Sebastian Ocklenburg

Older people who are young at heart are seen positively—as long as they do not violate age stereotypes too much. Here's what new research shows, explains @ocklenBLOG psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

Our Perceptions of Older Adults Who Do Not Act Their Age | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

What I am reading at the moment!

Does Handedness Affect Accidents at Work? | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

Three Key Insights on How Being in Nature Changes the Brain | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

Our new paper on #numerosity in #bees is out #number_sense @mirkuz12 @TheBeesearcher @OzBeeUVBG @MartinGiurfa

Being a parent doesn’t automatically make you happy—it’s whether your family matches what you hoped for. When parents have more children than they planned, their well-being can take a real hit, writes @ocklenBLOG psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

Left-handers have a performance advantage in the sport of fencing. Read about why in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep #lefthanded #laterality #neuropsychology

We have a new Postdoc position, exploring how genetic factors and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism) based on brain MRI data. Welcome!

Handedness in Children of Traumatized Mothers | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

A massive seven-year project exploring 3,900 social-science papers has ended with a disturbing finding go.nature.com/4bZ9khs

New German-Language book „Forschungsmethoden klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie - Eine praxisorientierte Open Science Perspektive“ with Annakarina Mundorf & Jutta Peterburs coming this summer at @SpringerNature link.springer.com/book/978366273…

Left-Handedness in Disney Princesses and Why it Matters | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

New Insights on the Gender Friendship Gap | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

Do You Get Lost When You're Stressed? Blame Cortisol | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

New Insights on the Evolution of Right- and Left-Handedness | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

Less #SocialMedia use and more #Mindfulness significantly improve #MentalHealth. Happy to share our new #intervention study: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Interesting: Laterality invites short commentaries (5–10 pages) addressing empirical, theoretical, methodological, and philosophical implications of expanding the concept of handedness. Submission deadline is 10th July 2026. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Left-Handers Are Better at Mirror-Writing Than Right-Handers | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

Meta-analysis helps scientists combine dozens or even hundreds of studies to find the truth, @ocklenBLOG writes. But in the age of AI-generated research, a new question is emerging: What if the evidence itself is contaminated? psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…