Bregulla M, Packheiser J, Merz C, Echterhoff G, Scheele D (2026). Affective touch and face recognition: effects on memory and metacognitive performance. Sci Rep, 16(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-43969-9
Julian Packheiser
Dr. rer. nat.
Social Neuroscience
Curriculum Vitae
- Since 10/2023 Postdoc in the AE Social Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum
- 2021 - 2023 Postdoc in the Social Brain Lab, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
- 2019 - 2021 Postdoc in the AE Biopsychology, Ruhr-University Bochum
- 07/2019 Doctorate
- 2015 - 2019 PhD student in the AE Biopsychology, Ruhr-University Bochum
- 10/2015 M.Sc. Cognitive Science
- 04/2013 B.A. Psychology/German Studies
Methods and research interests
- Neuronal foundations of emotions
- Health effects of touch
- Lateralisation
- Meta-analyses, ecological validity, stress, EEG, fMRI, fNIRS
Recent publications
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Puhlmann L, Koppold A, Feld G, Lonsdorf T, Hilger K, Vogel S, Gürsoy Ç, Kastrinogiannis A, Kulke L, Lischke A, Müller-Alcazar A, Packheiser J, Sperl M, Yang Y, Bechtold L, Ocklenburg S, Hartmann H (2026). Sustainable neuroscience through open science. Nat Hum Behav,. doi: 10.1038/s41562-026-02426-3
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Denk B, Meier M, Ocklenburg S, Packheiser J, Wienhold S, Volkmer N, Gaertner R, Klink E, Ashcraft S, Benz A, Pruessner J (2026). Coupled hearts - effect of partner stress on cardiac synchronization. Biol Psychol, 204, 109205. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2026.109205
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Packheiser J, Borawski J, Berretz G, Merklein S, Papadatou-Pastou M, Ocklenburg S (2025). Handedness in mental and neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review and second-order meta-analysis. Psychol Bull, 151(4), 476-512. doi: 10.1037/bul0000471
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Stein C, Schiffer B, Papadatou-Pastou M, Packheiser J (2025). Pedophilia and hand preference: A meta-analysis. Laterality, 30(1), 52-77. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2025.2535353
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Packheiser J, Hartmann H, Fredriksen K, Gazzola V, Keysers C, Michon F (2024). A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis of the physical and mental health benefits of touch interventions. Nat Hum Behav, 8(6), 1088-1107. doi: 10.1038/s41562-024-01841-8
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Packheiser J, Sommer L, Wüllner M, Malek I, Reichart J, Katona L, Luhmann M, Ocklenburg S (2024). A Comparison of Hugging Frequency and Its Association with Momentary Mood Before and During COVID-19 Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. Health Commun, 39(5), 951-959. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2198058
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Röseler L, Kaiser L, Doetsch C, Klett N, Seida C, Schütz A, Aczel B, Adelina N, Agostini V, Alarie S, Albayrak-Aydemir N, Aldoh A, Al-Hoorie A, Azevedo F, Baker B, Barth C, Beitner J, Brick C, Brohmer H, Chandrashekar S, Chung K, Cockcroft J, Cummins J, Diveica V, Dumbalska T, Efendic E, Elsherif M, Evans T, Feldman G, Fillon A, Förster N, Frese J, Genschow O, Giannouli V, Gjoneska B, Gnambs T, Gourdon-Kanhukamwe A, Graham C, Hartmann H, Haviva C, Herderich A, Hilbert L, Holgado D, Hussey I, Ilchovska Z, Kalandadze T, Karhulahti V, Kasseckert L, Klingelhöfer-Jens M, Koppold A, Korbmacher M, Kulke L, Kuper N, LaPlume A, Leech G, Lohkamp F, Lou N, Lynott D, Maier M, Meier M, Montefinese M, Moreau D, Mrkva K, Nemcova M, Oomen D, Packheiser J, Pandey S, Papenmeier F, Paruzel-Czachura M, Pavlov Y, Pavlović Z, Pennington C, Pittelkow M, Plomp W, Plonski P, Pronizius E, Pua A, Pypno-Blajda K, Rausch M, Rebholz T, Richert E, Röer J, Ross R, Schmidt K, Skvortsova A, Sperl M, Tan A, Thürmer J, Tołopiło A, Vanpaemel W, Vaughn L, Verheyen S, Wallrich L, Weber L, Wolska J, Zaneva M, Zhang Y (2024). The Replication Database: Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science. J Open Psychol Data, 12, 8. doi: 10.5334/jopd.101
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Pusch R, Packheiser J, Azizi A, Sevincik C, Rose J, Cheng S, Stüttgen M, Güntürkün O (2023). Working memory performance is tied to stimulus complexity. Commun Biol, 6(1), 1119. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05486-7
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Packheiser J, Papadatou-Pastou M, Koufaki A, Paracchini S, Stein C, Schmitz J, Ocklenburg S (2023). Elevated levels of mixed-hand preference in dyslexia: Meta-analyses of 68 studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 154, 105420. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105420
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Packheiser J, Soyman E, Paradiso E, Michon F, Ramaaker E, Sahin N, Muralidharan S, Wöhr M, Gazzola V, Keysers C (2023). Audible pain squeaks can mediate emotional contagion across pre-exposed rats with a potential effect of auto-conditioning. Commun Biol, 6(1), 1085. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05474-x
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Michon F, Packheiser J, Gazzola V, Keysers C (2023). Sharing Positive Affective States Amongst Rodents. Affect Sci, 4(3), 475-479. doi: 10.1007/s42761-023-00201-5
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El Basbasse Y, Packheiser J, Peterburs J, Maymon C, Güntürkün O, Grimshaw G, Ocklenburg S (2023). Walk the plank! Using mobile electroencephalography to investigate emotional lateralization of immersive fear in virtual reality. R Soc Open Sci, 10(5), 221239. doi: 10.1098/rsos.221239
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Borawski J, Papadatou-Pastou M, Packheiser J, Ocklenburg S (2023). Handedness in post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 145, 105009. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.105009
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Berretz G, Packheiser J, Wolf O, Ocklenburg S (2023). A single dose of hydrocortisone does not alter interhemispheric transfer of information or transcallosal integration. Front Psychiatry, 14, 1054168. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1054168
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Pusch R, Packheiser J, Koenen C, Iovine F, Güntürkün O (2022). Digital embryos: a novel technical approach to investigate perceptual categorization in pigeons (Columba livia) using machine learning. Anim Cogn, 25(4), 793-805. doi: 10.1007/s10071-021-01594-1
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Berretz G, Packheiser J, Wolf O, Ocklenburg S (2022). Acute stress increases left hemispheric activity measured via changes in frontal alpha asymmetries. iScience, 25(2), 103841. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.103841
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Berretz G, Packheiser J, Wolf O, Ocklenburg S (2022). Improved interhemispheric connectivity after stress during lexical decision making. Behav Brain Res, 418, 113648. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113648
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Berretz G, Dutschke C, Leonard E, Packheiser J (2022). Ewww-Investigating the neural basis of disgust in response to naturalistic and pictorial nauseating stimuli. Front Psychiatry, 13, 1054224. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1054224
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Berretz G, Packheiser J (2022). Altered hemispheric asymmetries as an endophenotype in psychological and developmental disorders: A theory on the influence of stress on brain lateralization. Front Behav Neurosci, 16, 1054114. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1054114
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Pfeifer L, Heyers K, Berretz G, Metzen D, Packheiser J, Ocklenburg S (2022). Broadening the scope: Increasing phenotype diversity in laterality research. Front Behav Neurosci, 16, 1048388. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1048388
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Berretz G, Cebula C, Wortelmann B, Papadopoulou P, Wolf O, Ocklenburg S, Packheiser J (2022). Romantic partner embraces reduce cortisol release after acute stress induction in women but not in men. PLoS One, 17(5), e0266887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266887
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Packheiser J, Malek I, Reichart J, Katona L, Luhmann M, Ocklenburg S (2022). The Association of Embracing with Daily Mood and General Life Satisfaction: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. J Nonverbal Behav, 46(4), 519-536. doi: 10.1007/s10919-022-00411-8
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Güntürkün O, von Eugen K, Packheiser J, Pusch R (2021). Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals. Curr Opin Neurobiol, 71, 29-36. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2021.08.007
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Berretz G, Packheiser J, Höffken O, Wolf O, Ocklenburg S (2021). Dichotic listening performance and interhemispheric integration after administration of hydrocortisone. Sci Rep, 11(1), 21581. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00896-1
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Packheiser J, Schmitz J, Stein C, Pfeifer L, Berretz G, Papadatou-Pastou M, Peterburs J, Ocklenburg S (2021). Handedness and depression: A meta-analysis across 87 studies. J Affect Disord, 294, 200-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.052
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Donoso J, Packheiser J, Pusch R, Lederer Z, Walther T, Uengoer M, Lachnit H, Güntürkün O, Cheng S (2021). Emergence of complex dynamics of choice due to repeated exposures to extinction learning. Anim Cogn, 24(6), 1279-1297. doi: 10.1007/s10071-021-01521-4
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Rook N, Tuff J, Packheiser J, Güntürkün O, Beste C (2021). A hierarchical processing unit for multi-component behavior in the avian brain. iScience, 24(10), 103195. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103195
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Ocklenburg S, Berretz G, Packheiser J, Friedrich P (2021). Laterality 2020: Response to the article commentaries. Laterality, 26(3), 348-357. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2021.1932983
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Berretz G, Packheiser J, Kumsta R, Wolf O, Ocklenburg S (2021). The brain under stress-A systematic review and activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of changes in BOLD signal associated with acute stress exposure. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 124, 89-99. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.01.001
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Ocklenburg S, Berretz G, Packheiser J, Friedrich P (2021). Laterality 2020: entering the next decade. Laterality, 26(3), 265-297. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2020.1804396
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Packheiser J, Donoso J, Cheng S, Güntürkün O, Pusch R (2021). Trial-by-trial dynamics of reward prediction error-associated signals during extinction learning and renewal. Prog Neurobiol, 197, 101901. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101901
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Packheiser J, Berretz G, Rook N, Bahr C, Schockenhoff L, Güntürkün O, Ocklenburg S (2021). Investigating real-life emotions in romantic couples: a mobile EEG study. Sci Rep, 11(1), 1142. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80590-w
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Berretz G, Packheiser J, Wolf O, Ocklenburg S (2020). Dichotic listening performance and interhemispheric integration after stress exposure. Sci Rep, 10(1), 20804. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77708-5
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Packheiser J, Schmitz J, Arning L, Beste C, Güntürkün O, Ocklenburg S (2020). Author Correction: A large-scale estimate on the relationship between language and motor lateralization. Sci Rep, 10(1), 20050. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75423-9
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Packheiser J, Schmitz J, Berretz G, Carey D, Paracchini S, Papadatou-Pastou M, Ocklenburg S (2020). Four meta-analyses across 164 studies on atypical footedness prevalence and its relation to handedness. Sci Rep, 10(1), 14501. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71478-w
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Packheiser J, Schmitz J, Arning L, Beste C, Güntürkün O, Ocklenburg S (2020). A large-scale estimate on the relationship between language and motor lateralization. Sci Rep, 10(1), 13027. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-70057-3
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Rook N, Letzner S, Packheiser J, Güntürkün O, Beste C (2020). Author Correction: Immediate early gene fingerprints of multi-component behaviour. Sci Rep, 10(1), 11483. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65177-9
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Packheiser J, Schmitz J, Metzen D, Reinke P, Radtke F, Friedrich P, Güntürkün O, Peterburs J, Ocklenburg S (2020). Asymmetries in social touch-motor and emotional biases on lateral preferences in embracing, cradling and kissing. Laterality, 25(3), 325-348. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2019.1690496
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Rook N, Letzner S, Packheiser J, Güntürkün O, Beste C (2020). Immediate early gene fingerprints of multi-component behaviour. Sci Rep, 10(1), 384. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56998-4
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Packheiser J, Schmitz J, Pan Y, El Basbasse Y, Friedrich P, Güntürkün O, Ocklenburg S (2020). Using Mobile EEG to Investigate Alpha and Beta Asymmetries During Hand and Foot Use. Front Neurosci, 14, 109. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00109
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Packheiser J, Pusch R, Stein C, Güntürkün O, Lachnit H, Uengoer M (2020). How competitive is cue competition?. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), 73(1), 104-114. doi: 10.1177/1747021819866967
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Packheiser J, Güntürkün O, Pusch R (2019). Renewal of extinguished behavior in pigeons (Columba livia) does not require memory consolidation of acquisition or extinction in a free-operant appetitive conditioning paradigm. Behav Brain Res, 370, 111947. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.111947
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Packheiser J, Schmitz J, Berretz G, Papadatou-Pastou M, Ocklenburg S (2019). Handedness and sex effects on lateral biases in human cradling: Three meta-analyses. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 104, 30-42. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.035
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Schmitz J, Packheiser J, Birnkraut T, Hinz N, Friedrich P, Güntürkün O, Ocklenburg S (2019). The neurophysiological correlates of handedness: Insights from the lateralized readiness potential. Behav Brain Res, 364, 114-122. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.02.021
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Packheiser J, Rook N, Dursun Z, Mesenhöller J, Wenglorz A, Güntürkün O, Ocklenburg S (2019). Embracing your emotions: affective state impacts lateralisation of human embraces. Psychol Res, 83(1), 26-36. doi: 10.1007/s00426-018-0985-8
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Ocklenburg S, Packheiser J, Schmitz J, Rook N, Güntürkün O, Peterburs J, Grimshaw G (2018). Hugs and kisses - The role of motor preferences and emotional lateralization for hemispheric asymmetries in human social touch. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 95, 353-360. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.10.007