Dr. Michael Barthelmäs
2022- | Postdoc at Dept. Social Psychology, Îçҹ̽»¨ |
2017-2022 | PhD student at Dept. Social Psychology, Îçҹ̽»¨ Dissertation: „Antecedents, Boundary Conditions, and Consequences of Emotional Crying: The ABC of Crying“ |
2017-2021 | Postgraduate psychotherapy training at University Hospital Ulm 2019 – 2021: Psychotherapie Ambulanz 2018 – 2019: Psychiatrische Institutsambulanz 2017 – 2018: Tagesklinik |
2015 | Study abroad, University of Bergen |
2014-2016 | M.Sc. Psychology at Îçҹ̽»¨ |
2012-2016 | Research assistant at Dept. Social Psychology, Îçҹ̽»¨ |
2011-2014 | B.Sc. Psychology at Îçҹ̽»¨ |
Contact

Dr. Michael Barthelmäs
(b. Wagner)
Postdoc
Licensed Psychotherapist (CBT-adults)
✉ michael.barthelmaes(at)uni-ulm.de
☎ +49-(0)731/50 33153
Î 47.2.273
Consultation hours
on appointment
Funding
2024-2027 | DFG-Project "Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Essential Antecedents of Flow Experiences: Perceived Meaningfulness of the Activity as Crucial Factor" |
2025-2027 | Lehrprojekt "Gute Wissenschaftspraxis in der empirischen Lehre (GUWIEL)" gefördert durch die Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre |
Publications
Before 2020, papers, posters and talks were published under my birth name Wagner
- Barthelmäs, M., Stöckle, D., & Keller, J. (2024). On the social signal function of emotional crying: Broadening the perspective to social interactions in daily life. Emotion, 24(4), 960–974.
- Barthelmäs, M., Kesberg, R., Hermann, A. & Keller, J. (2022). Five reasons to cry - FRC – A taxonomy for antecedents of adult emotional crying. Motivation and Emotion.
- Barthelmäs, M., & Keller, J. (2021). Adult emotional crying: Relations to personality traits and subjective well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 177, 110790.
- Barthelmäs, M., Killinger, M., & Keller, J. (2021). Using a Telegram chatbot as cost-effective software infrastructure for ambulatory assessment studies with iOS and Android devices. Behavior Research Methods, 1-8.
- Barthelmäs, M., & Keller, J. (2021). Antecedents, Boundary Conditions and Consequences of Flow. In C. Peifer & S. Engeser (Eds.), Advances in Flow Research (2nd ed.). Springer
- Sassenrath, C., Barthelmäs, M., Saur, J., & Keller, J. (2020). Inducing empathy affects cardiovascular reactivity reflected in changes in high-frequency heart rate variability. Cognition and Emotion, 1-7.
- Strauch C., Barthelmäs, M., Altgassen E., & Huckauf, A. (2020). Pupil Dilation Fulfills the Requirements for Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment in Gaming on the Example of Pong. ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, 1-9.
- Sassenrath, C., Wagner, M., Keller, J., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). It's a challenge! Empathizing with sad but not with angry individuals results in cardiovascular reactivity consistent with a challenge motivational state. Emotion, 19, 982-991.
Research Interests
- emotional crying
- ambulatory assessment
- flow experience
- empathy
- psychophysiology
- cognitive behavioral therapy