We are very happy to support this important initiative by one of our former research assistants, Veronika Zöbelin, and can't wait to see the results ♀️🧠

Grattis Dr. Lilja! We are very proud of our newest PhD graduate, Antonia, who successfully defended her thesis, "What Matters Most: Selective Memory Enhancement Surrounding Acute Stress". We're happy to celebrate this milestone & wish her all the best in her next chapter 🥳🍾☀️

How does an intense event change what we remember about the rest of our day? ​Our recent study (N=285) challenges the idea of a uniform emotional memory boost. We found that individuals split into two distinct modes of organizing threat-relevant information.🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Time for the yearly "summer" team activity: swapped boats for bowling to escape the rain. Some colleagues clearly improved since last time 🧐🎳 Others had beginner's luck?

💥 Limited connections An international research team led by Bernstein member Lars Schwabe @stresscognition.bsky.social shows how stress affects information-linking processes in our brain. Read the whole story 👉️ bit.ly/4vxEKDW @uni-hamburg.de #BernsteinNetwork #CompNeuro 🧠 📈

Heading to #PuG2026 in Heidelberg! ​Catch Hendrik's talk in the Saturday session at 11:00 (HS14) exploring how post-retrieval stress disrupts memory updating. Or check out the thread below for our poster lineup (#229, #369, #574)! 👇 (1/3) @dgps.bsky.social

🧠 Neue Informationen gleicht das Gehirn mit Erinnerungen ab und verknüpft sie miteinander. Ein Forschungsteam unter der Leitung von Prof. Lars Schwabe aus dem Arbeitsbereich Kognitionspsychologie (@stresscognition.bsky.social) zeigt nun, dass diese Prozesse durch Stress negativ beeinflusst werden.

When you're stressed, what happens to the mental links that let you connect related experiences and draw new conclusions? In our new @science.org #ScienceAdvances paper, we show that stress disrupts that linking process in the hippocampus🧵

Does the brain perform inference under pressure? Our fMRI study led by Kai Schueren shows acute stress impairs our ability to link memories of past events with new information.🔗 The work is out now in www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... and also covered in www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Our lab is eager to host a post-doc researcher via the Humboldt Research Fellowship! ​If you’re interested in collaborating and applying together, please reach out to us directly: [email protected] ​Details: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...

​Exam stress? 📉 ​Prof. Lars Schwabe shares his top tips for staying calm in under a minute. ​📺 Watch here (German): www.instagram.com/reel/DUX21-N...

Inspiring days in Ratzeburg 🌿✨ at the 3rd Summer School of @rtg2753.bsky.social on Emotional Learning & Memory. Science, sports, spa – and great talks from our lab on past & future projects! 🧠💡 With @elbersgerd.bsky.social, Kai Schüren, Tim Dressler, @s-vandelangenberg.bsky.social & Antonia Lilja

GOAT times in the lab 🐐🍻 Excited to (re)welcome Tim Dreßler as a new PhD student, and belated cheers to @elbersgerd.bsky.social & Dr. Leon Lange, who joined our department earlier this summer 🌞

Grateful for some intense days at #ICON25 in Porto and energised from the people I (re)connected with — so much input, inspiring discussions, and the chance to share my work on hippocampal neurofeedback 🧠 Now moving from brainwaves to ocean waves: recharging with workouts & the sea 🏄🏼‍♀️🏋🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️

New publication from our lab! 👀 We found that memory enhancement from PEs depends on the brain's neural state: theta/alpha activity & pre-error reactivation are key. TMS over the superior parietal cortex altered response bias but not PE-related memory effects 💡 👉 www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...

Hats off to Dr. Kaja Loock, who successfully defended her PhD on July 11th! 🎓👏🏼 Her thesis, "Learning from the Unexpected: How Prediction Errors Shape Episodic Memory Formation," sheds new light on how surprises shape what we remember. 🧠💡 Congrats on this outstanding achievement! 🌟

🔥 Biannual Team Fun Alert We took a break from the brain stuff & soaked up some sunshine! ☀️ We got competitive over mini-golf ⛳ and kubb 🪵 (aka Viking Chess), relaxed with a cozy picnic in Planten un Blomen 🌸 and shared too much pizza & laughter 🍕😂 We’re now on Insta too, come follow along 👇🏼

📢 On July 1st, our new postdoc Dr. Leon Lange & our new PhD student Neele @elbersgerd.bsky.social (as part of the @rtg2753.bsky.social) joined the lab - a very warm welcome to both! 😍

Today, our postdoc Hendrik Heinbockel received the Best PhD Thesis Award at the Summer Event of the Hamburg Brain School /Center for NeuroScience. Congratulations! ☀️💐👏🏼 #HamburgNeuro #HBS #HCNS

Exciting news from the 14th Germany-wide PhD Thesis Award of @dgps.bsky.social (General Psychology) 🌟 Our postdoc Sarah Koch was awarded 3rd place for her outstanding dissertation, presented at the final symposium in Cologne 🎉👏 Huge congratulations to Sarah and all other finalists!

Our new paper is out! Valentina Krenz et al show that the amygdala response during the initial encounter of an emotional event boosts subsequent remembering through a more precise reinstatement of the event representation during subsequent encounters 💡 www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...

Excited to have welcomed our new PhD student to the lab! 🧠 Good luck with your research journey, @ivanamarijanovic.bsky.social ! 🍀 www.psy.uni-hamburg.de/arbeitsberei...

🔥New paper by Kaja Loock! In a series of experiments, Kaja, F. Kalbe & L. Schwabe investigated whether PE effects are specific to the predictive stimuli that precede PEs, or if PEs create a temporary period of enhanced, non-selective memory formation. The results? 👇 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Great talents looking for #NeuroJobs or #PsychJobs in your network? 🧠🌐 Please share our vacancies! 📝 Deadline March 5th

We're announcing new openings in our research team! Join us at @uni-hamburg.de and be a part of fascinating work on stress and cognition: 🔹 Post-doc: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb... 🔹 PhD student: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb... We’re excited to welcome new talent 🌟 #NeuroJobs #PsychJobs

🚀 Big milestone for Antonia Lilja! Her first first-author paper in her PhD is now online🔥 Findings show that #stress enhances #memory for preceding neutral events—but only if the stressor itself is well remembered. No cueing effects found. Check it out! learnmem.cshlp.org/content/31/1...

New @elife.bsky.social study published! 🚀 Yohimbine modulates memory reconsolidation via hippocampal-cortical reactivation. fMRI & psychopharma findings on memory by Hendrik Heinbockel, Gregor Leicht, Anthony D. Wagner & Lars Schwabe. 🧠💡 #Neuroscience #Memory elifesciences.org/articles/100...

come work with @stresscognition.bsky.social , @anjariesel.bsky.social , @nicoschuck.bsky.social @christianbuchel.bsky.social, @janhaaker.bsky.social as well as Tania Lincoln, Tobias Donner, Sarah Hohmann, Simone Kühn, Jürgen Gallinat and a bunch of brilliant students!

📢 The latest special issue of Biological Psychiatry, titled "Stress and Cognition: From Bench to Bedside", is live 🔗! Co-edited by Lars & @nikosdaskalakis.bsky.social it explores how stress impacts the brain, cognition & mental health—bridging basic research and clinical applications. Highlights ⬇️

Start the new year right! Prof. Lars Schwabe shares insights on creating lasting routines and handling setbacks in @spiegel.de podcast Smarter leben (in German). Listen here:

💡 📝Apply for the postdoc position at the Cognitive Psychology Lab at @uni-hamburg.de @stresscognition.bsky.social until the 10th of January! All details via www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

Only four days left to apply for this postdoc position in our Cognitive Psychology Lab! 📝🧠 #neurojobs #cognition #vacancy #postdoc

🆕 We've opened +2 PhD positions! 🧠 Mechanisms involved in emotion-related alterations of learning and memory in health & disease 👥 Interdisciplinary team: @rtg2753.bsky.social 📽️ Impression: youtu.be/dqdb6cAJlMg 🗓️ 01.07.2025, fixed until 30.06.2028 📬 Deadline: 31.01.2025 More info & apply 🧵👇

Today it was time for our annual winter activity: We hit the lanes for some friendly competition, followed by a visit to Hamburg's Christmas markets. A perfect way to celebrate the season together! 🎳🌟 #Bowling #LabFun #TeamCelebration

🎬 We are so excited to share the image film of our Research Training Group, which provides behind-the-scenes insights into the research within the group, the experiences of our PhD students and our goals for the next years! Thank you to everyone who contributed 📽️🧠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqdb...

In addition, we're #hiring a new #postdoctoral researcher ! 🔎 Focus: stress, emotion & cognition 📍 Hamburg, Germany 💼 Start: 01.04.2025 | Fixed: 2 years 🎓 Requirements: PhD in Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience More info & apply by 10.01.2025 via the link: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

Also, we’re looking for a PhD candidate to join us in exploring the intersections of (stress-related) #psychology & #cognitive #neuroscience⚡ 📬 Apply by 06/01/2025 🗓️ Start on 01/04/2025 🔗 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

After much deliberation, we've officially migrated from X to BlueSky! Follow us for: 🧠 Cognitive psychology insights 🤝 Connecting with fellow scientists, students, and enthusiasts 💼 New research opportunities 🎉 Behind-the-scenes lab fun Let’s continue building an engaging community together! 💙