@article{VangeelPishvaHompesetal.2017,
  author    = {Vangeel, Elise Beau and Pishva, Ehsan and Hompes, Titia and van den Hove, Daniel and Lambrechts, Diether and Allegaert, Karel and Freson, Kathleen and Izzi, Benedetta and Claes, Stephan},
  title     = {Newborn genome-wide DNA methylation in association with pregnancy anxiety reveals a potential role for \(GABBR1\)},
  series = {Clinical Epigenetics},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Clinical Epigenetics},
  doi       = {10.1186/s13148-017-0408-5},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173825},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Background: There is increasing evidence for the role of prenatal stress in shaping offspring DNA methylation and disease susceptibility. In the current study, we aimed to identify genes and pathways associated with pregnancy anxiety using a genome-wide DNA methylation approach. Methods: We selected 22 versus 23 newborns from our Prenatal Early Life Stress (PELS) cohort, exposed to the lowest or highest degree of maternal pregnancy anxiety, respectively. Cord blood genome-wide DNA methylation was assayed using the HumanMethylation450 BeadChip (HM450, n = 45) and candidate gene methylation using EpiTYPER (n = 80). Cortisol levels were measured at 2, 4, and 12 months of age to test infant stress system (re)activity. Results: Data showed ten differentially methylated regions (DMR) when comparing newborns exposed to low versus high pregnancy anxiety scores. We validated a top DMR in the GABA-B receptor subunit 1 gene (GABBR1) revealing the association with pregnancy anxiety particularly in male newborns (most significant CpG Pearson R = 0.517, p = 0.002; average methylation Pearson R = 0.332, p = 0.039). Cord blood GABBR1 methylation was associated with infant cortisol levels in response to a routine vaccination at 4 months old. Conclusions: In conclusion, our results show that pregnancy anxiety is associated with differential DNA methylation patterns in newborns and that our candidate gene GABBR1 is associated with infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to a stressor. Our findings reveal a potential role for GABBR1 methylation in association with stress and provide grounds for further research.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SeibtMuehlbergerLikowskietal.2015,
  author    = {Seibt, Beate and M{\"u}hlberger, Andreas and Likowski, Katja U. and Weyers, Peter},
  title     = {Facial mimicry in its social setting},
  series = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  number    = {1122},
  doi       = {10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01122},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-151415},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {In interpersonal encounters, individuals often exhibit changes in their own facial expressions in response to emotional expressions of another person. Such changes are often called facial mimicry. While this tendency first appeared to be an automatic tendency of the perceiver to show the same emotional expression as the sender, evidence is now accumulating that situation, person, and relationship jointly determine whether and for which emotions such congruent facial behavior is shown. We review the evidence regarding the moderating influence of such factors on facial mimicry with a focus on understanding the meaning of facial responses to emotional expressions in a particular constellation. From this, we derive recommendations for a research agenda with a stronger focus on the most common forms of encounters, actual interactions with known others, and on assessing potential mediators of facial mimicry. We conclude that facial mimicry is modulated by many factors: attention deployment and sensitivity, detection of valence, emotional feelings, and social motivations. We posit that these are the more proximal causes of changes in facial mimicry due to changes in its social setting.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LangeWuehrSchwarz2021,
  author    = {Lange, Benjamin P. and W{\"u}hr, Peter and Schwarz, Sascha},
  title     = {Of Time Gals and Mega Men: Empirical Findings on Gender Differences in Digital Game Genre Preferences and the Accuracy of Respective Gender Stereotypes},
  series = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  volume    = {12},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  issn      = {1664-1078},
  doi       = {10.3389/fpsyg.2021.657430},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-238278},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {We investigated the accuracy of gender stereotypes regarding digital game genre preferences. In Study 1, 484 female and male participants rated their preference for 17 game genres (gender differences). In Study 2, another sample of 226 participants rated the extent to which the same genres were presumably preferred by women or men (gender stereotypes). We then compared the results of both studies in order to determine the accuracy of the gender stereotypes. Study 1 revealed actual gender differences for most genres—mostly of moderate size. Study 2 revealed substantial gender stereotypes about genre preferences. When comparing the results from both studies, we found that gender stereotypes were accurate in direction for most genres. However, they were, to some degree, inaccurate in size: For most genres, gender stereotypes overestimated the actual gender difference with a moderate mean effect size.},
  language  = {en}
}