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Dr. Bertram Walter

Dr. Bertram Walter

 

Dr. Bertram Walter

Bender Institute of Neuroimaging

Justus Liebig University Giessen

Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10H

35394 Giessen

GERMANY

Room 17

Phone: +49 (0) 641 / 99 - 26307

Fax: +49 (0) 641 / 99 - 26309

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Research

  • Pain perception and pain modulation
  • Neuronal correlates of itch
  • Quality assurance; Identification and removal of artifacts in MR images

 

Selected Publications

  • Schwabe, L., Merz, C. J., Walter, B., Vaitl, D., Wolf, O. T. & Stark, R. (2011). Emotional modulation of the attentional blink: The neural structures involved in capturing and holding attention. Neuropsychologia, 49, 416-425.
  • Schweckendiek, J., Klucken, T., Merz, C. J., Tabbert, K., Walter, B., Ambach, W., Vaitl, D. & Stark, R. (2011). Weaving the (neuronal) web: Fear learning in spider phobia. Neuroimage, 54, 681-688.
  • Hermann, A., Schäfer, A., Walter, B., Stark, R., Vaitl, D., Schienle, A. (2009). Emotion regulation in spider phobia: role of the medial prefrontal cortex. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4, 257-267.
  • Klucken, T., Schweckendiek J., Merz, C. J., Tabbert, K., Kagerer, S., Walter, B., Vaitl, D., & Stark, R. (2009). Neural activations of the acquisition of conditioned sexual arousal: Effects of contingency awareness and sex. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 3071-3085.
  • Hermann, A., Schäfer, A., Walter, B., Stark, R., Vaitl, D. & Schienle, A. (2007). Diminished medial prefrontal cortex activity in blood-injection-injury phobia. Biological Psychology, 75, 124-130.
  • Schienle, A., Schäfer, A., Stark, R., Walter, B., & Vaitl, D. (2005). Neural responses of OCD patients towards disorder-relevant, generally disgust-inducing and fear-inducing pictures. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 57, 69-77.
  • Schienle, A., Schäfer, A., Walter, B., Stark, R. & Vaitl, D. (2005). Relationship between disgust sensitivity, trait anxiety and brain activity during disgust induction. Neuropsychobiology, 51,86-92.
  • Schienle, A., Walter, B., Schäfer, A., Stark, R. & Vaitl, D. (2005). Gender differences in the processing of disgusting and fear-inducing pictures: an fMRI study. Neuroreport, 16, 277-280.
  • Stark, R., Schienle, A., Sarlo, M., Palomba, D., Walter, B. & Vaitl, D. (2005). Influences of disgust sensitivity on hemodynamic responses towards a disgust-inducing film clip. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 57, 61-67. 
  • Stark, R., Walter, B., Schienle, A., Vaitl, D. (2005). Psychophysiological correlates of disgust and disgust sensitivity. Journal of Psychophysiology, 19, 50-60.

  • Complete list of publications: Download (PDF)

 

Curriculum vitae (shorted)

Education

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1978 - 1988 Study of psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen.
Diploma thesis supervised by PD Dr. J. M. Diehl, department of Psychological Methodsat the University Gießen. Title: "Psychological determinants of the consupmption of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages: A survey of 512 adults in the Federal Republic of Germany".
Degree: Diploma (overall grade: excellent).
1982 bis 1988 Research assistant in den departments of General  Psychology (Prof. Dr. G. Haubensak), Clinical and Physiological Psychology (Prof. Dr. D. Vaitl), Differential Psychology (Prof. Dr. Dr. P. Netter), Psychological Methods (PD Dr. J. M. Diehl), Social Psychology (Prof. Dr. K. R. Scherer), Pedagogical Psychology (Prof. Dr. E. Todt), and in the departments of Criminology/Law (Prof. Dr. A. Kreuzer) and education (Prof. Dr. S. Prell).
1998 Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the Department of Psychology of the University Giessen supervised by Prof. Dr. D. Vaitl (overall grade: summa cum laude).
Title of the doctoral thesis: "Lumbar back pain: Prognosis of therapy success"

Occupations

Time
Since 1988 Scientific assistant in the department of Clinical and Physiological Psychology and at the Bender Institute of Neuroimaging of Giessen University