Dr. Luise Reimers

• Psychoneuroendocrinology
• Cognition and Human Behavior
• Evolutionary Psychology

My main interests are hormonal effects on human behavior, for instance decision making, and brain activity, which is measured via functional neuroimaging methods (EEG, fMRI). Additionally, I use eye-tracking to investigate the orientation of attention. In this context I am looking for inter- and intra-individual differences from an evolutionary perspective.

• Reimers L, Kappo E, Stadler L, Yaqubi M, Diekhof EK (2019). Endogenous testosterone correlates with parochial altruism depending on decision strategy in relation to costly punishment. PeerJ, in press
• Diekhof EK, Reimers L, Holtfrerich, SKC (2019). Hormonal Modulation of Reinforcement Learning and Reward-Related Processes – A Role for 17ß-Estradiol, Progesterone and Testosterone, in: Schultheiss, O., Mehta, P. (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology. Routledge, London and New York, 420–441.
• Jakob K, Ehrentreich H, Holtfrerich SKC, Reimers L, Diekhof EK (2018). DAT1-Genotype and Menstrual Cycle, but Not Hormonal Contraception, Modulate Reinforcement Learning: Preliminary Evidence. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 9: 60. Part of the Research Topic “Steroids and the Brain”
• Reimers L, Büchel C, Diekhof EK (2017). Neural substrates of male parochial altruism are modulated by testosterone and behavioral strategy. NeuroImage. 156: 265-276. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.05.033
• Holtfrerich SK, Schwarz KA, Sprenger C, Reimers L, Diekhof EK (2016). Endogenous Testosterone and Exogenous Oxytocin Modulate Attention Processing of Infant Faces. PLoS One. 2016 Nov 18;11(11):e0166617. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166617. eCollection 2016.
• Reimers L, Diekhof EK (2015). Testosterone is associated with cooperation during intergroup competition by enhancing parochial altruism.  Front. Neurosci. 9, 183. doi:10.3389/fnins.2015.00183.
• Diekhof EK, Wittmer S, Reimers L (2014). Does competition really bring out the worst? Testosterone, social distance and inter-male competition shape parochial altruism in human males. PLoS ONE, 9: e98977
• Reimers L, Büchel C, Diekhof, EK (2014). How to be patient. The ability to wait for a reward depends on menstrual cycle phase and feedback-related activity. Front. Neurosci. 8, 401. doi:10.3389/fnins.2014.00401.

Poster & Talks:

•  Reimers, L. & Diekhof, E. K. (2014). Testosterone and decision strategy modulate orbitofrontal processing of parochial altruism. (Poster, 20. Kongress der Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Hamburg, Deutschland)
• Reimers, L., Wittmer, S. & Diekhof, E. K. (2013). Does male competition really bring out the worst? Altruistic punishment in the ultimatum game depends on group membership, decision context, and testosterone. (Vortrag, 39. Tagung Psychologie und Gehirn, Würzburg, Deutschland)
• Reimers, L. & Diekhof, E. K. (2013). Let’s sort this out: testosterone predicts approach behaviour in the context of social threat. (Poster, 13. Konferenz der Gesellschaft für Primatologie, Hamburg, Deutschland)
• Reimers, L., Wittmer, S. & Diekhof, E. K. (2013). Does male competition bring out the worst? Testosterone, social distance and intergroup conflict shape parochial altruism in human men. (Poster, 3. Symposium Biology of Decision Making, Paris, Frankreich)
• Reimers, L., Ratnayake, M., Langbehn, M., Hölge, I. & Diekhof, E. K. (2013). Preference for Go over NoGo learning relates to menstrual cycle phase and feedback-related activity. (Poster, 19. Kongress der Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seattle, USA)