Research Interests
- The neural correlates and psychological effects of acute stress (EEG/(f)MRI)
- The effect of music on the acute stress response
- The effect of acute stress in musicians
- The influence of musical training on sensorimotor and cognitive processing in the brain
Publications
Vatheuer, C. C., Vehlen, A., von Dawans, B., & Domes, G. (2021). Gaze behavior is associated with the cortisol response to acute psychosocial stress in the virtual TSST. Journal of Neural Transmission. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-021-02344-w
Kamp, S.-M., Forester, G., Vatheuer, C. C., & Domes, G. (2021). Stress effects on the oddball P300 and N2 in males and females. Biological Psychology, 162, 108095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108095
Vatheuer, C. C., Dzionsko, I., Maier, S., Näher, T., van Zutphen, L., Sprenger, A., Jacob, G. A., Arntz, A., & Domes, G. (2021). Looking at the bigger picture: Cortical volume, thickness and surface area characteristics in borderline personality disorder with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 311, 111283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111283
Dörrenbächer, S., Wu, C. C., Zimmer, H., & Kray, J. (2020). Plasticity in brain activity dynamics after task-shifting training in older adults. Neuropsychologia, 136, 107285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107285
Zimmer, P., Wu, C. C., & Domes, G. (2019). Same same but different? Replicating the real surroundings in a virtual trier social stress test (TSST-VR) does not enhance presence or the psychophysiological stress response. Physiology & Behavior, 212, 112690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112690
Dörrenbächer, S., Schütz, C., Woirgardt, M., Wu, C. C., Zimmer, H. D., & Kray, J. (2019). Spatio-Temporal Neural Changes After Task-Switching Training in Old Age. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11, 267. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00267
Spriggs, M. J., Thompson, C. S., Moreau, D., McNair, N. A., Wu, C. C., Lamb, Y. N., McKay, N. S., King, R. O. C., Antia, U., Shelling, A. N., Hamm, J. P., Teyler, T. J., Russell, B. R., Waldie, K. E., & Kirk, I. J. (2019). Human Sensory LTP Predicts Memory Performance and Is Modulated by the BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 22. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00022
Wu, C. Carolyn, Hamm, J. P., Lim, V. K., & Kirk, I. J. (2017). Musical training increases functional connectivity, but does not enhance mu suppression. Neuropsychologia, 104, 223–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.08.029
Wu, C. Carolyn, Hamm, J. P., Lim, V. K., & Kirk, I. J. (2016). Mu rhythm suppression demonstrates action representation in pianists during passive listening of piano melodies. Experimental Brain Research, 234(8), 2133–2139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-016-4615-7
Smallwood, N., Spriggs, M. J., Thompson, C. S., Wu, C. C., Hamm, J. P., Moreau, D., & Kirk, I. J. (2015). Influence of Physical Activity on Human Sensory Long-Term Potentiation. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21(10), 831–840. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617715001095
Wu, C. C., Fairhall, S. L., McNair, N. A., Hamm, J. P., Kirk, I. J., Cunnington, R., Anderson, T., & Lim, V. K. (2010). Impaired sensorimotor integration in focal hand dystonia patients in the absence of symptoms. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 81(6), 659–665. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2009.185637
Wu, C., Kirk, I. J., Hamm, J. P., & Lim, V. K. (2008). The neural networks involved in pitch labeling of absolute pitch musicians: NeuroReport, 19(8), 851–854. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282ff63b1
