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Brigitte M. Kudielka

Brigitte M. Kudielka

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Psychology

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60
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22885
World Ranking
3473
National Ranking
157

Overview

Brigitte M. Kudielka is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and psychology, with significant contributions to understanding stress responses and cortisol regulation.

Their work has appeared frequently in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, with a total of nine publications, making it the most common venue for their research. Other notable venues include Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (two publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (two publications), Frontiers in Computer Science, and Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

Kudielka's main fields of study are Neuroscience and Psychology, each supported by 29 publications. Their subfields include Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Social Psychology.

Their research focuses on several key topics, including but not limited to:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Emotion and Mood Recognition
  • Healthcare Professionals' Stress and Burnout

Kudielka has collaborated closely with several frequent co-authors, including Stefan Wüst, Julian Konzok, Ludwig Kreuzpointner, Gina-Isabelle Henze, and Christoph Bärtl.

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Evaluation and update of the expert consensus guidelines for the assessment of the cortisol awakening response (CAR)," 2022, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Effect of sugar administration on cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress," 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "An Evaluation of Speech-Based Recognition of Emotional and Physiological Markers of Stress," 2021, Frontiers in Computer Science
  • "Increasing Deactivation of Limbic Structures Over Psychosocial Stress Exposure Time," 2020, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • "Effects of gender and personality on everyday moral decision-making after acute stress exposure," 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology

Best Publications

  • Impact of gender, menstrual cycle phase, and oral contraceptives on the activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis.

    Clemens Kirschbaum;Brigitte M. Kudielka;Jens Gaab;Nicole C. Schommer

  • Salivary cortisol as a biomarker in stress research.

    Dirk H. Hellhammer;Stefan Wüst;Brigitte M. Kudielka;Brigitte M. Kudielka

  • Sex differences in HPA axis responses to stress: a review

    Brigitte M. Kudielka;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Why do we respond so differently? Reviewing determinants of human salivary cortisol responses to challenge.

    Brigitte M. Kudielka;D.H. Hellhammer;Stefan Wüst

  • HPA axis responses to laboratory psychosocial stress in healthy elderly adults, younger adults, and children: impact of age and gender.

    B.M Kudielka;A Buske-Kirschbaum;D.H Hellhammer;C Kirschbaum

  • Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: Expert consensus guidelines.

    Tobias Stalder;Clemens Kirschbaum;Brigitte M. Kudielka;Emma K. Adam

  • Day-to-day dynamics of experience¿cortisol associations in a population-based sample of older adults

    Emma K. Adam;Louise C. Hawkley;Brigitte M. Kudielka;John T. Cacioppo

  • Acute HPA axis responses, heart rate, and mood changes to psychosocial stress (TSST) in humans at different times of day

    Brigitte M Kudielka;Nicole C Schommer;Dirk H Hellhammer;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Compliance with saliva sampling protocols: electronic monitoring reveals invalid cortisol daytime profiles in noncompliant subjects.

    Brigitte M. Kudielka;Joan E. Broderick;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Awakening cortisol responses are influenced by health status and awakening time but not by menstrual cycle phase.

    B.M. Kudielka;C. Kirschbaum

  • Ten Years of Research with the Trier Social Stress Test--Revisited.

    Brigitte M. Kudielka;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Human models in acute and chronic stress: Assessing determinants of individual hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and reactivity

    Brigitte M. Kudielka;Stefan Wüst

  • Trier Social Stress Test

    B.M. Kudielka;S. Wüst;C. Kirschbaum;D.H. Hellhammer

  • Differential heart rate reactivity and recovery after psychosocial stress (TSST) in healthy children, younger adults, and elderly adults: The impact of age and gender

    Brigitte M. Kudielka;Angelika Buske-Kirschbaum;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Salivary cortisol sampling compliance: comparison of patients and healthy volunteers

    Joan E. Broderick;Daniel Arnold;Brigitte M. Kudielka;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Sex differences in endocrine and psychological responses to psychosocial stress in healthy elderly subjects and the impact of a 2-week dehydroepiandrosterone treatment.

    Brigitte M. Kudielka;Juliane Hellhammer;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Oliver T. Wolf

  • Salivary cortisol in ambulatory assessment--some dos, some don'ts, and some open questions.

    Brigitte M. Kudielka;Andrea Gierens;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Stefan Wüst

  • Chronic work stress and exhaustion is associated with higher allostastic load in female school teachers.

    Silja Bellingrath;Tobias Weigl;Brigitte M Kudielka

  • Morningness and eveningness: the free cortisol rise after awakening in "early birds" and "night owls".

    Brigitte M. Kudielka;Ilona S. Federenko;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Stefan Wüst

  • Cortisol dysregulation in school teachers in relation to burnout, vital exhaustion, and effort-reward-imbalance

    Silja Bellingrath;Tobias Weigl;Brigitte M. Kudielka

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Wüst
Stefan Wüst University of Regensburg
Oliver T. Wolf
Oliver T. Wolf Ruhr University Bochum
Christian J. Fiebach
Christian J. Fiebach Goethe University Frankfurt
Nicolas Rohleder
Nicolas Rohleder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Emma K. Adam
Emma K. Adam Northwestern University
Wolff Schlotz
Wolff Schlotz Max Planck Society
Louise C. Hawkley
Louise C. Hawkley University of Chicago
Petra Jansen
Petra Jansen University of Regensburg
John T. Cacioppo
John T. Cacioppo University of Chicago

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