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member portrait Manuel Kuhn Postdoctoral Researcher Harvard Medical School

Bio

Manuel joined our lab as a PhD student in 2012 after studying Psychology in Vienna. He stayed on as a postdoc before heading to the U.S. for research positions with Alex Shackman (College Park) and Diego Pizzagalli (Boston). He now holds a junior faculty position at Harvard Medical School.

Projects

Publications

2026

Intraindividual Variability Matters for the Correspondence Between Subjective Arousal, Valence, and Physiological Responses
Alina Koppold , Tina B. Lonsdorf , Manuel Kuhn , Mathias Weymar, Carlos Ventura‐Bort
Psychophysiology  ·  01 Jan 2026  ·  doi: https://doi.org/hbkdrt

2023

Recent advances in studying brain‐behavior interactions using functional imaging: The primary startle response pathway and its affective modulation in humans
Julia Wendt, Manuel Kuhn , Alfons O. Hamm, Tina B. Lonsdorf
Psychophysiology  ·  04 Jul 2023  ·  doi: https://doi.org/gsfp9c
Watching with Argus eyes: Characterization of emotional and physiological responding in adults exposed to childhood maltreatment and/or recent adversity
Alina Koppold , Alexandros Kastrinogiannis , Manuel Kuhn , Tina B. Lonsdorf
Psychophysiology  ·  02 Feb 2023  ·  doi: https://doi.org/g84qq5

2022

Robust group- but limited individual-level (longitudinal) reliability and insights into cross-phases response prediction of conditioned fear
Maren Klingelhöfer-Jens , Mana R Ehlers , Manuel Kuhn , Vincent Keyaniyan, Tina B Lonsdorf
eLife  ·  13 Sep 2022  ·  doi: https://doi.org/g36c9v
A data multiverse analysis investigating non‐model based SCR quantification approaches
Rachel Sjouwerman , Sabrina Illius, Manuel Kuhn , Tina B. Lonsdorf
Psychophysiology  ·  02 Jul 2022  ·  doi: https://doi.org/g84qrb
Recent advances in studying brain-behaviour interactions using functional imaging: The primary startle response pathway and its affective modulation in humans
Julia Wendt, Manuel Kuhn , Alfons O. Hamm, Tina B Lonsdorf
PsyArXiv  ·  13 May 2022  ·  doi: https://doi.org/g84qrd
Navigating the manyverse of skin conductance response quantification approaches – A direct comparison of trough‐to‐peak , baseline correction, and model‐based approaches in Ledalab and PsPM
Manuel Kuhn , Anna M. V. Gerlicher, Tina B. Lonsdorf
Psychophysiology  ·  02 Apr 2022  ·  doi: https://doi.org/g6mhdm

2021

Navigating the manifold of skin conductance response quantification approaches – a direct comparison of Trough-to-Peak, Baseline-correction and model-based approaches in Ledalab and PsPM
Manuel Kuhn , Anna Gerlicher, Tina B Lonsdorf
PsyArXiv  ·  30 Apr 2021  ·  doi: https://doi.org/g84qrp

2020

Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review
Mana R. Ehlers , Janne Nold, Manuel Kuhn , Maren Klingelhöfer-Jens , Tina B. Lonsdorf
Scientific Reports  ·  16 Nov 2020  ·  doi: https://doi.org/g84qrr

2019

The neurofunctional basis of affective startle modulation in humans – evidence from combined facial EMG-fMRI
Manuel Kuhn , Julia Wendt, Rachel Sjouwerman , Christian Büchel, Alfons Hamm, Tina B. Lonsdorf
openRxiv  ·  05 Mar 2019  ·  doi: https://doi.org/ghnr5g

2018

Does US expectancy mediate the additive effects of CS-US pairings on contingency instructions? Results from subjective, psychophysiological and neural measures
Gaëtan Mertens, Senne Braem, Manuel Kuhn , Tina B. Lonsdorf , Marcel A. van den Hout, Iris M. Engelhard
Behaviour Research and Therapy  ·  01 Nov 2018  ·  doi: https://doi.org/gfjk25

2017

Don't fear 'fear conditioning': Methodological considerations for the design and analysis of studies on human fear acquisition, extinction, and return of fear.
Tina B Lonsdorf , Mareike M Menz, Marta Andreatta, Miguel A Fullana, Armita Golkar, Jan Haaker, Ivo Heitland, Andrea Hermann, Manuel Kuhn , Onno Kruse, Shira Meir Drexler, Ann Meulders, Frauke Nees, Andre Pittig, Jan Richter, Sonja Römer, Youssef Shiban, Anja Schmitz, Benjamin Straube, Bram Vervliet, Julia Wendt, Johanna M P Baas, Christian J Merz
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews  ·  03 Mar 2017  ·  doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28263758

2016

Don't startle me-Interference of startle probe presentations and intermittent ratings with fear acquisition.
Rachel Sjouwerman , Johanna Niehaus, Manuel Kuhn , Tina B Lonsdorf
Psychophysiology  ·  15 Sep 2016  ·  doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27628268
State anxiety modulates the return of fear.
Manuel Kuhn , Gaetan Mertens, Tina B Lonsdorf
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology  ·  03 Aug 2016  ·  doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27496367
Converging evidence for an impact of a functional NOS gene variation on anxiety-related processes.
Manuel Kuhn , Jan Haaker, Evelyn Glotzbach-Schoon, Dirk Schümann, Marta Andreatta, Marie-Luise Mechias, Karolina Raczka, Nina Gartmann, Christian Büchel, Andreas Mühlberger, Paul Pauli, Andreas Reif, Raffael Kalisch, Tina B Lonsdorf
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience  ·  08 Jan 2016  ·  doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26746182

2015

Mismatch or allostatic load? Timing of life adversity differentially shapes gray matter volume and anxious temperament.
Manuel Kuhn , Robert Scharfenort , Dirk Schümann, Miriam A Schiele, Anna L Münsterkötter, Jürgen Deckert, Katharina Domschke, Jan Haaker, Raffael Kalisch, Paul Pauli, Andreas Reif, Marcel Romanos, Peter Zwanzger, Tina B Lonsdorf
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience  ·  13 Nov 2015  ·  doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26568620
Fear expression and return of fear following threat instruction with or without direct contingency experience.
Gaëtan Mertens, Manuel Kuhn , An K Raes, Raffael Kalisch, Jan De Houwer, Tina B Lonsdorf
Cognition & emotion  ·  12 May 2015  ·  doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25966279

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