Publications
2021
Kutlikova, H. H., Geniole, S. N., Eisenegger, C., Lamm, C., Jocham, G., & Studer, B. (2021). Not giving up: Testosterone promotes persistence against a stronger opponent. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 128, 105214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105214
Veselic, S., Jocham, G., Gausterer, C., Wagner, B., Ernhoefer-Reßler, M., Lanzenberger, R., ... & Vermeer, A. L. (2021). A causal role of estradiol in human reinforcement learning. Hormones and behavior, 134, 105022.
Kastner-Bosek, A., Dajic, I., Mikus, N., Weidenauer, A., & Willeit, M. (2021). Addicted to Self-esteem: Understanding the neurochemistry of narcissism by using cocaine as a pharmacological model. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 12(3), 20438087211044362.
Korb, S., Mikus, N., Massaccesi, C., Grey, J., Duggirala, S. X., Kotz, S. A., & Mehu, M. (2022). EMOSEX–emotion prevails over sex during implicit judgment of faces.
Sladky, R., Riva, F., Rosenberger, L. A., van Honk, J., & Lamm, C. (2021). Basolateral and central amygdala orchestrate how we learn whom to trust. Communications Biology, 4(1), 1-9.
Waade P.T., Mikus N., Mathys C. (2021) Inferring in Circles: Active Inference in Continuous State Space Using Hierarchical Gaussian Filtering of Sufficient Statistics. In: Kamp M. et al. (eds) Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases. ECML PKDD 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1524. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93736-2_57
Massaccesi, C., Groessing, A., Rosenberger, L. A., Hartmann, H., Candini, M., Di Pellegrino, G., ... & Silani, G. (2021). Neural correlates of interpersonal space permeability and flexibility in autism spectrum disorder. Cerebral Cortex, 31(6), 2968-2979
Hartmann H, Rütgen M, Riva F, Lamm C. Another's pain in my brain: No evidence that placebo analgesia affects the sensory-discriminative component in empathy for pain. Neuroimage. 2021 Jan 1;224:117397. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117397
Hartmann H, Riva F, Rütgen M, Lamm C. Placebo Analgesia Does Not Reduce Empathy for Naturalistic Depictions of Others' Pain in a Somatosensory Specific Way. Cereb Cortex Commun. 2021 Jun 2;2(3):tgab039. doi: 10.1093/texcom/tgab039
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
Zhang L, Lengersdorff L, Mikus N, Gläscher J, Lamm C. Using reinforcement learning models in social neuroscience: frameworks, pitfalls and suggestions of best practices. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2020 Jul 30;15(6):695-707. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsaa089
Botvinik-Nezer, R., Holzmeister, F., Camerer, C.F., ..., Lamm, C., Losecaat Vermeer, A.B., Zhang, L., ..., Nichols, T.E., Poldrack, R.A., & Schonberg, T. (2020). Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams. Nature. (pdf) (preprint)
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
Lengersdorff, L. L., Wagner, I. C., Lockwood, P. L., & Lamm, C. (2020). When implicit prosociality trumps selfishness: the neural valuation system underpins more optimal choices when learning to avoid harm to others than to oneself. Journal of neuroscience, 40(38), 7286-7299.
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, und 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
Losecaat Vermeer, A.B., Boksem, M.A.S., & Sanfey, A.G. (2019). Third-party decision making under risk as a function of prior gains and losses. Journal of Economic Psychology, 102206. doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2019.102206 PDF
Geniole, S.N., Procyshyn, T., Marley, N., Ortiz, T.L., Bird, B.M., Marcellus, A.L., Welker, K.M., Bonin, P.L., Goldfarb, B., Watson N.V. & Carré, J.M. (2019). Using a psychopharmacogenetic approach to identify the pathways through which - and people for whom - testosterone promotes human aggression. Psychological Science. doi: 10.1177/0956797619826970
MacDonald, K., Lustig, K., Geniole, S.N., McCormick, C.M., & Cote, K. (2019). Sleep restriction alters reactive aggressive behavior and its relationship with sex hormones. Aggressive Behavior. doi: 10.1002/ab.21809
Lauring,J.O., Ishizu, T., Kutlikova, H.H., Dörflinger,F., Haugbøl,S., Leder, H., Kupers, R., & Pelowski, M. (2019) Why would Parkinson’s disease lead to sudden changes in creativity, motivation, or style with visual art?: A review of case evidence and new, contextual, and genetic hypotheses. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, (In press). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.12.016
Passecker, J., Mikus, N., Malagon-Vina, H., Anner, P., Dimidschstein, J., Fishell, G., ... & Klausberger, T. (2019). Activity of Prefrontal Neurons Predict Future Choices during Gambling. Neuron, 101(1), 152-164.
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
Bird, B.M., Geniole, S.N., Procyshyn, T., Ortiz, T.L., Watson, N.V., & Carré, J.M. (2018). Effect of exogenous testosterone on cooperation depends on personality and time pressure. Neuropsychopharmacology. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0220-8
Geniole, S.N. & Carré, J.M. (2018). Human Social Neuroendocrinology: Review of the rapid effects of testosterone. Hormones and Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.06.001
Lustig, K., Stoakley, E., MacDonald, K., Geniole, S.N., McCormick, C.M., & Cote, K.A. (2018). Sex hormones play a role in vulnerability to sleep loss on emotion processing tasks. Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, 5, 94-104. doi: 10.1016/j.nbscr.2017.10.001
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
Valenti, O., Mikus, N., & Klausberger, T. (2018). The cognitive nuances of surprising events: exposure to unexpected stimuli elicits firing variations in neurons of the dorsal CA1 hippocampus. Brain Structure and Function, 1-29. PDF
MacDonell, E.T., Geniole, S.N., & McCormick, C.M. (2018). Force versus fury: Sex differences in the relationships among physical and psychological threat potential, the facial width-to-height ratio, and aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 44, 427-547. doi: 10.1002/ab.21771
Lieberz, K. A., Mueller-Engelmann, M., Bornefeld-Ettmann, P., Priebe, K., Weidmann, A., Fydrich, T., Geniole, S. N., McCormick, C. M., Rausch, S., Thome, J., & Steil, R. (2018). Detecting implicit cues of aggressiveness in male faces in revictimized female PTSD patients and healthy controls. Psychiatry Research, 267, 429-437. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.061
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
Rütgen M, Seidel EM, Pletti C, Riečansky I, Gartus A, Eisenegger C, Lamm C. 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.
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
Welker, K.M., Roy, A.R.K., Geniole, S.N., Kitayama, S., & Carré, J.M. (2017). Taking risks for personal gain: An investigation of self-construal and testosterone responses to competition. Social Neuroscience. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2017.1407822
Bird, B.M., Geniole, S.N., Little, A.C., Moreau, B.J.P., Ortiz, T.L., Goldfarb, B., Bonin, P.L., & Carré, J.M. (2017). Does exogenous testosterone modulate men's ratings of facial dominance or trustworthiness? Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 3, 365-385. doi:10.1007/s40750-017-0079-7
Geniole, S.N., Bird, B.M., Ruddick, E.L., & Carré, J.M. (2017). Effects of competition outcome on testosterone concentrations in humans: An updated meta-analysis. Hormones and Behavior, 92, 37-50. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.10.002
Carré, J.C., Geniole, S.N., Ortiz, T.L., Bird, B.M., Videto, A., Bonin, P.L. (2017). Testosterone rapidly increases aggressive behavior in dominant and impulsive men. Biological Psychiatry, 82, 29-256. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.06.009
Geniole, S. N., MacDonell, E. T., & McCormick, C. M. (2017) The Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm as a laboratory tool for investigating the neuroendocrinology of aggression and competition. Hormones and Behavior, 92, 103-116. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.04.006
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
Lieberz KA, Windmann S, Geniole SN, McCormick CM, Mueller-Engelmann M, Gruener F, Bornefeld-Ettmann P, Steil R. Signals of Aggression: The facial width-to-height ratio determines interpersonal distance preferences in the observer. Aggressive Behavior. 2017; in press, doi: 10.1002/ab.21704
Geniole SN, MacDonell ET, McCormick CM. The “threat premium” in economic bargaining. Evolution and Human Behavior. 2017; in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.12.004
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. 2017: 12(3): e0172853, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172853
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; accepted. PDF, Supplementary materials
2016
Terburg D, Syal S, Rosenberger LA, Heany SJ, Stein DJ, van Honk J. Testosterone abolishes implicit subordination in social anxiety. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016; 72: 205-211.
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; 229: 213-238. 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; 71: 54-57. PDF
Losecaat Vermeer AB, Heerema RL, Sanfey AG. Third-Party Cooperation: How Reducing Material Involvement Enhances Contributions to the Public Good. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2016; 42(3): 337–349. 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; 62: 1-10. 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. 2015; 22(2): 561-569. PDF
2014
Hysek CM, Schmid Y, Simmler LD, Domes G, Heinrichs M, Eisenegger C, Preller KH, 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, Robbins TW. Role of dopamine D2 receptors in human reinforcement learning. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014; 39(10): 2366-2375. PDF
Montoya ER, Bos PA, Terburg D, Rosenberger LA, van Honk J. Cortisol administration induces global down-regulation of the brain’s reward circuitry. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2014; 47: 31-42.
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
Terburg D, Syal S, Rosenberger LA, Heany S, Phillips N, Gericke N, Stein DJ, van Honk J. Acute effects of Sceletium tortuosum (Zembrin), a dual 5-HT reuptake and PDE4 inhibitor, in the human amygdala and its connection to the hypothalamus. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013; 38(13): 2708-2716.
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
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
* authors contributed equally
Kutlikova, H. H., Geniole, S. N., Eisenegger, C., Lamm, C., Jocham, G., & Studer, B. (2021). Not giving up: Testosterone promotes persistence against a stronger opponent. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 128, 105214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105214
Veselic, S., Jocham, G., Gausterer, C., Wagner, B., Ernhoefer-Reßler, M., Lanzenberger, R., ... & Vermeer, A. L. (2021). A causal role of estradiol in human reinforcement learning. Hormones and behavior, 134, 105022.
Kastner-Bosek, A., Dajic, I., Mikus, N., Weidenauer, A., & Willeit, M. (2021). Addicted to Self-esteem: Understanding the neurochemistry of narcissism by using cocaine as a pharmacological model. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 12(3), 20438087211044362.
Korb, S., Mikus, N., Massaccesi, C., Grey, J., Duggirala, S. X., Kotz, S. A., & Mehu, M. (2022). EMOSEX–emotion prevails over sex during implicit judgment of faces.
Sladky, R., Riva, F., Rosenberger, L. A., van Honk, J., & Lamm, C. (2021). Basolateral and central amygdala orchestrate how we learn whom to trust. Communications Biology, 4(1), 1-9.
Waade P.T., Mikus N., Mathys C. (2021) Inferring in Circles: Active Inference in Continuous State Space Using Hierarchical Gaussian Filtering of Sufficient Statistics. In: Kamp M. et al. (eds) Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases. ECML PKDD 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1524. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93736-2_57
Massaccesi, C., Groessing, A., Rosenberger, L. A., Hartmann, H., Candini, M., Di Pellegrino, G., ... & Silani, G. (2021). Neural correlates of interpersonal space permeability and flexibility in autism spectrum disorder. Cerebral Cortex, 31(6), 2968-2979
Hartmann H, Rütgen M, Riva F, Lamm C. Another's pain in my brain: No evidence that placebo analgesia affects the sensory-discriminative component in empathy for pain. Neuroimage. 2021 Jan 1;224:117397. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117397
Hartmann H, Riva F, Rütgen M, Lamm C. Placebo Analgesia Does Not Reduce Empathy for Naturalistic Depictions of Others' Pain in a Somatosensory Specific Way. Cereb Cortex Commun. 2021 Jun 2;2(3):tgab039. doi: 10.1093/texcom/tgab039
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
Zhang L, Lengersdorff L, Mikus N, Gläscher J, Lamm C. Using reinforcement learning models in social neuroscience: frameworks, pitfalls and suggestions of best practices. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2020 Jul 30;15(6):695-707. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsaa089
Botvinik-Nezer, R., Holzmeister, F., Camerer, C.F., ..., Lamm, C., Losecaat Vermeer, A.B., Zhang, L., ..., Nichols, T.E., Poldrack, R.A., & Schonberg, T. (2020). Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams. Nature. (pdf) (preprint)
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
Lengersdorff, L. L., Wagner, I. C., Lockwood, P. L., & Lamm, C. (2020). When implicit prosociality trumps selfishness: the neural valuation system underpins more optimal choices when learning to avoid harm to others than to oneself. Journal of neuroscience, 40(38), 7286-7299.
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, und 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
Losecaat Vermeer, A.B., Boksem, M.A.S., & Sanfey, A.G. (2019). Third-party decision making under risk as a function of prior gains and losses. Journal of Economic Psychology, 102206. doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2019.102206 PDF
Geniole, S.N., Procyshyn, T., Marley, N., Ortiz, T.L., Bird, B.M., Marcellus, A.L., Welker, K.M., Bonin, P.L., Goldfarb, B., Watson N.V. & Carré, J.M. (2019). Using a psychopharmacogenetic approach to identify the pathways through which - and people for whom - testosterone promotes human aggression. Psychological Science. doi: 10.1177/0956797619826970
MacDonald, K., Lustig, K., Geniole, S.N., McCormick, C.M., & Cote, K. (2019). Sleep restriction alters reactive aggressive behavior and its relationship with sex hormones. Aggressive Behavior. doi: 10.1002/ab.21809
Lauring,J.O., Ishizu, T., Kutlikova, H.H., Dörflinger,F., Haugbøl,S., Leder, H., Kupers, R., & Pelowski, M. (2019) Why would Parkinson’s disease lead to sudden changes in creativity, motivation, or style with visual art?: A review of case evidence and new, contextual, and genetic hypotheses. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, (In press). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.12.016
Passecker, J., Mikus, N., Malagon-Vina, H., Anner, P., Dimidschstein, J., Fishell, G., ... & Klausberger, T. (2019). Activity of Prefrontal Neurons Predict Future Choices during Gambling. Neuron, 101(1), 152-164.
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
Bird, B.M., Geniole, S.N., Procyshyn, T., Ortiz, T.L., Watson, N.V., & Carré, J.M. (2018). Effect of exogenous testosterone on cooperation depends on personality and time pressure. Neuropsychopharmacology. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0220-8
Geniole, S.N. & Carré, J.M. (2018). Human Social Neuroendocrinology: Review of the rapid effects of testosterone. Hormones and Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.06.001
Lustig, K., Stoakley, E., MacDonald, K., Geniole, S.N., McCormick, C.M., & Cote, K.A. (2018). Sex hormones play a role in vulnerability to sleep loss on emotion processing tasks. Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, 5, 94-104. doi: 10.1016/j.nbscr.2017.10.001
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
Valenti, O., Mikus, N., & Klausberger, T. (2018). The cognitive nuances of surprising events: exposure to unexpected stimuli elicits firing variations in neurons of the dorsal CA1 hippocampus. Brain Structure and Function, 1-29. PDF
MacDonell, E.T., Geniole, S.N., & McCormick, C.M. (2018). Force versus fury: Sex differences in the relationships among physical and psychological threat potential, the facial width-to-height ratio, and aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 44, 427-547. doi: 10.1002/ab.21771
Lieberz, K. A., Mueller-Engelmann, M., Bornefeld-Ettmann, P., Priebe, K., Weidmann, A., Fydrich, T., Geniole, S. N., McCormick, C. M., Rausch, S., Thome, J., & Steil, R. (2018). Detecting implicit cues of aggressiveness in male faces in revictimized female PTSD patients and healthy controls. Psychiatry Research, 267, 429-437. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.061
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
Rütgen M, Seidel EM, Pletti C, Riečansky I, Gartus A, Eisenegger C, Lamm C. 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.
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
Welker, K.M., Roy, A.R.K., Geniole, S.N., Kitayama, S., & Carré, J.M. (2017). Taking risks for personal gain: An investigation of self-construal and testosterone responses to competition. Social Neuroscience. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2017.1407822
Bird, B.M., Geniole, S.N., Little, A.C., Moreau, B.J.P., Ortiz, T.L., Goldfarb, B., Bonin, P.L., & Carré, J.M. (2017). Does exogenous testosterone modulate men's ratings of facial dominance or trustworthiness? Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 3, 365-385. doi:10.1007/s40750-017-0079-7
Geniole, S.N., Bird, B.M., Ruddick, E.L., & Carré, J.M. (2017). Effects of competition outcome on testosterone concentrations in humans: An updated meta-analysis. Hormones and Behavior, 92, 37-50. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.10.002
Carré, J.C., Geniole, S.N., Ortiz, T.L., Bird, B.M., Videto, A., Bonin, P.L. (2017). Testosterone rapidly increases aggressive behavior in dominant and impulsive men. Biological Psychiatry, 82, 29-256. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.06.009
Geniole, S. N., MacDonell, E. T., & McCormick, C. M. (2017) The Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm as a laboratory tool for investigating the neuroendocrinology of aggression and competition. Hormones and Behavior, 92, 103-116. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.04.006
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
Lieberz KA, Windmann S, Geniole SN, McCormick CM, Mueller-Engelmann M, Gruener F, Bornefeld-Ettmann P, Steil R. Signals of Aggression: The facial width-to-height ratio determines interpersonal distance preferences in the observer. Aggressive Behavior. 2017; in press, doi: 10.1002/ab.21704
Geniole SN, MacDonell ET, McCormick CM. The “threat premium” in economic bargaining. Evolution and Human Behavior. 2017; in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.12.004
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. 2017: 12(3): e0172853, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172853
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; accepted. PDF, Supplementary materials
2016
Terburg D, Syal S, Rosenberger LA, Heany SJ, Stein DJ, van Honk J. Testosterone abolishes implicit subordination in social anxiety. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016; 72: 205-211.
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; 229: 213-238. 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; 71: 54-57. PDF
Losecaat Vermeer AB, Heerema RL, Sanfey AG. Third-Party Cooperation: How Reducing Material Involvement Enhances Contributions to the Public Good. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2016; 42(3): 337–349. 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; 62: 1-10. 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. 2015; 22(2): 561-569. PDF
2014
Hysek CM, Schmid Y, Simmler LD, Domes G, Heinrichs M, Eisenegger C, Preller KH, 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, Robbins TW. Role of dopamine D2 receptors in human reinforcement learning. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014; 39(10): 2366-2375. PDF
Montoya ER, Bos PA, Terburg D, Rosenberger LA, van Honk J. Cortisol administration induces global down-regulation of the brain’s reward circuitry. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2014; 47: 31-42.
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
Terburg D, Syal S, Rosenberger LA, Heany S, Phillips N, Gericke N, Stein DJ, van Honk J. Acute effects of Sceletium tortuosum (Zembrin), a dual 5-HT reuptake and PDE4 inhibitor, in the human amygdala and its connection to the hypothalamus. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013; 38(13): 2708-2716.
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
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
* authors contributed equally