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Overview

Tobias Luck is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their research often intersects Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience, indicating a broad engagement with topics related to mental health and cognitive processes.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Emotions and Moral Behavior
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis

Luck has contributed to multiple journals, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Psychiatrische Praxis
  • ANZ Journal of Surgery
  • Das Gesundheitswesen

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Tobias Luck include:

  • "Feelings of guilt in the general adult population: prevalence, intensity and association with depression," 2020, Psychology Health & Medicine
  • "Cohort Profile: The LIFE-Adult-Study," 2022, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Mindreading From the Eyes Declines With Aging - Evidence From 1,603 Subjects," 2020, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "Loss and grief in elderly people: Results from the LIFE-Adult-Study," 2020, Death Studies
  • "Increased Serum NSE and S100B Indicate Neuronal and Glial Alterations in Subjects Under 71 Years With Mild Neurocognitive Disorder/Mild Cognitive Impairment," 2022, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Tobias Luck's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Steffi G. Riedel-Heller (18 publications)
  • Arno Villringer (7 publications)
  • Melanie Luppa (7 publications)
  • Christoph Engel (6 publications)
  • Matthias L. Schroeter (6 publications)

Luck's research contributes to understanding complex psychological and neurological conditions, with particular focus on aging, mental health disorders, and cognitive impairments. Their interdisciplinary work spans empirical studies and reviews published in journals dedicated to aging neuroscience, psychology, epidemiology, and mental health.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of Institutionalization in the Elderly. A Systematic Review

    Melanie Luppa;Tobias Luck;Siegfried Weyerer;Hans-Helmut König

  • Age- and gender-specific prevalence of depression in latest-life – Systematic review and meta-analysis

    M. Luppa;C. Sikorski;T. Luck;L. Ehreke

  • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

    Gail Davies;Max Lam;Sarah E. Harris;Joey W. Trampush

  • Prediction of dementia by subjective memory impairment: effects of severity and temporal association with cognitive impairment.

    Frank Jessen;Birgitt Wiese;Cadja Bachmann;Sandra Eifflaender-Gorfer

  • AD dementia risk in late MCI, in early MCI, and in subjective memory impairment

    Frank Jessen;Frank Jessen;Steffen Wolfsgruber;Steffen Wolfsgruber;Birgitt Wiese;Horst Bickel

  • Predicting brain-age from multimodal imaging data captures cognitive impairment

    Franziskus Liem;Gaël Varoquaux;Gaël Varoquaux;Jana Kynast;Frauke Beyer;Frauke Beyer

  • Subjective Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: An Overview of Self-Report Measures Used Across 19 International Research Studies

    Laura A. Rabin;Laura A. Rabin;Laura A. Rabin;Colette M. Smart;Paul K. Crane;Rebecca E. Amariglio

  • Psychometric evaluation of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener GAD-7, based on a large German general population sample.

    Andreas Hinz;Annette M. Klein;Elmar Brähler;Heide Glaesmer

  • Subjective cognitive decline and rates of incident Alzheimer's disease and non–Alzheimer's disease dementia

    Rosalinde E.R. Slot;Sietske A.M. Sikkes;Johannes Berkhof;Henry Brodaty

  • Prediction of institutionalisation in dementia. A systematic review.

    Melanie Luppa;Tobias Luck;Elmar Brähler;Hans-Helmut König

  • The LIFE-Adult-Study: objectives and design of a population-based cohort study with 10,000 deeply phenotyped adults in Germany

    Markus Loeffler;Christoph Engel;Peter Ahnert;Dorothee Alfermann

  • Mild cognitive impairment in general practice: age-specific prevalence and correlate results from the German study on ageing, cognition and dementia in primary care patients (AgeCoDe).

    Tobias Luck;Steffi G. Riedel-Heller;Hanna Kaduszkiewicz;Horst Bickel

  • Longitudinal Predictors of Institutionalization in Old Age.

    André Hajek;Christian Brettschneider;Carolin Lange;Tina Posselt

  • Nursing home staff training in dementia care. A systematic review of evaluated programs

    B Kuske;S Hanns;T Luck;M Angermeyer

  • Prediction of Dementia in Primary Care Patients

    Frank Jessen;Frank Jessen;Birgitt Wiese;Horst Bickel;Sandra Eiffländer-Gorfer

  • Patterns of subjective memory impairment in the elderly: association with memory performance.

    Frank Jessen;Birgitt Wiese;Gabriela Cvetanovska;Angela Fuchs

  • Systematic review of the effect of the psychosocial working environment on cognition and dementia

    Francisca S Then;Tobias Luck;Tobias Luck;Melanie Luppa;Marleen Thinschmidt

  • Training in dementia care: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a training program for nursing home staff in Germany.

    Bettina Kuske;Tobias Luck;Stephanie Hanns;Herbert Matschinger

  • Alzheimer’s disease-associated (hydroxy)methylomic changes in the brain and blood

    Roy Lardenoije;Roy Lardenoije;Janou A. Y. Roubroeks;Janou A. Y. Roubroeks;Ehsan Pishva;Ehsan Pishva;Markus Leber

  • Risk factors for incident mild cognitive impairment--results from the German Study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe).

    T. Luck;S. G. Riedel‐Heller;M. Luppa;B. Wiese

  • Subjective cognitive decline and rates of incident Alzheimer's disease and non-Alzheimer's disease dementia

    Rosalinde E. R. Slot;Sietske A. M. Sikkes;Johannes Berkhof;Henry Brodaty

Frequent Co-Authors

Siegfried Weyerer
Siegfried Weyerer Heidelberg University
Katherine E. Burdick
Katherine E. Burdick Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ingrid Melle
Ingrid Melle University of Oslo
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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