Publications

papers and book chapters can be downloaded from:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olga_Klimecki

2024

D’elia°, Y., El May°, E., Aguirre°, C., & Klimecki, O. (2024). Changing social emotions through a socio-emotional learning intervention improves the willingness to help an out-group member: a comparative longitudinal lab-in-the-field study in teenagers and young adults in four countries. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3qzy8

Wirth, M., Stamer°, S., Podolski°, O., Maßalsky°, A., Koch, S. & Klimecki, O. (2024). The REMINDer randomized controlled study: feasibility and impact of an online multimodal mind-body intervention in older adults. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.10.24317080

Wirth, M. & Klimecki, O. (2024). REMINDer – A Digital Environmental Enrichment Intervention. https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?term=NCT06530277

Haudry, S., Turpin, A. L., Landeau, B., Mézenge, F., Delarue, M., Hébert, O., Marchant, N. L., Klimecki, O., Collette, F., Gonneaud, J., de La Sayette, V., Vivien, D., Lutz, A., Chételat, G., & MEDIT-AGEING Research Group (2024). Decoding meditation mechanisms underlying brain preservation and psycho-affective health in older expert meditators and older meditation-naive participants. Scientific reports, 14(1), 29521. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79687-3

Liebscher°, M., White°, S., Hass°, S, Chocat, A., Mezenge, F., Landeau, B., Delarue, M., Hébert, O., Turpin, A.-L., Marchant, N. L., Chételat, G., Klimecki#, O., Poisnel#, G., Wirth#, M., & the Medit-Aging Research Group. (accepted). Circulating stress hormones, brain health, and cognition in healthy older adults: Cross-sectional findings and sex differences in the AGE-WELL trial. Biological Psychiatry. [IF 10.6]  # co-last authorship

Hass°, S., Liebscher°, M., …, Wirth, M. & Klimecki, O. (2024). Environmental Enrichment is Associated With Favorable Memory-Related Functional Brain Activity Patterns in Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2024.1451850

Bartrés-Faz, D, Demnitz-King, H., …, Klimecki, O., …, Pascual-Leone, A., Marchant, N.L. (in press). Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults. npj Mental Health Res.

Schlosser°, M., Gonneaud, J., Poletti, S., Bouet, R., Klimecki, O.M., Collette, F., Marchant, N. M.,  Chételat, G., & Lutz, A., for the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2024). Meditation dosage predicts self- and teacher-perceived responsiveness to an 18-month randomised controlled trial. Scientific Reports 14, 26395. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77069-3 [IF 3.8; OA]

Lau, Y., Bansal, A., Palix, C., Demnitz-King, H., Wirth, M., Klimecki, O., Chételat, G., Poisnel, G., Marchant N.L. & the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2024). Sex differences in the association between repetitive negative thinking and neurofilament light. npj Mental Health Res 3, 53. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44184-024-00093-8

Morse, R. M., Koutsoubelis, F., Whitfield, T., Demnitz-King, H., Ourry, V., Stott, J., Chocat, A., Devouge, E. F., Walker, Z., Klimecki, O., Collette, F., Chetelat, G., Gonneaud, J., Poisnel, G., Marchant, N. L., & Medit-Ageing Research Group (2024). Worry and ruminative brooding: associations with cognitive and physical health in older adults. Frontiers in psychology, 15, 1332398. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1332398

Requier, F., Demnitz-King, H., Frison, E., Delarue, M., Gonneaud, J., Chételat, G., Klimecki, O., Salmon, E., Lutz, A., Marchant, N.L., Collette, F. & the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2024). The evolution of subjective cognition after meditation training in older people: a secondary analysis of the three-arm Age-Well randomized controlled trial. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2024.2376783   

Klimecki, O.M., & Schweinberger, S.R. (2024). Soziale Neurobiologie. In U.T. Egle, C. Heim, B. Strauß & R. v. Känel (Eds). Psychosomatik. Neurobiologisch fundiert und evidenzbasiert. 2. Vollständig überarbeitete Auflage. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.

D’Elia°, Y., Whitfield, T., Schlosser°, M., Lutz, A., Barnhofer, T., Chételat, G., Marchant*, N.L., Gonneaud*, J., Klimecki*, O., & the Medit-Ageing group. (2024) Impact of mindfulness-based and health self-management interventions on mindful­ness, self-compassion, and physical activity in older adults with subjective cognitive decline: a secondary analysis of the SCD-Well randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. [IF 5.3; OA] * Co-last authorship

Klimecki, O. et al. (2024). Replicating the intergroup bias. OSF: https://osf.io/s849a

Lehodey, A., Kaliman, P., Palix, C., de Florès, R., Touron, E., Turpin, A. L., Fauvel, S., Mézenge, F., Landeau, B., Chocat, A., Vrillon, A., Paquet, C., Vivien, D., de La Sayette, V., Chételat, G., Poisnel, G., & Medit-Ageing Research Group (2024). Association of critically short telomeres with brain and blood markers of ageing and Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. Alzheimer’s research & therapy, 16(1), 269. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-024-01635-0

Garnier-Crussard, A., Gonneaud, J., Felisatti, F., Palix, C., Ferrand Devouge, E., Chocat, A., Rauchs, G., de la Sayette, V., Vivien, D., Demnitz-King, H., Lutz, A., Chételat, G., Poisnel, G., & Medit-Ageing Research Group (2024). Effect of an 18-month meditation training on cardiovascular risk in older adults: a secondary analysis of the Age-Well randomized controlled trial. BMC geriatrics, 24(1), 954. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05550-9

Kaliman, P., Álvarez-López, M.J., …, Schlosser°, M., de La Sayette, V., Chételat, G., Lutz, A., Poisnel, G., & Medit-Ageing Research Group (2025). Effect of an 18-month meditation training on telomeres in older adults: a secondary analysis of the age-well randomized controlled trial. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science.

Munns, L. B., Demnitz-King, H., André, C., Rehel, S., Ourry, V., de La Sayette, V., Vivien, D., Chételat, G., Rauchs, G., Marchant, N. L., & Medit-Ageing Research Group (2024). Associations Between Repetitive Negative Thinking and Objective and Subjective Sleep Health in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults. Nature and science of sleep, 16, 233–245. https://doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S441509

Champetier, P., André, C., Rehel, S., Ourry, V., Landeau, B., Mézenge, F., Roquet, D., Vivien, D., de La Sayette, V., Chételat, G., Rauchs, G., & Medit-Ageing Research Group (2024). Multimodal neuroimaging correlates of spectral power in NREM sleep delta sub-bands in cognitively unimpaired older adults. Sleep, 47(4), zsae012. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae012

* As Co-PI of Medit-Ageing, I am part of the Medit-Ageing Research Group

2023

Cernadas Curotto, P., Halperin, E., Sander, D. & Klimecki, O. (2023) Getting closer: compassion training increases feelings of closeness toward a disliked person. Sci Rep 13, 18339. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45363-1

Klimecki, O., Baez Lugo, S. & Vuilleumier, P. (2023). Functional brain connectivity related to maladaptive emotion regulation in older adults. Nature Aging. https://rdcu.be/c3i4n

Baez Lugo, S., Deza-Araujo, Y.I., Maradan, C., Collette, F., Lutz, A., Marchant, N.L., Chételat, G., Vuilleumier, P., Klimecki, O. and the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2023). Exposure to negative socio-emotional events induces sustained alteration of resting-state brain networks in older adults. Nature Aging. https://rdcu.be/c3i4n

D’Elia, Y., Whitfield, T., Schlosser, M., Lutz, A., Barnhofer, T., Chételat, G., Marchant*, N.L., Gonneaud*, J., Klimecki*, O., & the Medit-Ageing group. Impact of mindfulness-based and health self-management interventions on mindful­ness, self-compassion, and physical activity in older adults with subjective cognitive decline: a secondary analysis of the SCD-Well randomized controlled trial. (forthcoming), Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

Opitz, J., D’Elia, Y. & Klimecki, O. (2023) Testing the impact of a socio-emotional education intervention based on humanitarian values in youngsters in South Sudan and Zambia. OSF: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RPYWF

Klimecki*, O., Liebscher*, M., …, Roeske, S., Wirth, M. for the DELCODE study group (2023). Long-term Environmental Enrichment is Associated With Better Fornix Microstructure Integrity in Older Adults. Frontiers Aging Neuroscience.* Co-first authorship https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1170879 [IF 5.7; OA]

Gorska, G., Berkovich-Ohana, A., Klimecki, O., Trautwein, F.-M. (in press). Situational Assessment of Empathy and Compassion: Predicting prosociality using a video-based task. PloS One.

Engert, V., Klimecki, O., & Kanske, P., (2023) Spreading Positive Change: Societal Benefits of Meditation. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1038051/full?utm_source=F-NTF&utm_medium=EMLX&utm_campaign=PRD_FEOPS_20170000_ARTICLE

Konrad, A.C., Engert, V., Albrecht, R., Dobel, C., Döring, N., Haueisen, J., Klimecki, O., Sandbothe, M., & Kanske, P. (2023). Implementation of a brief mindful breathing exercise in regular university courses: A multicenter feasibility study. Scientific Reports. 10.1038/s41598-023-34737-0 [IF 5.6]

Demnitz-King, H., Requier, F., Whitfield, T., Schlosser, M., Gonneaud, J., Ware, C., Barnhofer, T., Coll-Padros, N., Dautricourt, S., Delarue, M., Klimecki, O., Paly, L., Salmon, E., Schild, AK., Wirth, M., Frison, E., Lutz, A., Chételat, G., Collette, F., Marchant, N.L. for The Medit-Ageing Research Group. (2023) Effects of meditation training and non-native language training on cognition in older adults: A secondary analysis of the three-arm Age-Well randomized controlled trial. JAMA Network Open. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.17848 [IF 13.4]

Requier, F., Hendy, A.S., Schlosser, M., Demnitz-King, H., Whitfield, T., Chetelat, G., Klimecki, O., Lutz, A., Marchant, N.L., Collette, F., & the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2023). Association between meditative capacities and cognitive functions in healthy older adults naïve to meditation practice. Mindfulness. [IF 5.11] https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/300608/1/Requier_Mindfulness_aging_2022_Preprint.pdf

Requier, F., Demnitz-King, H., Whitfield, T., Klimecki, O., Marchant, N. L., & Collette. F. (2023). The Effect of Meditation Based Interventions on Patients with Fatigue Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Psychologica Belgica, 63(1), pp. 64–81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1182

André, C., Champetier, P., Rehel, S., Kuhn, E., Touron, E., Ourry, V., Landeau, B., Le Du, G., Mézenge, F., Segobin, S., de la Sayette, V., Vivien, D., Chételat, G., Rauchs, G., & Medit-Ageing Research Group* (2023). Rapid-eye-movement sleep, neurodegeneration and amyloid deposition in ageing. Annals of neurology, 10.1002/ana.26604. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26604 [IF 10.42] *I am part of the Medit-Ageing Research Group

André, C., Kuhn, E., Rehel, S., Ourry, V., Demeilliez-Servouin, S., Palix, C., Felisatti, F.,Champetier, P., Dautricourt, S., Yushkevich, P., Vivien, D., de La Sayette, V., Chételat, G., de Flores, R., Rauchs, G., for the Medit-Ageing Research Group* (2023). Association of sleep-disordered breathing and medial temporal lobe atrophy in cognitively unimpaired amyloid-positive older adults. Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207421 [IF 11.8] *I am part of the Medit-Ageing Research Group

de Flores, R., Demeilliez-Servouin, S., Kuhn, E., Chauveau, L., Landeau, B., Delcroix, N., Gonneaud, J., Vivien, D., Chételat, G., & Medit-Ageing research group* (2023). Respective influence of beta-amyloid and APOE ε4 genotype on medial temporal lobe subregions in cognitively unimpaired older adults. Neurobiology of disease, 181, 106127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106127 *I am part of the Medit-Ageing Research Group

Klimecki, O.M., & Schweinberger, S.R. (2023). Soziale Neurobiologie. In U.T. Egle, C. Heim, B. Strauß & R. v. Känel (Eds). Psychosomatik. Neurobiologisch fundiert und evidenzbasiert. 2. Vollständig überarbeitete Auflage. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.

White, S., Mauer, R., Lange, C., Klimecki, O., Huijbers, W., Wirth, M., for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2023). The effect of plasma cortisol on hippocampal atrophy and clinical progression in mild cognitive impairment. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37583892/ [IF 5.3; OA]

Schlosser, M., Klimecki, O., Collette, F., Gonneaud, J., Kliegel, M., Marchant, N.L., Chételat, G., Lutz, A., & The Medit-Ageing Research Group (2023/ in press). An 18-month meditation training selectively improves psychological well-being in older adults: Secondary analyses from the Age-Well randomised controlled trial. PLoS One. Preprint: https://mindrxiv.org/desyu/

Schlosser, M., Demnitz-King, H., Barnhofer, T., Collette, F., Gonneaud, J., Chételat, G., Jessen, F., Kliegel, M., Klimecki, O.M., Lutz, A., Marchant, N.L. & The Medit-Ageing Research Group (2023/ in press). Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention and a health self-management programme on psychological well-being in older adults with subjective cognitive decline: Secondary analyses from the SCD-Well randomised clinical trial. PLoS One. Preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.08.22279715v1

Klimecki, O., Baez Lugo, S., Deza-Araujo, Y.I., Demnitz-King, H., Dautricourt, S., Gonneaud, J.,  Poisnel, G., Marchant, N.L., Vuilleumier, P., Chételat, G., & the Medit-Ageing Research Group (in press). Distinctive modulation patterns of functional brain connectivity of the default mode network by negative social emotions are associated with Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in community-dwelling older adults – cross-sectional findings from the Age-Well trial. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 15: P183-P183.

Spagnuolo, F., Cima, M., Stoltz, S., & Klimecki, O. (2023). Aspects of Prosociality in Antisocial and Normative Youth. OSF: https//osf.io/5j836

Klimecki, O.M. (2023). The Role and Malleability of Emotions in Social Behavior and Conflict Resolution. Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.

Demnitz‐King, H., Requier, F., Whitfield, T., Schlosser°, M., Gonneaud, J., Ware, C., …, Klimecki, O.M., … & Medit‐Ageing Research Group. (2023). Effects of meditation training and non‐native language training on cognition in older‐adults: A secondary analysis of the three‐arm Age‐Well randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 19, e077759. [IF 14; OA]

Bartrés‐Faz, D., Demnitz‐King, H., Solé‐Padullés, C., Saunders, R., Cattaneo, G., Cabello‐Toscano, M., Klimecki, O.M., … & Marchant, N. L. (2023). Associations between psychological risk and protective profiles and cognitive status in two independent cohorts. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 19, e078729. [IF 14; OA]

2022

Cernadas Curotto, P.,  Sander, D., d’Argembeau, A., Klimecki, O. (2022). Back to the future: a way to increase prosocial behavior. PLoS One. [IF 3.24] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272340

Chételat, G, Lutz, A, Klimecki, O, Frison, E., Asselineau, J, Schlosser, M, Arenaza-Urquijo, EM, Mézenge, F, Kuhn, E, Moulinet, I, Touron, E, Dautricourt, S, André, C, Palix, C, Ourry, V, Felisatti, F, Gonneaud, J, Landeau, B, Rauchs, G, Chocat, A, Quillard, A, Ferrand Devouge, E, Vuilleumier, P, de La Sayette, V, Vivien, D, Collette, F, Poisnel, G, Marchant, NL, and the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2022). Effects of an 18-month meditation training on regional brain volume and perfusion in older adults: The Age-Well randomized, single-blind, controlled trial of the Medit-Ageing European project. JAMA Neurology. [IF 29.9]

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2796818

Demnitz-King, H., Gonneaud, J., Klimecki, O.M., Chocat, A., Collette, F., Dautricourt, S., Jessen, F., Krolak-Salmon, P., Lutz, A., Morse, R., Molinuevo, J.L., Poisnel, G., Touron, E., Wirth, M., Walker, Z., Chételat, G., Marchant, N.L., & The Medit-Ageing Research Group (2022). The Association between Self-reflection and Cognition and Brain Health in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults. Neurology. [IF 9.91]

Deza-Araujo, Y., Aguirre, C., Gyger, L., Sander, D., Rimmele, U., Klimecki, O.M. Increased cortisol after the socially evaluated cold-pressor task predicts later punishment in healthy males.

preprint doi: https://psyarxiv.com/4d6g3/

Lehmann, K., Böckler, Klimecki, O., Müller-Liebmann, C., & Kanske, P. (2022). Empathy and correct mental state inferences both promote prosociality. Scientific Reports. [IF 5] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20855-8

Schlosser, M., Barnhofer, T., Requier, F., Deza-Araujo, Y.I., Abdoun, O., Marchant, N.L., Chételat, G., Collette, F., Klimecki, O.M., Lutz, A (2022). Measuring psychological mechanisms in meditation practice: Using a phenomenologically grounded classification system to develop theory-based composite scores. Mindfulness. Online preprint: https://mindrxiv.org/s6qxn/

Schwarz, C., Benson, G. S., Antonenko, D., Horn, N., Köbe, T., Klimecki, O., Sommer, W., Wirth, M., & Flöel, A. (2022). Negative affective burden is associated with higher resting-state functional connectivity in subjective cognitive decline. Scientific reports, 12(1), 6212. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10179-y

Touron, E., Moulinet, I., Kuhn, E., Sherif, S., Ourry, V., Landeau, B., Mézenge, F., Vivien, D., Klimecki, O.M., Poisnel, G., Marchant, N.L., Chételat, G., for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, and the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2022). Depressive symptoms in cognitively unimpaired older adults are associated with lower structural and functional integrity in a frontolimbic network. Molecular Psychiatry. [IF 15.99]

Whitfield, T., Demnitz-King, H., Schlosser, M, Barnhofer, T., Frison, E., Coll-Padros, N., Dautricourt, S., Requier, F., Delarue, M., Gonneaud, J., Klimecki, O., Lutz, A., Paly, L., Salmon, E., Schild, A.-K., Walker, Z.,  Jessen, F. Chételat, G., Collette, F., Wirth, M., Marchant, N., & the Medit-Ageing group (2022). Effects of a mindfulness-based versus a health self-management intervention on objective cognitive performance in older-adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD): A secondary analysis of the SCD-Well randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy. [IF 6.42]

Champetier, P., André, C., Weber, F.D., Rehel, S., Ourry, V., Laniepce, A., Lutz, A., Bertran, F., Cabé, N., Pitel, A.-L., Poisnel, G., de la Sayette, V., Vivien, D., Chételat, G., Rauchs, G., & the Medit-Ageing Research Group* (2022). Age-related changes in fast spindle clustering during NREM sleep and their relevance for memory consolidation. [IF 5] *I am part of the Medit-Ageing Research Group.

Dautricourt, S., Gonneaud, J., […], Marchant, N.L., Vivien, D., de la Sayette, V., Lutz, A., Chételat, G., & the Medit-Ageing Research Group* (2022). Dynamic functional connectivity patterns associated with Alzheimer’s disease risk and protective factors. Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy . [IF 6.1] *I am part of the Medit-Ageing Research Group.

Felisatti, F., Gonneaud, J., […], Vivien, D., Chételat, G., Poisnel, G., & the Medit-Ageing Research Group* (2022). Role of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on the Association Between Physical Activity and Brain Integrity Markers in Older Adults. Neurology, 1212. [IF 9.91] *I am part of the Medit-Ageing Research Group.

Gonneaud, J., Moreau, I., Felisatti, F., […] & the Medit-Ageing Research Group* (2022). Men and women show partly distinct effects of physical activity on brain integrity. Alzheimer’s & Dement; 14:e12302. [IF 21.57] *I am part of the Medit-Ageing Research Group.

2021

Cernadas Curotto, P., Sterpenich, V., Sander, D., Favez, N., Rimmele, U., & Klimecki, O. (2021). Quarreling after a sleepless night: preliminary evidence of the impact of sleep deprivation on interpersonal conflict. Affective Science.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42761-021-00076-4

Demnitz-King, H., Chocat, A., Collette, F., Dautricourt, S., Gonneaud., J, Jessen, F., Klimecki, O.M., Krolak Salmon, P., Lutz, A., Molinuevo, J.L., Poisnel, G., Touron, E., Walker, Z., Chetelat, G., Marchant, N.L., the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuromianging Initiative, & the Medit-Ageing Research group (2021). Self-reflection is associated with markers of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively unimpaired older adults. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 17, S6. [IF 21.57]

https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/alz.053678

Deza-Araujo, Y., Baez, S., Vuilleumier, P., Cochat, A., Chételat, G., Poisnel, G., & Klimecki, O.M. (2021). Whole blood serotonin levels are related to lower activity in Socio-Affective Brain Regions in Healthy Elderly. Biological Psychology.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301051121000429?via%3Dihub

Marchant, N., Barnhofer, T., Wirth, M., Coueron, R., Lutz, A, …, Chételat, G., Jessen, F. & Klimecki O.M. (2021). The SCD-Well Randomized Controlled Trial: Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Versus Health Education On Mental Health in Patients with Subjective Cognitive Decline. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. [Impact Factor: 13.44]

https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/515669

Lutz, A., Chételat, G., Collette, F., Klimecki, O.M., Marchant, N.L., Gonneaud, J. (2021). The protective effect of mindfulness and compassion meditation practices on ageing: hypotheses, models and experimental implementation. Ageing Research Reviews, 72. [Impact Factor: 10.9] https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1e2mr5aZoHYZsx

Ourry, V., Marchant, N.M., Schild, A.-K., Coll-Padros, N., Klimecki, O.M., Krolak-Salmon, P., Goldet, K., Reyrolle, L., Bachelet, R., Sannemann, L., Meiberth, D., Demnitz-King, H., Whitfield, T., Botton, M., Lebahar, J., Gonneaud, J., de Flores, R., Molinuevo, J.L., Jessen, F., Vivien, D., De La Sayette, V., Valenzuela, M.J., Rauchs, G., Wirth, M., Chetelat, G., Arenaza-Urquijo, E.M. (2021). Harmonization and between-country differences of the Lifetime of Experiences Questionnaire in older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.740005

Schlosser, M., Pfaff, N, Marchant, N., Klimecki, O. (2021). The psychometric properties of the Compassionate Love Scale and the validation of the 7-item Compassion for Strangers Scale (COS-7). Current Psychology.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01344-5

Touron, E., Moulinet, I., Kuhn, E., Sherif, S., Ourry, V., Landeau, B., Mézenge, F., Vivien, D., Klimecki, O.M., Poisnel, G., Marchant, N.L., Chetelat, G., & the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2021). Depressive symptoms in cognitively unimpaired older adults are associated with decreased structural and functional integrity in the limbic network. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 17, S6. [IF 21.57] https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/alz.052419

Whitfield, T., Demnitz-King., H., Schlosser, M., Barnhofer, T., Collette,F., Dautricourt, S., Delarue, M., Frison, E., Gonneaud, J., Klimecki, O.M., Lutz, A., Paly, L., Poisnel, G., Salmon, E., Schild, A.-K., Walker, Z., Wirth, M., Chetelat, G., Jessen, F., Marchant, N.L., & the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2021). The effect of a mindfulness-based versus health self-management intervention on cognitive performance in older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD): The SCD-WELL randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 17, S6. [IF 21.57] https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/alz.054892

Whitfield, T., Barnhofer, T., Acabchuk, R., Cohen, A., Lee, M., Schlosser, M., Arenaza-Urquijo, E.M., Böttcher, A., Britton, W., Coll-Padros, N., Collette, F., Chételat, G., Dautricourt, S., Demnitz-King, H., Dumais, T., Klimecki, O., Meiberth, D., Moulinet, I., Müller, T., Parsons, E., Sager, L., Sannemann, L., Scharf, J., Schild, A., Touron, E., Wirth, M., Walker, Z., Moitra, E., Lutz, A., Lazar, S., Vago, D., Marchant, N.L. (2021). The effect of mindfulness-based programs on cognitive function in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropsychology Review. https://rdcu.be/csddE

Ourry, V., Gonneaud, J., […] & the Medit-Ageing Research Group* (2021). Association of quality of life with structural, functional and molecular brain imaging in community-dwelling older adults. Neuroimage, 231, 117819. [IF 5.90; OA] *I am part of the Medit-Ageing research group.

 

2020

André, C., …, …, Klimecki, O. …, Chételat, G.,  Rauchs, G. (2020). Association of sleep-disordered breathing with gray matter volume, perfusion, glucose metabolism and β-amyloid deposition in older adults. JAMA Neurology. [impact factor 12.32; OA]

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2763344?guestAccessKey=8ff1d689-cbb4-440f-ba75-7506f9781170&utm_source=jps&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author_alert-jamanetwork&utm_content=author-author_engagement&utm_term=1m

Bogacz, F., Pun, T., Klimecki, O. M. (2020). Mediators have a beneficial impact on conflict resolution in romantic couples. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 7, 131.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-00622-8

Demnitz‐King, H., Whitfield, T., Schlosser, M., Barnhofer, T., Collette, F., Klimecki, O., Lutz, A., Schild, A.‐K., Wirth, M., Chetelat, G., Marchant, N.L. and Group, M.‐A.R. (2020), Reflective pondering is associated with a global cognitive marker of Alzheimer’s disease risk. Alzheimer’s Dement., 16: e042084. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.042084

Klimecki, O., Vétois, M., Sander, D. (2020). The impact of empathy and perspective-taking instructions on proponents and opponents of immigration. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 7, 91.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-00581-0

Klimecki, O.M., Schweinberger, S.R. (2020). Soziale Neurobiologie. In U.T. Egle, C. Heim, B. Strauß and R. v. Känel (Eds). Psychosomatische Medizin 3.0 – Neurobiologisch fundiert – Evidenzbasiert. W. Kohlhammer.

Meiberth, D.U., Schild, A.‐K., Sannemann, L., Müller, T., Demnitz‐King, H., Whitfield, T., Schlosser, M., Krolak Salmon, P., Molinuevo, J.L., Klimecki, O., Wirth, M., Chetelat, G., Marchant, N.L., Jessen, F. and (2020), Gender differences in the perception of subjective vs. objective cognitive decline: Baseline data from the SCD‐Well Trial. Alzheimer’s Dement., 16: e040428. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.040428

Rafi, H., Bogacz, F., Sander, D., Klimecki, O.M. (2020) Impact of Couple Conflict and Mediation on How Romantic Partners Are Seen. Cortex, 130:302-317.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945220302240?dgcid=coauthor

Requier, F., Demnitz-King, H., Whitfield, T., Klimecki, O., Marchant, N., Collette, F. (2020). The effect of meditation-based interventions on patients with fatigue symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Registered with PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews:

https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=187836

Whitfield, T., Barnhofer, T., Acabchuk, R., Cohen, A., Lee, M., Lutz, A., Wirth, M., Coll‐Padros, N., Arenaza‐Urquijo, E.M., Dautricourt, S., Moulinet, I., Touron, E., Collette, F., Demnitz‐King, H., Schlosser, M., Schild, A.‐K., Sannemann, L., Müller, T., Meiberth, D.U., Klimecki, O., Boettcher, A., Parsons, E., Chetelat, G., Lazar, S., Walker, Z., Moitra, E., Vago, D., Marchant, N.L. and (2020), The effect of mindfulness‐based programs on cognitive performance across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Alzheimer’s Dement., 16: e043562. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.043562

2019

Schneider, D., Klimecki, O., Burgmer, P., Kessler, T. (2019). Social Cognition. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Klimecki, O., Marchant, N.L., Lutz, A., Poisnel, G., Chételat, G., Collette, F. (2019). The impact of meditation on healthy ageing – the current state of knowledge and a roadmap to future directions. Current Opinion in Psychology, 28, 223-228. [IF 6.4] doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.01.006

Marchant, N.L., Barnhofer, T., Wirth, M., Coueron, R., Lutz, A., Collette, F., Poisnel, G., Schild, A., Coll-Padros, N., Demnitz-King, H., Reyrolle, L., Whitfield, T., Frison, E., Asselineau, J., Walker, Z., Salmon, P.K., Molinuevo, J.L., Chetelat, G., Jessen, F., Klimecki, O. and the Medit-Ageing team (2019), F1‐04‐04: THE SCD‐WELL RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL: EFFECTS OF A MINDFULNESS‐BASED INTERVENTION VERSUS HEALTH EDUCATION ON MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITION IN PATIENTS WITH SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 15: P183-P183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4384

Cernadas Curotto, P., Halperin, E., Sander, D., Klimecki, O., (2019). Commentary: „Emotions in attacker-defender conflicts“. Brain and Behavioral Sciences. [impact factor 15.07] 

Klimecki, O. (2019). The role of empathy and compassion in conflict resolution. Emotion Review, 11(4), 310–325. [impact factor 4.07] 

2018

Chételat, G., Lutz, A., Arenaza-Urquijo, E., Collette, F., Klimecki, O., Marchant, N. (2018) Why could meditation practice help promote mental health and well-being in ageing? Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy. [impact factor 6.15] : https://rdcu.be/1uHg

Klimecki, O.M., Sander, D., Vuilleumier, P. (2018). Distinct brain areas involved in anger versus punishment during social interactions. Scientific Reports. [impact factor 5.58]: https://rdcu.be/2SMk

Lutz, A, Klimecki, OM, Collette, F, Poisnel, G, Arenaza-Urquijo, E, Marchant, NL, De La Sayette, V., Rauchs, G, Salmon, EG, Vuilleumier, P, et al. (2018). The Age-Well observational study on expert meditators in the Medit-Ageing European project. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions.

Marchant, N.L., Barnhofer, T.*, Klimecki, O.*, et al. (2018). The SCD-Well randomized controlled trial: Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention versus health education on mental health in patients with subjective cognitive decline (SCD). Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. *Co-second authorship

Mayer, S., Jusyte, A., Klimecki-Lenz, O., Schönenberg, M. (2018). Empathy and altruistic behavior in antisocial violent offenders with psychopathic traits. Psychiatry Research. [impact factor 2.53]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178117321182

Poisnel, G., Arenaza-Urquijo*, E., Collette*, F., Klimecki*, O.M., Marchant*, N.L., et al. (2018). The Age-Well randomized controlled trial of the Medit-Ageing European project: Effect of meditation or foreign language training on brain and mental health in older adults. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. *Co-second authorship

2017

Klimecki, O.M., Singer, T. (2017). The Compassionate Brain. In J.R. Doty, M. Worline, E. Simon-Thomas, D. Cameron and S. Brown (Eds.) Oxford Handbook on Compassion Science. Oxford University Press.

Bogacz, F., Klimecki, O.M. (2017). How do emotions impact conflicts? A neuroscientific perspective. In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, P. Wilson and S. Croucher (Eds.). Approaches to Conflict: Theoretical, Interpersonal, and Discursive Dynamics. Lexington Books.

2016

Klimecki, O.M., Mayer, S.V., Jusyte, A., Scheeff, J., Schönenberg, M. (2016). Empathy promotes altruistic behavior in economic interactions. Scientific Reports, 6, 31961. [impact factor 5.58]

Klimecki, O.M., Vuilleumier, P., Sander, D. (2016). The impact of emotions and empathy-related traits on punishment behavior: Introduction and Validation of the Inequality Game. PLoS One, 11(3): e0151028. [impact factor 3.23]

2015

Klimecki, O.M. (2015). The Plasticity of Social Emotions. Social Neuroscience. 10, 466-473. [impact factor 3.65]

Klimecki, O., Singer, T. (2015). Compassion. In: A.W. Toga (Ed.) Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference, vol. 3, pp. 195-199. San Diego: Academic Press Elsevier.

2014

Singer, T., Klimecki, O.M. (2014). Empathy and Compassion. Current Biology, 24, R875-R878. [impact factor 10.13]

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Ricard, M., Singer, T. (2014). Differential Pattern of Functional Brain Plasticity after Compassion and Empathy Training. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 873–879. [impact factor 7.37]

Bernhardt, B.*, Klimecki, O.*, Leiberg, S., Singer T. (2014). Structural Covariance Networks of the Dorsal Anterior Insula Predict Females’ Individual Differences in Empathic Responding. Cerebral Cortex, 24, 2189-98. [impact factor 8.67] *shared first authorship

2013

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Lamm, C., Singer, T. (2013). Functional neural plasticity and associated changes in positive affect after compassion training. Cerebral Cortex, 23, 1552–1561. [impact factor 8.67]

Klimecki, O., Singer, T. (2013). Empathy from the perspective of social neuroscience. In: J. Armony, P. Vuilleumier (Eds.), Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience, pp. 533-551. New York: Cambridge University Press.

2012

Gamer, M., Klimecki, O., Bauermann, T., Stoeter, P., Vossel G. (2012). fMRI-activation patterns in the detection of concealed information rely on memory-related effects. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 7, 506-515. [impact factor 7.37]

Klimecki, O., Singer, T. (2012). Empathic distress fatigue rather than compassion fatigue? Integrating findings from empathy research in psychology and social neuroscience. In B. Oakley, A.Knafo, G. Madhavan, D. S. Wilson (Eds.), Pathological altruism (pp. 368-383). New York: Oxford University Press.

2011

Leiberg, S., Klimecki, O., Singer, T. (2011). Short-term compassion training increases prosocial behavior in a newly developed prosocial game. PLoS One, 6, e17798. [impact factor 3.23]

 

Other Publications

Klimecki, O., Sander, D. (2017). Anger and its relation to Aggression. In D. Sander (Ed). Emotions. Zurich, BENTELI publishing.

Klimecki, O., Vuilleumier, P. (2017). Anger. In D. Sander (Ed). Emotions. Zurich: BENTELI publishing.

Klimecki, O. (2016). Malleable Emotions. Insight for Webpage of Center for Empathy in International Affairs. http://www.centerforempathy.org/malleable-emotions/

Klimecki, O. (2016). Mehr Mitgefühl. (More Compassion) Gehirn und Geist. 2/2016, 52-57.

Klimecki, O. (2015). Plastizität im sozialen Gehirn – wie wir unsere Emotionen trainieren können. (Plasticity in the social brain – how we can train our emotions.) In: H. Fink and R. Rosenzweig (Eds.) Das soziale Gehirn – Neurowissenschaft und menschliche Bindung. Münster: Mentis.

Klimecki, O. (2014). Emotionales Verstehen. Die Rolle von Empathie und Mitgefühl. (Emotional Understanding. The role of empathy and compassion) In: S. Schulte (Ed.) ach so verstehen wir. Interdisziplinäre Gespräche übers Verstehen. Münster: Waxmann Verlag.

Klimecki, O., Ricard, M., Singer, T., (2013). Empathy versus Compassion – Lessons from 1st and 3rd Person Methods. In: T. Singer, M. Bolz (Eds.) Compassion: From Theory, to Training, to Neuroscience. A Multimedia Book.

Klimecki, O.M. (2013). Training the Compassionate and the Empathic Brain. (Doctoral dissertation). University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.