05.04.2024 - Open TSST VR available for download
Starting now, the Open TSST VR is available for download on OSF: https://osf.io/cmw2g/. You will find additional content there as well, among others the Users's Guide and the preprint about the two first evaluation studies. Linnig, K., Seel, S., von Dawans, B., Zielasko, D., Standard, W., Weyers, B., & Domes, G. (2024). Open TSST VR: Psychobiological reactions to an open version of the Trier Social Stress Test in Virtual Reality. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fpe2h

21.07.2023 - Successful thesis defense
Antonia Vehlen successfully defends her dissertation thesis "Gaze behavior in social interactions. Evaluation and application of an interactive eye-tracking setup" and finishes her promotional studies with summa cum laude! Congratulations and best of success in the future!

11.11.2022 - Dissertation successfully defended
Laura Bastgen defends her dissertation “Stress Prevention in Primary School Age - A Psychobiological Approach” excellently and completes her doctorate with magna cum laude. Congratulations on this great success! We wish her all the best for the future!

25.05.2022 - Dissertation successfully defended
Julia Strojny defends her dissertation “The hormonal modulation of social behavior and social cognition” excellently and completes her doctorate magna cum laude. Congratulations on this great success and have fun in Ireland!

14.01.2021 - Psychotherapy outpatient clinic opens
New psychotherapy outpatient clinic with a focus on stress, social interaction and behavioral medicine at Trier University opens its doors. In addition to the aforementioned treatment focuses, the outpatient clinic offers behavioral therapy for depression, anxiety, compulsions, exhaustion and other mental health problems. The costs are generally covered by health insurance. Appointments for initial consultations can be made immediately by phone or email. You can find more information [→ here].

18.11.2021 - Dissertation successfully defended
Christoph Geißler defends his dissertation “The role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in executive functioning and action control: Insights from functional near-infrared spectroscopy” and completes his doctorate summa cum laude. Congratulations!

28.10.2021 - Teaching awards for Sevim Nuraydin and Saskia Seel
The teaching prizes of the Student Council for the best seminars in the summer semester 2021 go to [→ Sevim Nuraydin] and [→ Saskia Seel] (1st and 2nd place). Congratulations on this great success!

09.06.2021 - Research funding for Antonia Vehlen and Bernadette von Dawans
The university's research fund is funding the application “Don't look at me like that! Effects of acute stress on social attention and approach behavior” by Antonia Vehlen and Bernadette von Dawans. Congratulations!

26.06.2019 - Research focus “Psychobiology of Stress” receives further funding
The university research focus “Psychobiology of Stress” receives further funding from the research initiative of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
[► Press release of the university] [► Press release of the Ministry of Science, Continuing Education and Research] [► Homepage of the research focus] 

04.09.2018 - New project funding
Dr. Bernadette von Dawans and Prof. Dr. Gregor Domes have been awarded funding from the Nikolaus Koch Foundation for the project “Together we are strong! - Social support for children with school stress” for a period of 24 months.