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Overview

Simone Kühn is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Germany. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields primarily focusing on the brain and health, including neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. Within these broader areas, they have concentrated on cognitive neuroscience, health toxicology and mutagenesis, experimental and cognitive psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and clinical psychology.

Their academic output includes publications covering several main research topics. Key areas of study include functional brain connectivity studies, urban green space and health, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, noise effects and management, dementia and cognitive impairment research, neural dynamics and brain function, and advanced MRI techniques and applications.

Simone Kühn has contributed to various high-impact journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Nature Communications, and Frontiers in Psychology.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Kühn are:

  • "Dynamic reconfiguration of functional brain networks during working memory training," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Multi-organ assessment in mainly non-hospitalized individuals after SARS-CoV-2 infection: The Hamburg City Health Study COVID programme," 2021, European Heart Journal
  • "Individual variations in 'brain age' relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change," 2021, eLife
  • "How nature nurtures: Amygdala activity decreases as the result of a one-hour walk in nature," 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Nature Communications

Simone Kühn has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Jürgen Gallinat, Ulman Lindenberger, Sandra Düzel, Andreas M. Brandmaier, and Leonie Ascone. The frequent co-author relationships indicate ongoing partnerships and joint contributions in the fields of neuroscience and psychology.

Best Publications

  • Playing Super Mario induces structural brain plasticity: Gray matter changes resulting from training with a commercial video game.

    Simone Kühn;T. Gleich;R. C. Lorenz;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Common biology of craving across legal and illegal drugs – a quantitative meta-analysis of cue-reactivity brain response

    Simone Kühn;Juergen Gallinat

  • "Just Another Tool for Online Studies” (JATOS): An Easy Solution for Setup and Management of Web Servers Supporting Online Studies

    Kristian Lange;Simone Kühn;Elisa Filevich

  • Disruption of Reward Processing in Addiction : An Image-Based Meta-analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies

    Maartje Luijten;Arnt F. Schellekens;Simone Kühn;Marise W. J. Machielse

  • Resting-State Brain Activity in Schizophrenia and Major Depression: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis

    Simone Kühn;Jürgen Gallinat

  • Brain Structure and Functional Connectivity Associated With Pornography Consumption: The Brain on Porn

    Simone Kühn;Jürgen Gallinat

  • Gray Matter Correlates of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis

    Simone Kühn;Jürgen Gallinat

  • The neural basis of video gaming

    Simone Kühn;A. Romanowski;C. Schilling;R. Lorenz

  • Experience-dependent plasticity of white-matter microstructure extends into old age

    Martin Lövdén;Nils Christian Bodammer;Simone Kühn;Jörn Kaufmann

  • Spatial navigation training protects the hippocampus against age-related changes during early and late adulthood

    Martin Lövdén;Martin Lövdén;Martin Lövdén;Sabine Schaefer;Hannes Noack;Nils Christian Bodammer

  • Does playing violent video games cause aggression? A longitudinal intervention study.

    Simone Kühn;Dimitrij Tycho Kugler;Katharina Schmalen;Markus Weichenberger

  • Quantitative Meta-Analysis on State and Trait Aspects of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

    Simone Kühn;Jürgen Gallinat

  • Dynamic reconfiguration of functional brain networks during working memory training

    Karolina Finc;Kamil Bonna;Xiaosong He;David Martin Lydon-Staley

  • The neural correlates of subjective pleasantness.

    Simone Kühn;Juergen Gallinat

  • Non-pharmacological cognitive enhancement.

    Martin Dresler;Anders Sandberg;Kathrin Ohla;Christoph Bublitz

  • Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement

    C. Shawn Green;Daphne Bavelier;Arthur F. Kramer;Arthur F. Kramer;Sophia Vinogradov

  • Rostral locus coeruleus integrity is associated with better memory performance in older adults.

    Martin J. Dahl;Mara Mather;Sandra Düzel;Nils C. Bodammer

  • Inducing Disbelief in Free Will Alters Brain Correlates of Preconscious Motor Preparation The Brain Minds Whether We Believe in Free Will or Not

    Davide Rigoni;Davide Rigoni;Simone Kühn;Simone Kühn;Giuseppe Sartori;Marcel Brass

  • Reducing self-control by weakening belief in free will

    Davide Rigoni;Simone Kühn;Gennaro Gaudino;Giuseppe Sartori

  • Comparing Manual and Automatic Segmentation of Hippocampal Volumes: Reliability and Validity Issues in Younger and Older Brains

    Elisabeth Wenger;Johan Mårtensson;Hannes Noack;Nils Christian Bodammer

  • Hippocampal volume and functional connectivity changes during the female menstrual cycle

    Nina Lisofsky;Johan Mårtensson;Anne Eckert;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Brain Structure and Functional Connectivity Associated With Pornography Consumption

    Simone Kühn;Jürgen Gallinat

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Gallinat
Jürgen Gallinat University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Marcel Brass
Marcel Brass Ghent University
Tomáš Paus
Tomáš Paus University of Toronto
Kristine B. Walhovd
Kristine B. Walhovd Oslo University Hospital
Anders M. Fjell
Anders M. Fjell Oslo University Hospital
Patrick Haggard
Patrick Haggard University College London
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University
Martin Lövdén
Martin Lövdén University of Gothenburg
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University

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