Publications
Our top 10 papers
- Steininger, M. O., White, M. P., Lengersdorff, L., Zhang, L., Smalley, A. J., Kühn, S., & Lamm, C. (2025). Nature exposure induces analgesic effects by acting on nociception-related neural processing. Nature communications, 16(1), 2037. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56870-2
- Nitschke, J., Mikus, N., Slavik, G., Lamm, C. (2026). Lifetime stressor exposure is associated with altered trust formation and social learning in dynamic interactions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, in press
- Rütgen, M., Seidel, E.M., Silani, G., Riecansky, I., Hummer, A., Windischberger, C., Petrovic, P., & Lamm, C. (2015). Placebo analgesia and its opioidergic regulation suggest that empathy for pain is grounded in self pain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 112(41), E5638–E5646.btw https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1511269112
- Silani*, G., Lamm*, C., Ruff, C.C., & Singer, T. (2013). Right supramarginal gyrus is crucial to overcome emotional egocentricity bias in social judgments. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(39), 15466–15476. doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1488-13.2013
- Lengersdorff, L. L., Wagner, I. C., Lockwood, P. L., & Lamm, C. (2020). When implicit prosociality trumps selfishness: The neural valuation system underpins more optimal choices when learning to avoid harm to others than to oneself. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(38), 7286–7299., doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0842-20.2020
- Botvinik-Nezer, R., Holzmeister, F., Camerer, C. F., Dreber, A., Huber, J., ... Lamm, C., ... Schonberg, T. (2020). Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams. Nature, 582, 84–88. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2314-9
- Wagner, I. C., Graichen, L. P., Todorova, B., Lüttig, A., Omer, D. B., Stangl, M. & Lamm, C. (2023). Entorhinal grid-like codes and time-locked network dynamics track others navigating through space. Nature Communications, 14, 231. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35819-3
- Sladky, R., Kargl, D., Haubensak, W., & Lamm, C. (2024). An active inference perspective for the amygdala complex. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(3), 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.004
- Doell, K. C., Berman, M., Bratman, G. N., Knutson, B., Kühn, S., Lamm, C., Pahl, S., Sawe, N., Van Bavel, J. J., White, M. P., & Brosch, T. (2023). Leveraging neuroscience for climate change research. Nature Climate Change. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01857-4
- Lamm, C., Batson, C.D., & Decety, J. (2007). The neural substrate of human empathy: Effects of perspective-taking and cognitive appraisal. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(1), 42–58. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2007.19.1.42
2026
Lamm C, Steininger M, Schenk L, Nitschke J, White M. Brief virtual nature exposure and acute stress: inconclusive evidence regarding stress reactivity, recovery, and emotion regulation. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2026 Aug 13;114(103181). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.103181
Sladky R, Riva F, Lamm C. Age and loneliness relate to reduced trust learning and alterations in amygdala function. iScience. 2026 Aug.
Nitschke JP, Todorova B, Doell KC, Pronizius E, Lamm C. When trust is good and worrying is even better. Trust in science and climate change specific worries are linked to policy support and pro-environmental behaviours. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2026 Jun;112:103042. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.103042
Steininger MO, Nitschke JP, White MP, Lamm C. Nature exposure reduces self-reported pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nature Mental Health. 2026 Jan;4(1):165-180. doi: 10.1038/s44220-025-00569-2
2025
Foramitti M, Nater UM, Lamm C, Martins M. Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023. Scientific Reports. 2025 Dec 11;15:41733. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-28327-5
Mikus N, Hollá Kutliková H, Eisenegger C, Lamm C. Delineating testosterone's impact on model-based and model-free decision-making processes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 2025 Dec 10;292(2060). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2025.2239
TISP conspiracy group. Victims of Conspiracies? An Examination of the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Dispositional Individual Victimhood. European Journal of Social Psychology. 2025 Dec;55(7):1252-1269. 55. Epub 2025 Jul 17. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.70008
Pronizius E, Lamm C. Die Neuronalen Grundlagen der Empathie bei Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung. PTT - Persönlichkeitsstörungen: Theorie und Therapie. 2025 Nov 29;4:452-476. doi: 10.21706/ptt-29-4-452
Todorova B, Zhang L, Lengersdorff L, Doell KC, Nitschke J, Forbes PAG et al. Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs pro-environmental decisions. Communications Psychology. 2025 Nov 24;3(166). doi: 10.1038/s44271-025-00347-x
Cutler J, Contreras-Huerta LS, Todorova B, Nitschke J, Michalaki K, Koppel L et al. Psychological interventions that decrease psychological distance or challenge system justification increase motivation to exert effort to mitigate climate change. Communications Psychology. 2025 Nov 5.
Chen SC, Buchanan EM, Kekecs Z, Miller JK, Szabelska A, Aczel B et al. Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages. Current Psychology. 2025 Oct 22;44(24):19148-19174. doi: 10.1007/s12144-025-08304-x
Mede NG, Cologna V, Berger S, C. Besley J, Brick C, Joubert M et al. Public Communication about Science in 68 Countries: Global Evidence on How People Encounter and Engage with Information about Science. Science Communication. 2025 Oct 21;10755470251376615. doi: 10.1177/10755470251376615
Graichen LP, Linder MS, Keuter L, Jensen O, Doeller C, Lamm C et al. Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation. Nature Communications. 2025 Oct 20;16(1):9247. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-64307-z
Massaccesi C, Zhang L, Silani G, Lamm C. Avoiding Pain to Others Motivates Effortful Prosocial Behavior. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2025 Oct.
Kamp D, Faustmann TJ, Lahnakoski JM, Lamm C, Todorova B, Jänner M et al. Zusammenhänge zwischen freiheitsentziehenden Zwangsmaßnahmen und der Umgebungstemperatur in der stationären psychiatrischen Regelversorgung. Nervenarzt. 2025 Sept 24.
Buchanan EM, Cuccolo K, Heyman T, van Berkel N, Coles NA, Iyer A et al. Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages. Nature Human Behaviour. 2025 Sept;10(1):182-201. Epub 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02254-x
Steininger M, Lamm C. G'sunder Sommer in Österreich: Die Kraft der Natur Österreich: ORF. 2025.
TISP conspiracy group. Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world. Nature Climate Change. 2025 Jul 1;15:725-735. doi: 10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4
Phills CE, Miller JK, Buchanan EM, Williams A, Meyers C, Brown ER et al. Multi-region investigation of 'man' as default in attitudes. PLoS ONE. 2025 Jun 25;20(6):e0323938. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323938
Kathofer M, Lamm C, Leder H, Crone JS. Aesthetic experiences across visual perception and mental imagery: Behaviorally indistinguishable, neurally distinct. iScience. 2025 Jun 20;28(6):112588. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112588