Iversen I, Alaerts K, Bakermans-Kranenburg M, Becker B, Blair R, Bartz J, Connelly J, Ditzen B, Ebner N, Kang H, Lawson E, Lønfeldt N, Moerkerke M, Montag C, Mora-Jensen A, Horta M, Peled-Avron L, Procyshyn T, Sartorius A, Scheele D, Schneider E, Theofanopoulou C, Yamasue H, Quintana D (2026). The active monitoring of oxytocin research evidence (AMORE) platform. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 185, 107713. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107713
Prof. Dr. Dirk Scheele
Abteilungsleitung Soziale Neurowissenschaften
Prof. Dr. Dirk Scheele leitet den Bereich Social Neuroscience an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Seine Forschung konzentriert sich auf die neurobiologischen Mechanismen sozialer Bindung und Interaktion. Er untersucht, wie das Gehirn soziale Prozesse reguliert als Grundlage für bessere Therapieansätze bei Störungen sozialer Interaktion.
Curriculum vitae
- Seit 2023 Professor für Social Neuroscience, Fakultät für Medizin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, und Research Center One Health Ruhr der Universitätsallianz Ruhr
- 2022-2023 Professor für Social Neuroscience, Fakultät für Psychologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- 2022-2023 Assoziierter Junior Fellow des Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst
- 2020-2022 Stellvertretender Forschungsleiter, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie & Psychotherapie, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
- 2019-2020 Stellvertretender Forschungsleiter, Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- 2018 Gastwissenschaftler, California Institute of Technology, USA
- 2014-2018 Postdoc, Division of Medical Psychology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- 2011-2014 Dr. rer. nat. in der Forschungsgruppe “Neuromodulation of Emotion”, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- 2007-2010 M.Sc. Psychologie mit Schwerpunkt kognitive Neurowissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- 2004-2007 B.Sc. Wirtschaftspsychologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Forschungsschwerpunkte
Prof. Dr. Dirk Scheele erforscht die neurobiologischen Grundlagen sozialer Bindung. Seine Arbeitsgruppe untersucht kognitive und sensorische Veränderungen bei sozialer Isolation und Einsamkeit sowie den Einfluss sozialer Bindung auf die Verarbeitung von Traumata. Die Forschung umfasst visuelle, auditive, taktile und olfaktorische Reize.
Methodisch kombiniert das Team behaviorale und hormonelle Messungen mit nicht-invasiven Hirnstimulationsverfahren (transkranielle Gleichstromstimulation), psychophysiologischen Erhebungen (EDA, EKG, Respiration bei sozialen Dyaden) und bildgebenden Verfahren (fMRT 1,5 bis 7 Tesla, fNIRS, mobiles EEG).
Aktuelle Publikationen
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Barton S, Pruin A, Schulze J, Kiebs M, Scheele D, Hurlemann R (2025). Dose-response effects of exogenous oxytocin on social cognition: A systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 178, 106350. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106350
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Haihambo N, Layiwola D, Blank H, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2025). Loneliness and social conformity: A predictive processing perspective. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1547(1), 5-17. doi: 10.1111/nyas.15324
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Wiśniewska M, Piejka A, Wolak T, Scheele D, Okruszek Ł (2025). Loneliness - not for the faint of heart? Effects of transient loneliness induction on neural and parasympathetic responses to affective stimuli. Soc Neurosci,, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2025.2498384
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De Felice S, Chand T, Croy I, Engert V, Goldstein P, Holroyd C, Kirsch P, Krach S, Ma Y, Scheele D, Schurz M, Schweinberger S, Hoehl S, Vrticka P (2025). Relational neuroscience: Insights from hyperscanning research. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 169, 105979. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105979
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Voelter J, Voelter J, Postin D, Croy I, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2025). A Neural Signature of Touch Aversion and Interpersonal Problems in Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychother Psychosom, 94(5), 358-372. doi: 10.1159/000545973
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Stevens L, Bregulla M, Scheele D (2024). Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch - Neural and endocrine pathways. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 159, 105595. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105595
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Berger R, Hurlemann R, Shamay-Tsoory S, Kanterman A, Brauser M, Gorni J, Luhmann M, Schramm E, Schultz J, Philipsen A, Lieberz J, Scheele D (2024). Oxytocin-Augmented Modular-Based Group Intervention for Loneliness: A Proof-Of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychother Psychosom, 93(3), 169-180. doi: 10.1159/000538752
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Mielacher C, Scheele D, Kiebs M, Schmitt L, Dellert T, Philipsen A, Lamm C, Hurlemann R (2024). Altered reward network responses to social touch in major depression. Psychol Med, 54(2), 308-316. doi: 10.1017/S0033291723001617
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Schneider E, Hopf D, Aguilar-Raab C, Scheele D, Neubauer A, Sailer U, Hurlemann R, Eckstein M, Ditzen B (2023). Affectionate touch and diurnal oxytocin levels: An ecological momentary assessment study. Elife, 12. doi: 10.7554/eLife.81241
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Schneider E, Hopf D, Eckstein M, Scheele D, Aguilar-Raab C, Herpertz S, Grinevich V, Ditzen B (2023). Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic Moderates Pain Perception and Momentary Oxytocin Levels. J Clin Med, 12(6). doi: 10.3390/jcm12062333
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Coenjaerts M, Adrovic B, Trimborn I, Philipsen A, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2023). Effects of exogenous oxytocin and estradiol on resting-state functional connectivity in women and men. Sci Rep, 13(1), 3113. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29754-y
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Sailer U, Riva F, Lieberz J, Campbell-Meiklejohn D, Scheele D, Pfabigan D (2023). Hungry for compliments? Ghrelin is not associated with neural responses to social rewards or their pleasantness. Front Psychiatry, 14, 1104305. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1104305
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Saporta N, Scheele D, Lieberz J, Nevat M, Kanterman A, Hurlemann R, Shamay-Tsoory S (2022). Altered activation in the action observation system during synchronization in high loneliness individuals. Cereb Cortex, 33(2), 385-402. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac073
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Coenjaerts M, Trimborn I, Adrovic B, Stoffel-Wagner B, Cahill L, Philipsen A, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2022). Exogenous estradiol and oxytocin modulate sex differences in hippocampal reactivity during the encoding of episodic memories. Neuroimage, 264, 119689. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119689
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Lan C, Liu C, Li K, Zhao Z, Yang J, Ma Y, Scheele D, Yao S, Kendrick K, Becker B (2022). Oxytocinergic Modulation of Stress-Associated Amygdala-Hippocampus Pathways in Humans Is Mediated by Serotonergic Mechanisms. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 25(10), 807-817. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyac037
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Hopf D, Schneider E, Aguilar-Raab C, Scheele D, Morr M, Klein T, Ditzen B, Eckstein M (2022). Loneliness and diurnal cortisol levels during COVID-19 lockdown: the roles of living situation, relationship status and relationship quality. Sci Rep, 12(1), 15076. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-19224-2
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Morr M, Noell J, Sassin D, Daniels J, Philipsen A, Becker B, Stoffel-Wagner B, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2022). Lonely in the Dark: Trauma Memory and Sex-Specific Dysregulation of Amygdala Reactivity to Fear Signals. Adv Sci (Weinh), 9(15), e2105336. doi: 10.1002/advs.202105336
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Lieberz J, Shamay-Tsoory S, Saporta N, Kanterman A, Gorni J, Esser T, Kuskova E, Schultz J, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2022). Behavioral and Neural Dissociation of Social Anxiety and Loneliness. J Neurosci, 42(12), 2570-2583. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2029-21.2022
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Saporta N, Peled-Avron L, Scheele D, Lieberz J, Hurlemann R, Shamay-Tsoory S (2022). Touched by loneliness-how loneliness impacts the response to observed human touch: a tDCS study. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 17(1), 142-150. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsab122
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Morr M, Liu X, Hurlemann R, Becker B, Scheele D (2022). Chronic Loneliness: Neurocognitive Mechanisms and Interventions. Psychother Psychosom, 91(4), 227-237. doi: 10.1159/000524157
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Lieberz J, Shamay-Tsoory S, Saporta N, Esser T, Kuskova E, Stoffel-Wagner B, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2021). Loneliness and the Social Brain: How Perceived Social Isolation Impairs Human Interactions. Adv Sci (Weinh), 8(21), e2102076. doi: 10.1002/advs.202102076
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Liu C, Lan C, Li K, Zhou F, Yao S, Xu L, Yang N, Zhou X, Yang J, Yong X, Ma Y, Scheele D, Kendrick K, Becker B (2021). Oxytocinergic Modulation of Threat-Specific Amygdala Sensitization in Humans Is Critically Mediated by Serotonergic Mechanisms. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging, 6(11), 1081-1089. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.04.009
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Liu C, Xu L, Li J, Zhou F, Yang X, Zheng X, Fu M, Li K, Sindermann C, Montag C, Ma Y, Scheele D, Ebstein R, Yao S, Kendrick K, Becker B (2021). Serotonin and early life stress interact to shape brain architecture and anxious avoidant behavior - a TPH2 imaging genetics approach. Psychol Med, 51(14), 2476-2484. doi: 10.1017/S0033291720002809
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Coenjaerts M, Pape F, Santoso V, Grau F, Stoffel-Wagner B, Philipsen A, Schultz J, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2021). Sex differences in economic decision-making: Exogenous estradiol has opposing effects on fairness framing in women and men. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 50, 46-54. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.04.006
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Saporta N, Scheele D, Lieberz J, Stuhr-Wulff F, Hurlemann R, Shamay-Tsoory S (2021). Opposing Association of Situational and Chronic Loneliness with Interpersonal Distance. Brain Sci, 11(9). doi: 10.3390/brainsci11091135
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Morr M, Lieberz J, Dobbelstein M, Philipsen A, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2021). Insula reactivity mediates subjective isolation stress in alexithymia. Sci Rep, 11(1), 15326. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-94799-w
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Marsh N, Scheele D, Postin D, Onken M, Hurlemann R (2021). Eye-Tracking Reveals a Role of Oxytocin in Attention Allocation Towards Familiar Faces. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 12, 629760. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.629760
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Quintana D, Lischke A, Grace S, Scheele D, Ma Y, Becker B (2021). Advances in the field of intranasal oxytocin research: lessons learned and future directions for clinical research. Mol Psychiatry, 26(1), 80-91. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-00864-7
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Lieberz J, Scheele D, Spengler F, Matheisen T, Schneider L, Stoffel-Wagner B, Kinfe T, Hurlemann R (2020). Kinetics of oxytocin effects on amygdala and striatal reactivity vary between women and men. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45(7), 1134-1140. doi: 10.1038/s41386-019-0582-6
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Kreuder A, Scheele D, Schultz J, Hennig J, Marsh N, Dellert T, Ettinger U, Philipsen A, Babasiz M, Herscheid A, Remmersmann L, Stirnberg R, Stöcker T, Hurlemann R (2020). Common and dissociable effects of oxytocin and lorazepam on the neurocircuitry of fear. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 117(21), 11781-11787. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920147117
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Zhao W, Zimmermann K, Zhou X, Zhou F, Fu M, Dernbach C, Scheele D, Weber B, Eckstein M, Hurlemann R, Kendrick K, Becker B (2020). Impaired cognitive performance under psychosocial stress in cannabis-dependent men is associated with attenuated precuneus activity. J Psychiatry Neurosci, 45(2), 88-97. doi: 10.1503/jpn.190039
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Maier A, Heinen-Ludwig L, Güntürkün O, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2020). Childhood Maltreatment Alters the Neural Processing of Chemosensory Stress Signals. Front Psychiatry, 11, 783. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00783
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Maier A, Gieling C, Heinen-Ludwig L, Stefan V, Schultz J, Güntürkün O, Becker B, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2020). Association of Childhood Maltreatment With Interpersonal Distance and Social Touch Preferences in Adulthood. Am J Psychiatry, 177(1), 37-46. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19020212
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Scheele D, Zimbal S, Feinstein J, Delis A, Neumann C, Mielacher C, Philipsen A, Hurlemann R (2019). Treatment-Resistant Depression and Ketamine Response in a Patient With Bilateral Amygdala Damage. Am J Psychiatry, 176(12), 982-986. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18101219
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Zhou X, Zimmermann K, Xin F, Zhao W, Derckx R, Sassmannshausen A, Scheele D, Hurlemann R, Weber B, Kendrick K, Becker B (2019). Cue Reactivity in the Ventral Striatum Characterizes Heavy Cannabis Use, Whereas Reactivity in the Dorsal Striatum Mediates Dependent Use. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging, 4(8), 751-762. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.04.006
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Spengler F, Scheele D, Kaiser S, Heinrichs M, Hurlemann R (2019). A Protective Mechanism against Illusory Perceptions Is Amygdala-Dependent. J Neurosci, 39(17), 3301-3308. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2577-18.2019
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Zimmermann K, Kendrick K, Scheele D, Dau W, Banger M, Maier W, Weber B, Ma Y, Hurlemann R, Becker B (2019). Altered striatal reward processing in abstinent dependent cannabis users: Social context matters. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 29(3), 356-364. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.01.106
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Boström A, Scheele D, Stoffel-Wagner B, Hönig F, Chaudhry S, Muhammad S, Hurlemann R, Krauss J, Lendvai I, Chakravarthy K, Kinfe T (2019). Saliva molecular inflammatory profiling in female migraine patients responsive to adjunctive cervical non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation: the MOXY Study. J Transl Med, 17(1), 53. doi: 10.1186/s12967-019-1801-y
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Eckstein M, Almeida de Minas A, Scheele D, Kreuder A, Hurlemann R, Grinevich V, Ditzen B (2019). Oxytocin for learning calm and safety. Int J Psychophysiol, 136, 5-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.06.004
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Chaudhry S, Lendvai I, Muhammad S, Westhofen P, Kruppenbacher J, Scheef L, Boecker H, Scheele D, Hurlemann R, Kinfe T (2019). Inter-ictal assay of peripheral circulating inflammatory mediators in migraine patients under adjunctive cervical non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS): A proof-of-concept study. Brain Stimul, 12(3), 643-651. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.01.008
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Scheele D, Lieberz J, Goertzen-Patin A, Engels C, Schneider L, Stoffel-Wagner B, Becker B, Hurlemann R (2019). Trauma Disclosure Moderates the Effects of Oxytocin on Intrusions and Neural Responses to Fear. Psychother Psychosom, 88(1), 61-63. doi: 10.1159/000496056
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Hurlemann R, Scheele D, Kinfe T, Berger R, Philipsen A, Voncken M, Kuypers K, Schruers K (2019). Increased Temporal Discounting in Social Anxiety Disorder Normalizes after Oxytocin Treatment. Psychother Psychosom, 88(1), 55-57. doi: 10.1159/000495259
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Gravius N, Chaudhry S, Muhammad S, Boström A, Gravius S, Randau T, Scheele D, Westhofen P, Kruppenbacher J, Stoffel-Wagner B, Maier C, Weidlich A, Yearwood T, Chakravarthy K, Kramer J, Hurlemann R, Kinfe T (2019). Selective L4 Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Evokes Pain Relief and Changes of Inflammatory Markers: Part I Profiling of Saliva and Serum Molecular Patterns. Neuromodulation, 22(1), 44-52. doi: 10.1111/ner.12866
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Kreuder A, Wassermann L, Wollseifer M, Ditzen B, Eckstein M, Stoffel-Wagner B, Hennig J, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2019). Oxytocin enhances the pain-relieving effects of social support in romantic couples. Hum Brain Mapp, 40(1), 242-251. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24368
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Maier A, Scheele D, Spengler F, Menba T, Mohr F, Güntürkün O, Stoffel-Wagner B, Kinfe T, Maier W, Khalsa S, Hurlemann R (2019). Oxytocin reduces a chemosensory-induced stress bias in social perception. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44(2), 281-288. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0063-3
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Zhou F, Zimmermann K, Xin F, Scheele D, Dau W, Banger M, Weber B, Hurlemann R, Kendrick K, Becker B (2018). Shifted balance of dorsal versus ventral striatal communication with frontal reward and regulatory regions in cannabis-dependent males. Hum Brain Mapp, 39(12), 5062-5073. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24345
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Bolea-Alamanac B, Bailey S, Lovick T, Scheele D, Valentino R (2018). Female psychopharmacology matters! Towards a sex-specific psychopharmacology. J Psychopharmacol, 32(2), 125-133. doi: 10.1177/0269881117747578
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Lendvai I, Maier A, Scheele D, Hurlemann R, Kinfe T (2018). Spotlight on cervical vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of primary headache disorders: a review. J Pain Res, 11, 1613-1625. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S129202
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Patin A, Scheele D, Hurlemann R (2018). Oxytocin and Interpersonal Relationships. Curr Top Behav Neurosci, 35, 389-420. doi: 10.1007/7854_2017_22
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Spengler F, Schultz J, Scheele D, Essel M, Maier W, Heinrichs M, Hurlemann R (2017). Kinetics and Dose Dependency of Intranasal Oxytocin Effects on Amygdala Reactivity. Biol Psychiatry, 82(12), 885-894. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.04.015
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Kreuder A, Scheele D, Wassermann L, Wollseifer M, Stoffel-Wagner B, Lee M, Hennig J, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2017). How the brain codes intimacy: The neurobiological substrates of romantic touch. Hum Brain Mapp, 38(9), 4525-4534. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23679
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Marsh N, Scheele D, Feinstein J, Gerhardt H, Strang S, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2017). Oxytocin-enforced norm compliance reduces xenophobic outgroup rejection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 114(35), 9314-9319. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705853114
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Spengler F, Scheele D, Marsh N, Kofferath C, Flach A, Schwarz S, Stoffel-Wagner B, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2017). Oxytocin facilitates reciprocity in social communication. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 12(8), 1325-1333. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsx061
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Hurlemann R, Marsh N, Schultz J, Scheele D (2017). Oxytocin shapes the priorities and neural representations of attitudes and values. Behav Brain Sci, 40, e241. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16000807
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Hurlemann R, Scheele D, Maier W, Schultz J (2017). Oxytocin drives prosocial biases in favor of attractive people. Behav Brain Sci, 40, e30. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16000510
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Striepens N, Schröter F, Stoffel-Wagner B, Maier W, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2016). Oxytocin enhances cognitive control of food craving in women. Hum Brain Mapp, 37(12), 4276-4285. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23308
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Scheele D, Plota J, Stoffel-Wagner B, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2016). Hormonal contraceptives suppress oxytocin-induced brain reward responses to the partner's face. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 11(5), 767-74. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv157
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Eckstein M, Scheele D, Patin A, Preckel K, Becker B, Walter A, Domschke K, Grinevich V, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2016). Oxytocin Facilitates Pavlovian Fear Learning in Males. Neuropsychopharmacology, 41(4), 932-9. doi: 10.1038/npp.2015.245
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Hu Y, Scheele D, Becker B, Voos G, David B, Hurlemann R, Weber B (2016). The Effect of Oxytocin on Third-Party Altruistic Decisions in Unfair Situations: An fMRI Study. Sci Rep, 6, 20236. doi: 10.1038/srep20236
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Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2016). Dissecting the Role of Oxytocin in the Formation and Loss of Social Relationships. Biol Psychiatry, 79(3), 185-93. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.05.013
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Hurlemann R, Maier W, Scheele D (2016). Interactions of noradrenaline and cortisol and the induction of indelible memories. Behav Brain Sci, 39, e213. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X15001843
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Marsh N, Scheele D, Gerhardt H, Strang S, Enax L, Weber B, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2015). The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Induces a Social Altruism Bias. J Neurosci, 35(47), 15696-701. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3199-15.2015
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Fürst A, Thron J, Scheele D, Marsh N, Hurlemann R (2015). The neuropeptide oxytocin modulates consumer brand relationships. Sci Rep, 5, 14960. doi: 10.1038/srep14960
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Scheele D, Schwering C, Elison J, Spunt R, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2015). A human tendency to anthropomorphize is enhanced by oxytocin. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 25(10), 1817-23. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.05.009
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Eckstein M, Becker B, Scheele D, Scholz C, Preckel K, Schlaepfer T, Grinevich V, Kendrick K, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2015). Oxytocin facilitates the extinction of conditioned fear in humans. Biol Psychiatry, 78(3), 194-202. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.10.015
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Preckel K, Scheele D, Eckstein M, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2015). The influence of oxytocin on volitional and emotional ambivalence. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 10(7), 987-93. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsu147
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Hurlemann R, Arndt S, Schlaepfer T, Reul J, Maier W, Scheele D (2015). Diminished appetitive startle modulation following targeted inhibition of prefrontal cortex. Sci Rep, 5, 8954. doi: 10.1038/srep08954
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Scheele D, Striepens N, Kendrick K, Schwering C, Noelle J, Wille A, Schläpfer T, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2014). Opposing effects of oxytocin on moral judgment in males and females. Hum Brain Mapp, 35(12), 6067-76. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22605
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Eckstein M, Scheele D, Weber K, Stoffel-Wagner B, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2014). Oxytocin facilitates the sensation of social stress. Hum Brain Mapp, 35(9), 4741-50. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22508
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Scheele D, Kendrick K, Khouri C, Kretzer E, Schläpfer T, Stoffel-Wagner B, Güntürkün O, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2014). An oxytocin-induced facilitation of neural and emotional responses to social touch correlates inversely with autism traits. Neuropsychopharmacology, 39(9), 2078-85. doi: 10.1038/npp.2014.78
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Preckel K, Scheele D, Kendrick K, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2014). Oxytocin facilitates social approach behavior in women. Front Behav Neurosci, 8, 191. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00191
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Scheele D, Wille A, Kendrick K, Stoffel-Wagner B, Becker B, Güntürkün O, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2013). Oxytocin enhances brain reward system responses in men viewing the face of their female partner. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110(50), 20308-13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1314190110
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Scheele D, Mihov Y, Schwederski O, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2013). A negative emotional and economic judgment bias in major depression. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 263(8), 675-83. doi: 10.1007/s00406-013-0392-5
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Becker B, Scheele D, Moessner R, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2013). Deciphering the neural signature of conversion blindness. Am J Psychiatry, 170(1), 121-2. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12070905
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Scheele D, Striepens N, Güntürkün O, Deutschländer S, Maier W, Kendrick K, Hurlemann R (2012). Oxytocin modulates social distance between males and females. J Neurosci, 32(46), 16074-9. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2755-12.2012
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Striepens N, Scheele D, Kendrick K, Becker B, Schäfer L, Schwalba K, Reul J, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2012). Oxytocin facilitates protective responses to aversive social stimuli in males. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109(44), 18144-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1208852109
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Scheele D, Mihov Y, Kendrick K, Feinstein J, Reich H, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2012). Amygdala lesion profoundly alters altruistic punishment. Biol Psychiatry, 72(3), e5-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.01.028
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Becker B, Mihov Y, Scheele D, Kendrick K, Feinstein J, Matusch A, Aydin M, Reich H, Urbach H, Oros-Peusquens A, Shah N, Kunz W, Schlaepfer T, Zilles K, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2012). Fear processing and social networking in the absence of a functional amygdala. Biol Psychiatry, 72(1), 70-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.11.024
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Brüne M, Scheele D, Heinisch C, Tas C, Wischniewski J, Güntürkün O (2012). Empathy moderates the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on costly punishment. PLoS One, 7(9), e44747. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044747
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Krogias C, Hoffmann K, Eyding J, Scheele D, Norra C, Gold R, Juckel G, Assion H (2011). Evaluation of basal ganglia, brainstem raphe and ventricles in bipolar disorder by transcranial sonography. Psychiatry Res, 194(2), 190-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.04.002