatonin increases reactive aggression in humans. Psychopharmacology, 1-8. PDF Naef M, Müller U, Linssen A, Clark L, Robbins TW, Eisenegger C. Effects of dopamine D2/D3 receptor antagonism on human planning and spatial working memory. Translational Psychiatry. 2017. 7 (4), PDF Quednow BB, Hulka LM, Preller KH, Baumgartner MR, Eisenegger C., Vonmoos M. Stable self-serving personality traits in recreational and dependent cocaine users. PloS one 12. 2017; 3. PDF 2016 Eisenegger, C.*, Kumsta R.*, Naef M., Gromoll J., Heinrichs M. Testosterone and androgen receptor gene polymorphism are associated with confidence and competitiveness in men. Hormones and Behavior, 2016, accepted. PDF Losecaat Vermeer AB, Riecansky I, Eisenegger C. Competition, testosterone, and adult neurobehavioral plasticity, Progress in Brain Research, 2016, in press. PDF Wu Y, Eisenegger C, Zilioli Y, Watson NV, Clark L. Comparison of clear and narrow outcomes on testosterone levels in social competition. Hormones & Behavior, 2016, in press. PDF Wu Y, Liu J, Qu L, Eisenegger C, Clark L, Zhou X. Single dose testosterone administration reduces loss chasing in healthy females. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2016. in press. PDF van Honk J, Will G-J, Terburg D, Raub W, Eisenegger C, Buskens V. Effects of testosterone administration on strategic gambling in poker play. Scientific Reports. 2016; 6: 18096. PDF 2015 Bosch OG, Eisenegger C, Gertsch, J, von Rotz R, Dornbierer D, Gachet MS, Heinrichs M, Wetter TC, Seifritz E, Quednow BB. Gamma-hydroxybutyrate enhances mood and prosocial behavior without affecting plasma oxytocin and testosterone. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2015; in press. PDF Havranek MM, Hulka LM, Tasiudi E, Eisenegger C, Vonmoos M, Preller KH, Mössner R, Baumgartner MR, Seifritz E, Grünblatt E, Quednow BB. α2A-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and mRNA expression levels are associated with delay discounting in cocaine users. Addiction Biology, accepted. van Honk J, Will G-J, Terburg D, Raub W, Eisenegger C, Buskens V. Effects of testosterone administration on strategic gambling in poker play. Scientific Reports. 2016; 6: 18096. PDF 2014 Hysek CM, Schmid Y, Simmler LD, Domes G, Heinrichs M, Eisenegger C, PrellerKH, Quednow BB, Liechti ME. MDMA enhances emotional empathy and prosocial behavior. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2014; 9(11):1645-1652. PDF Eisenegger C, Naef M, Linssen A, Clark L, Gandamaneni PK, Müller U, RobbinsTW. Role of dopamine D2 receptors in human reinforcement learning. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014; 39(10):2366-2375. PDF Hulka LM, Eisenegger C, Preller KH, Vonmoos M, Jenni D, Bendrick K,Baumgartner MR, Seifritz E, Quednow BB. Altered social and non-social decision-making in recreational and dependent cocaine users. Psychol Med. 2014;44(5):1015-1028. PDF Pedroni A*, Eisenegger C*, Hartmann MN, Fischbacher U, Knoch D. Dopaminergic stimulation increases selfish behavior in the absence of punishment threat. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2014; 231(1):135-141. PDF 2013 Eisenegger C*, Pedroni A*, Rieskamp J, Zehnder C, Ebstein R, Fehr E, Knoch D. DAT1 polymorphism determines L-DOPA effects on learning about others' prosociality. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7):e67820. PDF van Honk J*, Eisenegger C*, Terburg D, Stein DJ, Morgan B. Generous economic investments after basolateral amygdala damage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013; 110(7):2506-2510. PDF Eisenegger C, von Eckardstein A, Fehr E, von Eckardstein S. Pharmacokinetics of testosterone and estradiol gel preparations in healthy young men. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013;38(2):171-178. PDF 2012 Eisenegger C, Naef M, Snozzi R, Heinrichs M, Fehr E. reply to J. van Honk et al. Nature. 2012; 485 (7399):E5-E6 PDF 2011 Baumgartner T, Knoch D, Hotz P, Eisenegger C, Fehr E. Dorsolateral and ventromedial prefrontal cortex orchestrate normative choice. Nat Neurosci. 2011; 14(11):1468-1474. PDF Eisenegger C, Haushofer J, Fehr E. No sound evidence for a gender-specific effect of testosterone administration on aggressive motivation exists: reply to Josephs et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2011; 15(11):510-511. PDF Eisenegger C, Haushofer J, Fehr E. The role of testosterone in social interaction. Trends Cogn Sci. 2011; 15(6):263-271. PDF Eisenegger C, Naef M. Combining behavioral endocrinology and experimental economics: testosterone and social decision making. J Vis Exp. 2011; 49. PDF/ AVI 2010 Eisenegger C*, Knoch D*, Ebstein RP, Gianotti LR, Sándor PS, Fehr E. Dopamine receptor D4 polymorphism predicts the effect of L-DOPA on gambling behavior. Biol Psychiatry. 2010; 67(8):702-706. PDF Eisenegger C, Naef M, Snozzi R, Heinrichs M, Fehr E. Prejudice and truth about the effect of testosterone on human bargaining behaviour. Nature. 2010; 463(7279):356-359. PDF 2009 Gianotti LR, Knoch D, Faber PL, Lehmann D, Pascual-Marqui RD, Diezi C, Schoch C, Eisenegger C, Fehr E. Tonic activity level in the right prefrontal cortex predicts individuals' risk taking. Psychol Sci. 2009; 20(1):33-38. PDF 2008 Knoch D, Nitsche MA, Fischbacher U, Eisenegger C, Pascual-Leone A, Fehr E. Studying the neurobiology of social interaction with transcranial direct current stimulation -- the example of punishing unfairness. Cereb Cortex. 2008; 18(9):1987-1990. PDF Eisenegger C, Treyer V, Fehr E, Knoch D. Time-course of "off-line" prefrontal rTMS effects -- a PET study. Neuroimage. 2008; 42(1):379-384. PDF 2007 Eisenegger C, Herwig U, Jäncke L. The involvement of primary motor cortex in mental rotation revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation. Eur J Neurosci. 2007; 25(4):1240-1244. PDF |
Funding |
Competitive Research Grants and Fellowships
“Wanting” and “liking”: the neurochemical and neurocognitive basis of primary and social reward in humans (Co-PI, PI: Dr. Giorgia Silani) Sponsor: Vienna Science and Technology Fund, call 2015 “Cognitive Science” Amount: EUR 600´000 The causal role of testosterone in reputation-based prosocial behavior and underlying neural mechanisms (Supervisor), Uni:Docs PhD fellowship awarded to Ms Hana Kutlikova) 99´100 €, Duration: 010/2015 – 09/2018 When does testosterone promote prosociality? Examining the role of social status in modulating the effects of testosterone on behavior (Supervisor), Banting PDoc fellowship (CAN) awarded to Dr. Shawn Geniole, PhD) Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada Amount: 140´000 CAD ~ EUR 95´400, Duration: 09/2016 – 08/2018 The neurobiology of belief updating during dynamic social interaction (PI) Sponsor: Vienna Science and Technology Fund, VRG call 2013 “Cognitive Science” Amount: EUR 1´500´000 Duration: 03/2014 – 03/2022 The role of the dopaminergic system in human social interaction (PI) Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), fellowship for advanced researchers Amount: CHF 100´100 (~ EUR 82´000) Duration: 06/2011 – 06/2013 The role of the dopaminergic system in human social interaction (PI) Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), fellowship for prospective researchers Amount: CHF 46´100 (~ EUR 45´000) Duration: 06/2010 – 06/2011 The pharmacokinetics of Androgel and Divigel in healthy males (PI) Sponsor: Hartmann-Mueller Foundation for Medical Research Amount: CHF 15’000 (~ EUR 14’000) Intramural Research Funding Dopaminergic modulation of human social decision making (PI) Sponsor: Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge Amount: GBP 22´820 (~ EUR 31´700) |