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Bettina M. Pause publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bettina M. Pause sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 78 publications — 8th percentile

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Bettina M. Pause D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bettina M. Pause sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Bettina M. Pause is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. The research focuses primarily on neuroscience and psychology, with a notable emphasis on sensory systems and social psychology. Their work also spans into biomedical engineering, experimental and cognitive psychology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The main research topics include olfactory and sensory function studies, advanced chemical sensor technologies, and biochemical analysis and sensing techniques. Additional areas of interest encompass color perception and design, multisensory perception and integration, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and animal vocal communication and behavior.

Recent publications demonstrate contributions across various prominent venues. Some key papers include:

  • Chemosensory communication of aggression: women's fine-tuned neural processing of male aggression signals (2020), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Past, Present, and Future of Human Chemical Communication Research (2023), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Parent-Reports of Sex-Typed Play Preference in Preschool Children: Relationships to 2D:4D Digit Ratio and Older Siblings' Sex (2020), published in Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Comparing fear and anxiety chemosignals: Do they modulate facial muscle activity and facilitate identifying facial expressions? (2023), published in Chemical Senses
  • It's trust or risk? Chemosensory anxiety signals affect bargaining in women (2021), published in Biological Psychology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Katrin T. Lübke
  • Monique A. M. Smeets
  • Dunja Storch
  • Ursula Stockhorst
  • Helene M. Loos

Bettina M. Pause's work has appeared in several specialized journals and publication venues, particularly:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Brain Sciences
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Chemical Senses

Best Publications

  • Reduced olfactory performance in patients with major depression

    Bettina M Pause;Alejandra Miranda;Robert Göder;Josef B Aldenhoff

  • Induction of empathy by the smell of anxiety.

    Alexander Prehn-Kristensen;Christian Wiesner;Til Ole Bergmann;Stephan Wolff

  • Emotion and episodic memory in neuropsychiatric disorders

    Ekrem Dere;Bettina M. Pause;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • Chemosensory event-related potentials (CSERP) as a key to the psychology of odors.

    Bettina M Pause;Kerstin Krauel

  • The nature of the late positive complex within the olfactory event-related potential (OERP).

    Bettina M. Pause;Bernfried Sojka;Kerstin Krauel;Roman Ferstl

  • Olfactory information processing during the course of the menstrual cycle.

    Bettina M. Pause;Bernfried Sojka;Kerstin Krauel;Gabriele Fehm-Wolfsdorf

  • Chemosensory anxiety signals augment the startle reflex in humans

    Alexander Prehn;Anne Ohrt;Bernfried Sojka;Roman Ferstl

  • Perspectives on episodic-like and episodic memory.

    Bettina M. Pause;Armin Zlomuzica;Kiyoka Kinugawa;Jean Mariani

  • Always follow your nose: the functional significance of social chemosignals in human reproduction and survival.

    Katrin T. Lübke;Bettina M. Pause

  • Positive emotional priming of facial affect perception in females is diminished by chemosensory anxiety signals.

    Bettina M. Pause;Anne Ohrt;Alexander Prehn;Roman Ferstl

  • Processing of Body Odor Signals by the Human Brain.

    Bettina M. Pause

  • Convergent and divergent effects of odors and emotions in depression.

    Bettina M Pause;Ninja Raack;Bernfried Sojka;Robert Göder

  • Are androgen steroids acting as pheromones in humans

    Bettina M. Pause

  • Startle response potentiation to chemosensory anxiety signals in socially anxious individuals.

    Bettina M. Pause;Dirk Adolph;Alexander Prehn-Kristensen;Roman Ferstl

  • Central processing of odor concentration is a temporal phenomenon as revealed by chemosensory event-related potentials (CSERP)

    Bettina M. Pause;Bernfried Sojka;Roman Ferstl

  • Attentional Modulation of Central Odor Processing

    Kerstin Krauel;Bettina M. Pause;Bernfried Sojka;Philipp Schott

  • Intensified neuronal investment in the processing of chemosensory anxiety signals in non-socially anxious and socially anxious individuals.

    Bettina M. Pause;Katrin Lübke;Joachim H. Laudien;Roman Ferstl

  • PERSONALITY AND OLFACTORY SENSITIVITY

    Bettina M. Pause;Roman Ferstl;Gabriele Fehm-Wolfsdorf

  • Context counts! social anxiety modulates the processing of fearful faces in the context of chemosensory anxiety signals

    Dirk Adolph;Lukas Meister;Bettina Maxi Pause

  • Chemosensory signals of competition increase the skin conductance response in humans.

    Dirk Adolph;Sabine Schlösser;Maren Hawighorst;Bettina M. Pause

  • Somatosensory mu activity reflects imagined pain intensity of others.

    Matthias Hoenen;Katrin T. Lübke;Bettina M. Pause

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Pietrowsky
Reinhard Pietrowsky Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Ekrem Dere
Ekrem Dere Ruhr University Bochum
Oliver T. Wolf
Oliver T. Wolf Ruhr University Bochum
Jean Mariani
Jean Mariani Sorbonne University
Thomas Hummel
Thomas Hummel TU Dresden
Benoist Schaal
Benoist Schaal University of Burgundy
Martin Heil
Martin Heil Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Olav Jansen
Olav Jansen Kiel University
Robert Kumsta
Robert Kumsta Ruhr University Bochum

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