Selected Publications
2024
Stonawski, V., Mai鈥怢ippold, S. A., Graap, H., Moll, G. H., Kratz, O., Van Doren, J., & Horndasch, S. (2024). Processing of food stimuli in anorexia nervosa: An ERP鈥恠tudy comparing adolescents and adults. European Eating Disorders Review, 32(2), 281-297.
Desdentado, L., Miragall, M., Llorens, R., Escriv谩-Mart铆nez, T., Mai-Lippold, S., Pollatos, O., & Ba帽os, R.M. (2024). Interoception and emotion regulation following a sad mood induction. Curr Psychol,
Braet, J., Giletta, M., Desmedt, O., Wante, L., Rapp, L., Pollatos, O., & Braet, C. (2024). Should Adolescents Listen to Their Hearts? A Closer Look at the Associations Between Interoception, Emotional Awareness and Emotion Regulation in Adolescents. Psychological Reports,
Kipping, M., Mai-Lippold, S. A., Beate, |, Herbert, M., Desdentado, L., Kammer, T., Pollatos, O., & Psychology, H. (2024). Insights into interoceptive and emotional processing: Lessons from studies on insular HD-tDCS. Psychophysiology, 00, e14639.
Schillings, C., Mei脽ner, E., Erb, B., Bendig, E., Schultchen, D., & Pollatos, O. (2024). The effects of a chatbot-based intervention on stress and health-related parameters in a stressed sample. JMIR Mental Health. Advance online publication.
Rapp, L., & Pollatos, O. (2024). Examining parental stress and its link to hair cortisol and DHEA levels in kindergartners. Psychology & Health, 1鈥�25.
Schultze, J., Hajian,S A., Mai-Lippold, S A., & Pollatos, O.(2024). Enhancing Interoceptive Abilities and Emotional Processing: Effects of HD-tDCS. J. Integr. Neurosci, 23(1), 8.
Mai-Lippold, S. A., Schultze, J., & Pollatos, O. (2024). Interoceptive abilities impairment correlates with emotional eating and taste abnormalities in children with overweight and obesity. Appetite, 194, 107182.
2023
Figalov谩, N., Bieg, H. J., Reiser, J. E., Liu, Y. C., Baumann, M., Chuang, L., & Pollatos, O. (2023). From Driver to Supervisor: Comparing Cognitive Load and EEG-based Attention Allocation across Automation Levels. arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.08477.
Rapp, L., Mai-Lippold, S. A., Georgiou, E., & Pollatos, O. (2023). Elevated EEG heartbeat-evoked potentials in adolescents with more ADHD symptoms. Biological Psychology, 108698.
Schillings C, Meissner D, Erb B, Schultchen D, Bendig E, Pollatos O. (2023). A chatbot-based intervention with ELME to improve stress and health-related parameters in a stressed sample: Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. Front Digit Health, 5:1046202.
Pollatos, O., M枚nkem枚ller, K., Groppe, K., & Elsner, B. (2023). Interoceptive accuracy is associated with benefits in decision making in children. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.
2022
Schnabel, K. & Pollatos, O. (2022). Alexithymia increases effects of ego-depletion. Frontiers psychiatry, Frontiers psychiatry, 13:970244.
Figalov谩, N., Chuang, L. L., Pichen, J., Baumann, M., & Pollatos, O. (2022). Ambient light conveying reliability improves drivers鈥� takeover performance without increasing mental workload. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 6(9), 73.
Schillings, C., Karanassios, G., Schulte, N., Schultchen, D., & Pollatos, O. (2022). The Effects of a 3-Week Heartbeat Perception Training on Interoceptive Abilities. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16.
Riemer, V., Schrader, C., & Pollatos, O. (2022). Pr盲vention von Ballsportunf盲llen an Schulen mittels eines 鈥瀞erious game 鈥�: Konzeptvorstellung und begleitende Evaluation. Pr盲vention und Gesundheitsf枚rderung, 17(3), 291-298.
2021
Schillings, C., Schultchen, D., & Pollatos, O. (2021). Effects of a single yoga session on cardiac interoceptive accuracy and emotional experience. Brain Sciences, 11(12), 1572.
Karanassios, G., Schultchen, D., M枚hrle, M., Berberich, G., & Pollatos, O. (2021). The effects of a standardized cognitive-behavioural therapy and an additional mindfulness-based training on interoceptive abilities in a depressed cohort. Brain Sciences, 11(10), 1355.
Kieslinger, K., Wartha, O., Pollatos, O., Steinacker, J. M., & Kobel, S. (2021). Parental Self-Efficacy鈥擜 Predictor of Children's Health Behaviors? Its Impact on Children's Physical Activity and Screen Media Use and Potential Interaction Effect Within a Health Promotion Program. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 712796.
Weineck, F., Schultchen, D., Dunker, F., Hauke, G., Lachenmeir, K., Schnebel, A., ... & Pollatos, O. (2021). Discrepancies between explicit feelings of power and implicit Power motives are related to anxiety in women with anorexia nervosa. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 618650.
Schultchen, D., Schneider, C., Berberich, G., Zaudig, M., Erle, T. M., & Pollatos, O. (2021). On the relationship of interoceptive accuracy and attention: a controlled study with depressed inpatients and a healthy cohort. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 597488.
Ferentzi, E., Geiger, M., Mai-Lippold, S.A., K枚teles, F., Montag, C. & Pollatos, O. (2021). Interaction between sex and cardiac interoceptive accuracy in measures of induced pain. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:577961, 1-10.
2020
Mai-Lippold, S.A., Dettlinger, C.M., Khalsa, S. S. & Pollatos, O. (2020). A Pilot Study on the Effect of an Energy Drink on Interoception in High vs. Low Anxiety Sensitivity Individuals. European Journal of Health Psychology, 27(4), 171鈥�187.
Ainley, V., Tsakiris, M., Pollatos, O., Schulz, A., & Herbert, B. M. (2020). Comment on "Zamariola et al. (2018), Interoceptive Accuracy Scores are Problematic: Evidence from Simple Bivariate Correlations" - The empirical data base, the conceptual reasoning and the analysis behind this statement are misconceived and do not support the authors' conclusions. Biological Psychology, 152, 107870.
Erle, T. M., Mitschke, V., & Schultchen, D. (2020). Did my heart just leap or sink? The role of personality for the relation between cardiac interoception and well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 110493.
K眉chler, A.-M., Schultchen, D., Pollatos, O., Moshagen, M., Ebert, D. D., & Baumeister, H. (2020). Studicare mindfulness-study protocol of a randomized controlled trial evaluating an internet- and mobile-based intervention for college students with no and "on demand" guidance. Trials, 21(1), 975.
Leonidou, C., Pollatos, O., & Panayiotou, G. (2020). Emotional responses to illness imagery in young adults: Effects of attention to somatic sensations and levels of illness anxiety. Biological Psychology, 149, 107812.
Pannicke, B., Reichenberger, J., Schultchen, D., Pollatos, O., & Blechert, J. (2020). Affect Improvements and Measurement Concordance Between a Subjective and an Accelerometric Estimate of Physical Activity. European Journal of Health Psychology, 27(2), 66鈥�75.
Pollatos, O., Georgiou, E., Kobel, S., Schreiber, A., Dreyhaupt, J., & Steinacker, J. M. (2020). Trait-Based Emotional Intelligence, Body Image Dissatisfaction, and HRQoL in Children. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 973.
Schultchen, D., K眉chler, A.-M., Schillings, C., Weineck, F., Karabatsiakis, A., Ebert, D. D., . . . Pollatos, O. (2020). Effectiveness of a guided online mindfulness-focused intervention in a student population: Study protocol for a randomised control trial. BMJ Open, 10(3), e032775.
Schultchen, D., Terhorst, Y., Holderied, T., Stach, M., Messner, E.-M., Baumeister, H., & Sander, L. B. (2020). Stay Present with Your Phone: A Systematic Review and Standardized Rating of Mindfulness Apps in European App Stores. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
Terhorst, Y., Philippi, P., Sander, L. B., Schultchen, D., Paganini, S., Bardus, M., . . . Messner, E.-M. (2020). Validation of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS). PLOS ONE, 15(11), e0241480.
Weineck, F., Hauke, G., Lindemann, H., Lachenmeir, K., Schnebel, A., Kara膷i膰, M., . . . Pollatos, O. (2020). Using bodily postures in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: Effects of power posing on interoception and affective states. European Eating Disorders Review. Advance online publication.
Weineck, F., Schultchen, D., Hauke, G., Messner, M., & Pollatos, O. (2020). Using bodily postures to reduce anxiety and improve interoception: A comparison between powerful and neutral poses. PLOS ONE, 15(12), e0242578.
Zimprich, D., Nusser, L., & Pollatos, O. (2020). Are interoceptive accuracy scores from the heartbeat counting task problematic? A comment on Zamariola et al. (2018). Biological Psychology, 152, 107868.
2019
Mai, S., Braun, J., Probst, V., Kammer, T., & Pollatos, O. (2019). Changes in emotional processing following interoceptive network stimulation with rTMS. Neuroscience.
Schultchen, D., Bayer, J., K眉hnel, J., Melchers, K. G., & Pollatos, O. (2019). Interoceptive accuracy is related to long-term stress via self-regulation. Psychophysiology, 49(3), e13429.
Schultchen, D., Messner, M., Karabatsiakis, A., Schillings, C., & Pollatos, O. (2019). Effects of an 8-week body scan intervention on individually perceived psychological stress and related steroid hormones in hair. Mindfulness, 892(5), 297.
Schultchen, D., Reichenberger, J., Mittl, T., Weh, T. R. M., Smyth, J. M., Blechert, J., & Pollatos, O. (2019). Bidirectional relationship of stress and affect with physical activity and healthy eating. British Journal of Health Psychology.
Schultchen, D., Zaudig, M., Krauseneck, T., Berberich, G., & Pollatos, O. (2019). Interoceptive deficits in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder in the time course of cognitive-behavioral therapy. PloS One, 14(5), e0217237.
Weineck, F., Messner, M., Hauke, G., & Pollatos, O. (2019). Improving interoceptive ability through the practice of power posing: A pilot study. PLOS ONE, 14(2), e0211453.
2018
Fischer, D., Strunz, E. & Walter, G. (2018). Biopsychosoziale Auswirkungen moderner Arbeitsplatzkonzepte. In D. Matusiewicz, V. N眉rnberg & S. Nobis (Eds.), Gesundheit und Arbeit 4.0. Wenn Digitalisierung auf Mitarbeitergesundheit trifft. Heidelberg: medhochzwei Verlag.
Georgiou, E., Mai, S., Fernandez, K., C., & Pollatos, O. (2018). I see neither your Fear, nor your Sadness - Interoception in adolescents. Consciousness and Cognition, 60, 52-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2018.02.011
Khalsa, S. S., Adolphs, R., Cameron, O. G., Critchley, H. D., Davenport, P. W., Feinstein, J. S., et al. (2018). Interoception and Mental Health: a Roadmap. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
Mai, S., Wong, C. K., Georgiou, E., & Pollatos, O. (2018). Interoception is associated with heartbeat-evoked brain potentials (HEPs) in adolescents. Biological Psychology. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2018.06.007
Pollatos, O. & Fischer, D. (2018). Interozeption. In C.-W. Kohlmann, C. Salewski & M. A. Wirtz (Eds.), Psychologie in der Gesundheitsf枚rderung. Bern: Hogrefe.
Prinz, N., Bohn, B., Kern, A., P眉ngel, D., Pollatos, O., Holl, R. W. (2018). Feasibility and relative validity of a digital photo-based dietary assessment: Results from the Nutris-Phone study. Public Health Nutrition, 1-8. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018000344
Reichenberger, J., Richard, A., Smyth, J. M., Fischer, D., Pollatos, O., & Blechert, J. (2018). It's craving time: time of day effects on momentary hunger and food craving in daily life. Nutrition. DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2018.03.048
Schubert, L., Walter, G., Fischer, D. & Merkwitz, R. (2018). Shared Leadership - Erfolgsfaktoren und Herausforderungen geteilter F眉hrungspositionen. In D. Matusiewicz, V. N眉rnberg & S. Nobis (Eds.), Gesundheit und Arbeit 4.0. Wenn Digitalisierung auf Mitarbeitergesundheit trifft. Heidelberg: medhochzwei Verlag.
2017
Fischer, D., Messner, M., & Pollatos, O. (2017). Improvement of Interoceptive Processes after an 8-Week Body Scan Intervention. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 452. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00452
Pollatos, O., & Kammer, T. (2017). Reply to Coll et al.鈥業mportant methodological issues regarding the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation to investigate interoceptive processing鈥�(2017). Philosophical Transactions Royal Society B, 372: (1721), 20170046. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0046
2016
Fischer, D., Berberich, G., Zaudig, M., Krauseneck, T., Weiss, S., & Pollatos, O. (2016). Interoceptive Processes in Anorexia Nervosa in the Time Course of
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 7, 199. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00199
Georgiou, E., Mai, S., & Pollatos, O. (2016). Describe Your Feelings: Body Illusion Related to Alexithymia in Adolescence. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01690
Ohl, S., Wohltat, C., Kliegl, R., Pollatos, O., & Engbert, R. (2016). Microsaccades are coupled to heartbeat. Journal of Neuroscience, 36, 1237-1241. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2211-15.2016
Pittino, F., Mai, S., Huckauf, A., & Pollatos, O. (2016). Effects of Hunger on Sympathetic Activation and Attentional Processes for Physiological Computing. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, Lisbon, Portugal (pp.152-160). Portugal: Scitepress.
Pollatos, O. (2016). The role of the body from the inside for embodied cognition. In Y.Coello & M. H. Fischer (Eds.), Perceptual and emotional embodiment (pp. 262-278). New York: Routledge.
Pollatos, O., & Georgiou, E. (2016). Normal interoceptive accuracy in women with bulimia nervosa. Psychiatry Research, 240, 328-332. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.072
Pollatos, O., Herbert, B. M., Berberich, G., Zaudig, M., Krauseneck, T., & Tsakiris, M. (2016). Atypical Self-Focus Effect on Interoceptive Accuracy in Anorexia Nervosa. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00484
Pollatos, O., Herbert, B. M., Mai, S., & Kammer, T. (2016). Changes in interoceptive processes following brain stimulation. Philosophical Transactions Royal Society B, 371(1708), 20160016. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0016
Prinz, N., Bohn, B., P眉ngel, D., Beisel, S., Pollatos, O., & Holl, R. W. (2016). Digitale Erfassung des Ern盲hrungsverhaltens bei Typ 1 Diabetes鈥揺rste Ergebnisse und Ausblick der Nutris-Phone Studie. Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel, 11(S 01), P100. DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1580847
2015
Georgiou, E., Matthias, E., Kobel, S., Kettner, S., Dreyhaupt, J., Steinacker, J. M., & Pollatos. O. (2015). Interaction of physical activity and interoception in children. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00502
Gottwald, Janna M., Elsner, B., & Pollatos, O. (2015). Good is up-spatial metaphors in action observation. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01605
Grynberg, D., & Pollatos, O. (2015). Perceiving one's body shapes empathy. Physiology & Behavior, 140, 54-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.12.026
Grynberg, D., & Pollatos, O. (2015). Alexithymia modulates the experience of the rubber hand illusion. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9(357). DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00357
Horndasch, S., Heinrich, H., Kratz, O., Mai, S., Graap, H., & Moll, G. H. (2015). Perception and evaluation of women鈥檚 bodies in adolescents and adults with anorexia nervosa. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 265(8), 677-687. DOI: 10.1007/s00406-015-0603-3
Kever, A., Pollatos, O., Vermeulen, N., & Grynberg, D. (2015). Interoceptive sensitivity facilitates both antecedent- and response-focused emotion regulation strategies. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 20-23. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.014
Koch, A., & Pollatos, O. (2015). Reduced facial emotion recognition in overweight and obese children. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 79(6), 635-639. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.06.005
Mai, S., Gramann, K., Herbert, B. M., Friederich, H. C., Warschburger, P., & Pollatos, O. (2015). Electrophysiological evidence for an attentional bias in processing body stimuli in bulimia nervosa. Biological Psychology, 108, 105-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.03.013
Pollatos, O., Dietel, A., G眉ndel, H., & Duschek, S. (2015). Alexithymic trait, painful heat stimulation, and everyday pain experience. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00139
Pollatos, O., Matthias, E., & Keller, J. (2015). When interoception helps to overcome negative feelings caused by social exclusion. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00786
Traut-Mattausch, E., Wagner, S., Pollatos, O., & Jonas, E. (2015). Complaints as starting point for vicious cycles in customer-employee-interactions. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01454
2014
Herbert, B.M., & Pollatos, O. (2014). Attenuated interoceptive sensitivity in overweight and obese individuals. Eating Behaviors, 15(3), 445-448. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeth.2014.06.006
Koch, A., Matthias, E., & Pollatos, O. (2014). Increased attentional bias towards food pictures in overweight and obese children. Journal of Child and Adolescent Behaviour, 2(2), 1000130.
Koch, A., & Pollatos, O. (2014). Cardiac sensitivity in children: Sex differences and its relationship to parameters of emotional processing. Psychophysiology, 51(9), 932-941. DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12233
Matthias, E., & Pollatos, O. (2014). Why Does My Body Hurt? Somatoform Disorders and Pain. In S. Marchand, I. Gaumond & D. Saravane (Eds.), Mental Health and Pain (S. 173-181). Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer.
Pollatos, O., Laubrock, J., & Wittmann, M. (2014). Interoceptive focus shapes the experience of time. PloS one, 9(1):e0086934. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086934
Pollatos, O., Yeldesbay, A., Pikovsky, A., & Rosenblum, M. (2014). How much time has passed? Ask your heart. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 8, 15. DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2014.00015
Weiss, S., Sack, M., Henningsen, P., & Pollatos, O. (2014). On the interaction of self-regulation, interoception and pain perception. Psychopathology, 47(6), 37-382. DOI: 10.1159/000365107
2013
Blechert, J., Goltsche, J. E., Herbert, B. M., & Wilhelm, F. H. (2014). Eat your troubles away: Electrocortical and experiential correlates of food image processing are related to emotional eating style and emotional state. Biological Psychology, 96, 94-101. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.12.007
Enck, P., Hefner, J., Herbert, B. M., Mazurak, N., Weimer, K., Muth, E. R., ... & Martens, U. (2013). Sensitivity and Specificity of Hypnosis Effects on Gastric Myoelectrical Activity. PloS one, 8(12), e83486. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083486
F眉st枚s, J., Gramann, K., Herbert, B. M., & Pollatos, O. (2012). On the embodiment of emotion regulation: interoceptive awareness facilitates reappraisal. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8(8), 911-917. DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss089
2012
Herbert, B. M., & Pollatos, O. (2012). The body in the mind: on the relationship between interoception and embodiment. Topics in Cognitive Science, 4(4), 692-704. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01189.x
Herbert, B. M., Herbert, C., Pollatos, O., Weimer, K., Enck, P., Sauer, H., & Zipfel, S. (2012). Effects of short-term food deprivation on interoceptive awareness, feelings and autonomic cardiac activity. Biological Psychology, 89(1), 71-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.09.004
Herbert, B. M., Muth, E. R., Pollatos, O., & Herbert, C. (2012). Interoception across modalities: on the relationship between cardiac awareness and the sensitivity for gastric functions. PloS one, 7(5), e36646. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036646
K眉hnpast, N., Gramann, K., & Pollatos, O. (2012). Electrophysiologic evidence for multilevel deficits in emotional face processing in patients with bulimia nervosa. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74(7), 736-744. DOI: 10.1097./PSY.0b013e31825ca15a
Pollatos, O., F眉st枚s, J., & Critchley, H. D. (2012). On the generalised embodiment of pain: how interoceptive sensitivity modulates cutaneous pain perception. Pain, 153(8), 1680-1686. DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.04.030
Pollatos, O. & Gramann, K. (2012). Attenuated modulation of brain activity accompanies emotion regulation deficits in alexithymia. Psychophysiology, 49 (5), 651-658. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01348x
2011
Pollatos, O., Dietel, A., Herbert, B.M., Wankner, S., Wachsmuth, C., Henningsen, P. & Sack, M. (2011). Blunted autonomic reactivity and increased pain tolerance in somatoform patients. Pain, 152(9), 2157-2164. DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.05.024
Pollatos, O. & Gramann, K. (2011). Electrophysiological evidence of early processing deficits in alexithymia. Biological Psychology, 87(1), 113-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.02.016
Pollatos, O., Werner, N.S., Duschek, S., Schandry, R., Matthias, E. & Herbert, B.M. (2011). Differential effects of alexithymia subscales on autonomic reactivity and anxiety during social stress. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 70(6), 525-533. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychores.2010.12.003
Herbert, B.M., Herbert, C. & Pollatos, O. (2011). On the relationship between interoceptive awareness and alexithymia: Is interoceptive awareness related to emotional awareness? Journal of Personality, 79(5), 1149-1175. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00717.x
Pollatos, O., Herbert, B.M., Wankner, S., Dietel, A., Wachsmuth, C., Henningsen, P. & Sack, M. (2011). Autonomic imbalance is associated with reduced facial recognition in somatoform disorders. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 71(4), 232-239. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychores.2011.03.012
Pollatos, O. & Gramann, K. (2012). Attenuated modulation of brain activity accompanies emotion regulation deficits in alexithymia. Psychophysiology, 49(5), 651-658. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01348.x
Pollatos, O., Herbert, B.M., F眉st枚s, J., Weimer, K., Enck, P. & Zipfel, S. (2011). Food deprivation sensitizes pain perception. Journal of Psychophysiology, 26, 1-9. DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000062