Sebastian Ocklenburg
@ocklenBLOG
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Neuroscientist, author & baker. Research and writing is focused on laterality 🧠, left-handedness ✍️ & social touch 👥.
Hamburg, Deutschland
Joined November 2018
Check out the new Psychophysiology special issue "Psychophysiology on Physiological and Neurophysiological Synchronisation between individuals – Methodological Approaches and Evaluations". Submit by 28 February 2026! https://t.co/HuOCfZGQJs
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Does Parenthood Kill Romance? | @PsychToday
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How does being a parent affect a romantic relationship? A new large-scale international study has a surprising answer.
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Our paper on the peripheral drift illusion in jumping spiders is out @Massimo_De_Agro #Egidio_Fallotico
https://t.co/uxbkvvTstq
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🔥🔥PhD positions are open in my lab, studying MRIs of brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders. Due: Dec 1, 2025. If you are interested, please DM me.
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Thinking too much about what could have been and the roads we didn’t take could increase our risk of depression, according to new research. This is why, explains @ocklenBLOG
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Do you sometimes dwell on how your life could have turned out if you had made different decisions? A new study shows the benefits of reducing “What if?” thinking.
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Why You Should Stop “What If?” Thinking | @PsychToday
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Do you sometimes dwell on how your life could have turned out if you had made different decisions? A new study shows the benefits of reducing “What if?” thinking.
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Is more screen time always bad for adolescents? Here's what the research shows, by @ocklenBLOG
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More time is linked to a higher rate of disorder, but that's not all.
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BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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Our paper on #number discrimination in #Danionella is out #zebrafish #numbersense #number_sense #number
@mirkuz12 #scott_fraser
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Left-footed kickers are rare in the National Football League. Read why in my latest blog post at https://t.co/Kfivy549Hv
#lefthanded #laterality #neuropsychology
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My blog „The Asymmetric Brain“ on @PsychToday reached 6 million views today, so cool to see how many people are interested in brain asymmetries!
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The psychology and neuroscience of left and right
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Brain Fog in Long COVID Linked to Increase in AMPA Receptors | Psychology Today
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Many patients with long COVID experience brain fog, but the reasons are not well understood. A new study links brain fog to a type of neurotransmitter receptor.
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It was a pleasure to talk on the @APA „Speaking of Psychology“ podcast about handedness and brain asymmetries: Lefties, righties and mixed-handers: The psychology of brain asymmetry https://t.co/5G9hDLWRuQ via @APA
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Even the earth has hemispheric asymmetries! Emerging hemispheric asymmetry of Earth’s radiation | PNAS
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Twenty-four years of satellite observations from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System show a northern hemisphere (NH) minus southern he...
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Left-Handedness and the Brain: Wired Differently? | Psychology Today
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Are the brains of left-handers different than those of right-handers? A recent study investigated this question from a new perspective and focused on brain connections.
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The rise of ghosting as a way to end romances, and the pain it causes those left behind, is well documented. But those aren't the only relationships in which we can be ghosted, @ocklenBLOG writes.
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4. 90 percent of people fighting cancer have been ghosted.
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The Left-Hander Advantage in Sports: New Scientific Insights | Psychology Today
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Left-handers are better at some types of sports, but why? A new study investigated left-handers' advantage in sports from an interesting new perspective.
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Assistant Professor positions in Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Colorado Boulder https://t.co/ZR9iD2EYYa
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🚂 Eine aktuelle IfADo-Studie identifiziert zentrale psychosoziale Belastungsfaktoren im Güterzugverkehr und zeigt Maßnahmen, die Gesundheit und Sicherheit im Berufsalltag langfristig schützen können 👉 https://t.co/yMFue6Qblt
#wissenschaftskommunikation
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Wissenschaft hautnah beim BRAIN DAY 🧠 Unsere Forschenden zeigten live, wie die nicht-invasive Hirnstimulation funktioniert – ein Verfahren, das Gehirnaktivität messen und sogar gezielt anregen kann. Vielen Dank für dieses wunderbare Format an der RUB! #wissenschaftskommunikation
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