Monika Eckstein
@monikaeckstein.bsky.social
Social neurosciene of learning, touch and health -- let's check out brains and hormones! 🧠🤝👩🎓
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 👇
📍 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
🕒 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
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February 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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 👇
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. 🧠🫂👇
Please reach out to us for any questions and to discuss your thoughts on the project. Colleagues, please repost or forward to candidates. 🧠🫂👇
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
👉Deadline on 3/31/26 5pm CEST
Info on our webpage at:
www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...
#postdoc
January 22, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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. 🧠🫂👇
Please reach out to us for any questions and to discuss your thoughts on the project. Colleagues, please repost or forward to candidates. 🧠🫂👇
Der nächste Journal Club findet morgen, Freitag 12:00 online statt.
Unser Team präsentiert erste Biomarker-und Stress-Daten aus einem 🧠psycho-diagnostischen Interview von 🧓Personen über 70, durchgeführt vom Roboter Navel 🤖: osf.io/9dpxw/ PN an mich für den Link. #geriatric #mental #health
Unser Team präsentiert erste Biomarker-und Stress-Daten aus einem 🧠psycho-diagnostischen Interview von 🧓Personen über 70, durchgeführt vom Roboter Navel 🤖: osf.io/9dpxw/ PN an mich für den Link. #geriatric #mental #health
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Der nächste Journal Club findet morgen, Freitag 12:00 online statt.
Unser Team präsentiert erste Biomarker-und Stress-Daten aus einem 🧠psycho-diagnostischen Interview von 🧓Personen über 70, durchgeführt vom Roboter Navel 🤖: osf.io/9dpxw/ PN an mich für den Link. #geriatric #mental #health
Unser Team präsentiert erste Biomarker-und Stress-Daten aus einem 🧠psycho-diagnostischen Interview von 🧓Personen über 70, durchgeführt vom Roboter Navel 🤖: osf.io/9dpxw/ PN an mich für den Link. #geriatric #mental #health
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...
www.researchsquare.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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...)
Todays lecture (in German): 👇
Unser Journal Club startet im Neuen Jahr mit einem Gastvortrag. Herzliche Einladung am Dienstag 13.1., 10:00, zu uns ins Institut. Offen für alle Interessierten! Thema: Eltern-Kind-Forschung und peripartale psychische Gesundheit👪🧠🫀 von Corinne Neukel www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/personen/dr-...
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Todays lecture (in German): 👇
Unser Journal Club startet im Neuen Jahr mit einem Gastvortrag. Herzliche Einladung am Dienstag 13.1., 10:00, zu uns ins Institut. Offen für alle Interessierten! Thema: Eltern-Kind-Forschung und peripartale psychische Gesundheit👪🧠🫀 von Corinne Neukel www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/personen/dr-...
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Unser Journal Club startet im Neuen Jahr mit einem Gastvortrag. Herzliche Einladung am Dienstag 13.1., 10:00, zu uns ins Institut. Offen für alle Interessierten! Thema: Eltern-Kind-Forschung und peripartale psychische Gesundheit👪🧠🫀 von Corinne Neukel www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/personen/dr-...
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
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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
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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...
@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...
ja.ma
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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...
@monikaeckstein.bsky.social
ja.ma/4hVrWBW
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Monika Eckstein
Thrilled to share our (with @monikaeckstein.bsky.social) first #EMA findings! ✨ Social support isn’t always helpful in #pain - operant conditioning may alter relationship dynamics, increasing pain likelihood. Partner trainings needed! #Endometriosis #Stress #Relationships doi.org/10.1007/s125...
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Thrilled to share our (with @monikaeckstein.bsky.social) first #EMA findings! ✨ Social support isn’t always helpful in #pain - operant conditioning may alter relationship dynamics, increasing pain likelihood. Partner trainings needed! #Endometriosis #Stress #Relationships doi.org/10.1007/s125...
Für die mit Stern-Abo ⭐: Ich dürfte ein paar Infos zu diesem Artikel über #berührung 🫂 & #gesundheit 🧠 beitragen: 👉 www.stern.de/gesundheit/g... #oxytocin #ctactile
Streicheln und Umarmungen: Die Wissenschaft der großen Gefühle
Warum sinnliche Erlebnisse so starke Gefühle in uns auslösen – und was Forscher über das richtige Timing beim Streicheln, Küssen und Umarmen wissen.
www.stern.de
November 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Für die mit Stern-Abo ⭐: Ich dürfte ein paar Infos zu diesem Artikel über #berührung 🫂 & #gesundheit 🧠 beitragen: 👉 www.stern.de/gesundheit/g... #oxytocin #ctactile
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
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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
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
October 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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
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. 🤖🧑🤝🧑🧠
September 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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. 🤖🧑🤝🧑🧠
Interessante neue Perspektive durch meine Zusammenarbeit mit dem dbl-ev.de: Angst/Depression🧠 erschwert durch gehemmten Sprechantrieb/Antwortlatenz 🗣️die Psychotherapie und sozialen Interaktion. 👉Da hilft u.a. Logopädie - international gibt es den Speech Mental Health Therapist, in Dtl. noch nicht...
Logopädie bei psychiatrischen Erkrankungen - mit Dr. Theresa Strätz und Cordula Winterholler
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September 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Interessante neue Perspektive durch meine Zusammenarbeit mit dem dbl-ev.de: Angst/Depression🧠 erschwert durch gehemmten Sprechantrieb/Antwortlatenz 🗣️die Psychotherapie und sozialen Interaktion. 👉Da hilft u.a. Logopädie - international gibt es den Speech Mental Health Therapist, in Dtl. noch nicht...
Angebot für alle im Gesundheitswesen (inkl. Führungskräfte & Peers), die überlastet sind oder mit Tod, Grenzüberschreitungen, Suizidalität... konfrontiert sind oder Kolleg*innen helfen möchten 👉 psu-helpline.de
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August 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Angebot für alle im Gesundheitswesen (inkl. Führungskräfte & Peers), die überlastet sind oder mit Tod, Grenzüberschreitungen, Suizidalität... konfrontiert sind oder Kolleg*innen helfen möchten 👉 psu-helpline.de
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📢 Bitte teilen! Bei uns @cfmhlab.bsky.social sind ab 15.09.25 zwei Postdoc- oder WiMi-Stellen (50%, E13 TV-L, aufstockbar bis 100%) zu besetzen.
🗓️ Bewerbung bis 07.08./15.08.
Alle Infos 👉 tud.link/gs7b7p
Fragen gern via Mail oder PM.
@tudresden.bsky.social
🗓️ Bewerbung bis 07.08./15.08.
Alle Infos 👉 tud.link/gs7b7p
Fragen gern via Mail oder PM.
@tudresden.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📢 Bitte teilen! Bei uns @cfmhlab.bsky.social sind ab 15.09.25 zwei Postdoc- oder WiMi-Stellen (50%, E13 TV-L, aufstockbar bis 100%) zu besetzen.
🗓️ Bewerbung bis 07.08./15.08.
Alle Infos 👉 tud.link/gs7b7p
Fragen gern via Mail oder PM.
@tudresden.bsky.social
🗓️ Bewerbung bis 07.08./15.08.
Alle Infos 👉 tud.link/gs7b7p
Fragen gern via Mail oder PM.
@tudresden.bsky.social
Ich darf am Dienstag meine Forschung vorstellen - herzliche Einladung an alle interessieren Studis in HD: 👇
June 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Ich darf am Dienstag meine Forschung vorstellen - herzliche Einladung an alle interessieren Studis in HD: 👇
I did a little side project on the relationship between job satisfaction, #volunteering and #depression using #SOEP data. Find details here👉 osf.io/preprints/th...
Being #healthy and happy at work seems to be a precondition for voluntary engagement for a good cause and being #sustainable.
Being #healthy and happy at work seems to be a precondition for voluntary engagement for a good cause and being #sustainable.
June 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I did a little side project on the relationship between job satisfaction, #volunteering and #depression using #SOEP data. Find details here👉 osf.io/preprints/th...
Being #healthy and happy at work seems to be a precondition for voluntary engagement for a good cause and being #sustainable.
Being #healthy and happy at work seems to be a precondition for voluntary engagement for a good cause and being #sustainable.
A new article from our team reporting health-benefical effects of instructed positive couple interaction in daily life 👇🧑🤝🧑🧠 bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
May 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A new article from our team reporting health-benefical effects of instructed positive couple interaction in daily life 👇🧑🤝🧑🧠 bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Wir suchen studentische Verstärkung für unser Team als #Hiwi in der Forschung zu Hormonen und Sozialer Interaktion🤼♂️🧠🫀🤖. Bewerbung an monika.eckstein@med.uni-heidelberg.de
May 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Wir suchen studentische Verstärkung für unser Team als #Hiwi in der Forschung zu Hormonen und Sozialer Interaktion🤼♂️🧠🫀🤖. Bewerbung an monika.eckstein@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Synchrony is higher during 💥stress or 🤼 conflict but #mindfulness seems to buffer against this potential stress contagion.
April 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Synchrony is higher during 💥stress or 🤼 conflict but #mindfulness seems to buffer against this potential stress contagion.
We are happy to share our new paper by @dorahopf.bsky.social et al showing hormonal synchrony in everyday life of older couples 🧑🤝🧑 in salivary #oxytocin and cortisol 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X25000698
April 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are happy to share our new paper by @dorahopf.bsky.social et al showing hormonal synchrony in everyday life of older couples 🧑🤝🧑 in salivary #oxytocin and cortisol 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X25000698
And this German Podcast has also reported on how compliment sharing might improve health via reward and empathy networks: open.spotify.com/episode/7k3e...
Btw here paper they refer to: academic.oup.com/scan/article... We assume the neural reward mechanisms help to seek and maintain relationsships.🧠👩❤️👩
Btw here paper they refer to: academic.oup.com/scan/article... We assume the neural reward mechanisms help to seek and maintain relationsships.🧠👩❤️👩
Neural responses to instructed positive couple interaction: an fMRI study on compliment sharing
Abstract. Love is probably the most fascinating feeling that a person ever experiences. However, little is known about what is happening in the brains of a
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January 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
And this German Podcast has also reported on how compliment sharing might improve health via reward and empathy networks: open.spotify.com/episode/7k3e...
Btw here paper they refer to: academic.oup.com/scan/article... We assume the neural reward mechanisms help to seek and maintain relationsships.🧠👩❤️👩
Btw here paper they refer to: academic.oup.com/scan/article... We assume the neural reward mechanisms help to seek and maintain relationsships.🧠👩❤️👩
Yesterday, Quarks Radio reported about our 🧠 #fMRI study on #compliment sharing between 🗣️👩❤️👩 #couples and positive social interaction on #health in general... find the audio in German language here: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au... (approx. 1:15h)
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Aktuell, verständlich, kritisch - und unterhaltsam. So spannend kann Wissenschaft sein. Von Astronomie über Gesundheit, Psychologie, Umwelt, Tiere bis Digitales: "WDR 5 Quarks - Wissenschaft und mehr...
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January 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Yesterday, Quarks Radio reported about our 🧠 #fMRI study on #compliment sharing between 🗣️👩❤️👩 #couples and positive social interaction on #health in general... find the audio in German language here: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au... (approx. 1:15h)