Sebastian Ocklenburg

🎉Congratulations Melanie Klapprott, 2nd place winner🏆#MoBIAward 2026! Her pioneering study uses mobile EEG during swimming and pair innovation with a clear look at data‑quality challenges. Bravo for taking mobile EEG to new depths — and new heights! 🔗 mobi-award.com/submissions26/…

New (German) popular science article in @spektrum on what heat does to cognition: spektrum.de/frage/hitze-un…

New paper „Breaking the binary: Mixed-handedness and its implications for theoretical and clinical laterality research“ in Laterality! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

1.17 Billion People Worldwide Suffer from a Mental Disorder | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-as…

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…