Dr. Luise Reimers

• Psychoneuroendokrinologie
• Kognition und Verhalten
• Evolutionspsychologie

Ich interessiere mich für den Einfluss von verschiedenen Hormonen auf menschliches Verhalten (z.B. im Zusammenhang mit Entscheidungsfindung) und untersuche dabei auch die Hirnaktivität mittels hirnphysiologischen (EEG) und bildgebenden Verfahren (fMRT) sowie die Aufmerksamkeitsorientierung mit Hilfe von Eye-tracking.
Aus evolutionsbiologischer Perspektive suche ich dabei nach inter- und intra-individuellen Unterschieden.

• Diekhof, E.K., Reimers, L., Holtfrerich, S.K.C. (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
• 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., and 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., and 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)