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YOUSSEF
SHIBAN

2023

Danner, M., Hadzic, B., Gerhardt, S., Ludwig, S., Uslu, I., Shao, P., Weber, T., Shiban, Y., Rätsch, M., (2023, September ,6 – 9) Advancing Mental Health Diagnostics: GPT-Based Method for Depression Detection [Paper presentation]. SICE 2023, Tsu, Japan

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Fey, M., Meyer, M., Borchert, T., Peric, N.,  Raacke, J., & Shiban, Y. (in press). Computer-Assisted Avatar-Based Treatment for Dysfunctional Beliefs and Eating-Disorder Symptomatology: A randomized control pilot study. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy.

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Hadzic, B., Ohse, J., Danner, M., Peperkorn, N., Parvez, M., Ludwig, S., Gerhardt, S., Shiban, Y., Rätsch, M. AI-supported diagnostic of depression using clinical interviews: A pilot study (sub.). Behaviour & Information Technology.

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Riva, G., Di Lernia, D., Tuena, C., Bernardelli, L., Gutiérrez Maldonado, J., Ferrer Garcia, M., Meyer, M., Shiban, Y., Castelnuovo, G., Pagnini, F., Pedroli, E., Sforza, F., Clementi, A., Wiederhold, B. K., Serino, S. (2023). A self-help virtual therapeutic experience intervention for overcoming psychological distress related to the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the European multicentric COVID Feel Good trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 85(7), 639-650.

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2022

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Ecker, A., Jarvers, I., Schleicher, D., Kandsperger, S., Schelhorn, I., Meyer, M., ... & Shiban, Y. (2022). Problems or prospects? Being a parent in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.

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Meyer, M. L., Kaesler, A., Wolffgramm, S., Perić, N. L., Bunjaku, G., Dickmann, L., Serino, S., Di Lernia, D., Tuena, C., Bernardelli, L., Pedroli, E., Wiederhold, B. K., Riva, G., & Shiban, Y. (2022). COVID Feel Good: Evaluation of a Self-Help Protocol to Overcome the Psychological Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic in a German Sample. Journal of clinical medicine, 11(8), 2080. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11082080

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Schelhorn, I., Schlüter, S., Paintner, K., Shiban, Y., Lugo, R., Meyer, M., & Sütterlin, S. (2022). Emotions and emotion up-regulation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Plos one, 17(1), e0262283.

 

 

2021

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Schelhorn, I., Buchner, E., Kosak, F., Hutmacher, F., Kinateder, M., & Shiban, Y. (2022). The effect of induced COVID-19-related fear on psychological distance and time perception. Cognition & emotion, 36(1), 82–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2021.2005543

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Leisten, L., Findling, F., Bellinghausen, J., Czerwinska, S., Lion, D., Probst, T., Kinateder, M., & Shiban, Y. (2021.). The Effect of Non-lexical Verbal Signals on the Perceived Authenticity, Empathy and Understanding of a Listener. The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 1-7.

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Dechant, M., Birk, M., Shiban, Y., Schnell, K., & Mandryk, R. (2021). How Avatar Customization Affects Fear in a Game-based Digital Exposure Task for Social Anxiety. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., 5, 1-27.

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Reitmaier, J., Schiller, A., Mühlberger, A., Pfaller, M., Meyer, M., & Shiban, Y. (2022). Effects of rhythmic eye movements during a virtual reality exposure paradigm for spider-phobic patients. Psychology and psychotherapy, 95(1), 57–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12363

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Schelhorn, I., Ecker, A., Lüdtke, M. N., Rehm, S., Tran, T., Bereznai, J. L., ... & Shiban, Y. (2021). Psychological burden during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.

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Kocur, M., Dechant, M., Wolff, C., Nothdurfter, C., Wetter, T. C., Rupprecht, R., & Shiban, Y. (2021). Computer-Assisted Avatar-Based Treatment for Dysfunctional Beliefs in Depressive Inpatients: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 1133.

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Portêlo. A., Shiban, Y., & Tiago, V. M. (2021). Mathematical Characterization of Changes in Fear during Exposure Therapy. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

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Schweiger, T., Meyer, M. L., & Shiban, Y. (2021). Trauma und Dissoziation – Untersuchung des aktuellen Kenntnisstands polizeilicher VernehmungsbeamtInnen. Polizei & Wissenschaft. 1, 2-15.

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2020​

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Wagner, A., Shiban, Y., Zeller, L., Aftahy, K., Lange, N., Motov, S., Jörger, A., Meyer, B., & Shiban, E. (Sub.). Psychological predictors of quality of life after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for degenerative cervical spine disease. Nature.

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Kocur, M., Dechant, M., Wolff, C., Nothdurfter, C., Wetter, T., Rupprecht, R., & Shiban, Y. (Sub.) Computer- Assisted Exposure-Based Treatment for Dysfunctional Beliefs in Depressive Inpatients. Computers in Human Behavior.

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Leisten, L., Findling, F., Bellinghausen, J., Czerwinska, S., Lion, D., Probst, T., Kinateder, M., &  Shiban, Y. (Sub.).  The Effect of Non-lexical Verbal Signals on the Perceived Authenticity, Empathy and Understanding of a Speaker. The European Journal of Counselling Psychology.

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2019

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Wagner, A., Shiban, Y., Lange, N., Joerger, A. K., Hoffmann, U., Meyer, B., & Shiban, E. (2019). The relevant  psychological burden of having a benign brain tumor: a prospective study of patients undergoing surgical treatment of cranial meningiomas. Journal of neurosurgery, 1 (aop), 1-8.

 

Ronchi, E., Corbetta, A., Galea, E. R., Kinateder, M., Kuligowski, Shiban, Y. ... & Toschi, F. (2019). New approaches to evacuation modelling for fire safety engineering applications. Fire Safety Journal, 106, 197-209.

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Santl, J., Shiban, Y., Plab, A., Wüst, S., Kudielka, B. M. & Mühlberger, A. (2019). Gender Differences in Stress Responses during a Virtual Reality Trier Social Stress Test. VRIC’19.

 

Raber, J., Arzy, S., Bertolus, J. B., Depue, B., Haas, H. E., Shiban., Y., ... & Mouly, A. M. (2019). Current understanding of fear learning and memory in humans and animal models and the value of a linguistic approach for analyzing fear learning and memory in humans. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

 

Wagner, A., Shiban, Y., Kapp, C., Aftahy, K., Jörger, A. & Meyer, B. (submitted). Psychological predictors of quality of life and functional outcome in patients undergoing elective surgery for degenerative lumbar spine disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

 

Shiban, Y. (2019). Virtuelle Expositionstherapie zur Behandlung von Angststörungen. In Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen (Eds.), Schöne neue Welten. Virtuelle Realität in der zeitgenössischen Kunst (S. 212-217). Friedrichshafen: Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen.

 

Reichenberger, J., Pfaller, M., Shiban, Y., & Mühlberger, A. (2019). Men scare me more: Gender Differences in Social Fear Conditioning in Virtual Reality. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1617.

 

Portêlo, A., Shiban, Y. & Maia, T. V. (submitted). Mathematical Characterization of Changes in Fear during Exposure Therapy. Biological Psychiatry.

 

Wagner, A., Shiban, Y., Zeller, L., Aftahy, K., Lange, N., Motov, S., Joerger, A.-K., Lehmberg, B. M. &  Shiban, E.(submitted). Independent predictors of qualiry of life after ACDF for degenerative cervical spine disease. European Spine Journal.

 

Santl, J., Shiban, Y., Plab, A., Wüst, S., Judielka, B. M. & Mühlberger, A. (2019). Gender Differences in Stress Responses during a Virtual Reality Trier Social Stress Test International. Journal of Virtual Reality, 19(2), 2-15.

   

Reichenberger, J., Porsch, S., Wittmann, J., Zimmermann, V. & Shiban, Y. (2019). Social Fear Conditioning Paradigm in Virtual Reality: Social vs. Electrical Aversive Conditioning. In  A. Rapp, M. Tirassa & T. Ziemke (Eds.). Cognition and Interaction: From Computers to Smart  Objects And Autonomous Agents(185-260). Frontiers Media SA.

 

Portêlo, A., Shiban, Y. & Maia, T. V. (submitted). Mathematical characterization of changes in fear during exposure therapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

 

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2018

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Fehlner, K., Zimmermann, V., Wittmann, J., Mühlberger, A., & Shiban, Y. (2018). The premenstrual syndrome and the partner relationship: How it affects both partners in different ways. Journal  of Pregnancy and Reproduction. 2(1), 1-8. doi: 10.15761/JPR.1000134

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Shiban, E., Lehmberg, J., Hoffmann, U., Thiel, J., Probst, T., Friedl, M., ... Shiban, Y. (2018).  Peritraumatic distress fully mediates the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms  preoperative and three months postoperative in patients undergoing spine surgery. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 9(1), 1423824. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1423824

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Shiban, Y. (2018). Virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety disorders. Der Nervenarzt. doi: 10.1007/s00115-018-0596-z

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Shiban, Y., Brüttig-Schick, J., Pauli, P., Domschke, K. & Mühlberger, A. (2018). Does caffeine facilitate exposure therapy for specific phobia? A randomized trial. Resonanzen.

 

 

2017

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Dechant, M., Trimpl, S., Wolff, C., Mühlberger, A., & Shiban, Y. (2017). Potential of virtual reality as a diagnostic tool for social anxiety: A pilot study. Computers in Human Behavior, 76(Supplement C), 128-134. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.005

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Levine, S. M., Pfaller, M., Reichenberger, J., Shiban, Y., Mühlberger, A., Rupprecht, R., & Schwarzbach, J. V.(2017). Relating experimentally-induced fear to pre-existing phobic fear in the human brain. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, nsx147-nsx147. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsx147

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Lonsdorf, T. B., Menz, M. M., Andreatta, M., Fullana, M. A., Golkar, A., Haaker, J., ..., Shiban, Y., … & Merz, C. J.(2017). Don’t fear ‘fear conditioning’: Methodological considerations for the design and analysis of studies on human fear acquisition, extinction, and return of fear. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral                                Reviews. 77(Supplement C), 247–285. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.02.026

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Proescholdt, M., Doenitz, C., Shiban, Y., Hau, P., Putnik, K., & Andreas, M. (2017). Actr-20. Finding A predictive Marker for Compliance to Ttfields Therapy – the Comptune Study. Neuro- Oncology, 19(suppl_6), vi4-vi5. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nox168.015

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Reichenberger, J., Porsch, S., Wittmann, J., Zimmermann, V., & Shiban, Y. (2017). Social fear conditioning paradigm in virtual reality: Social vs. electrical aversive conditioning. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(1979). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01979

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Shiban, E., Bruckbauer, F., Shiban, Y., Hoffmann, U., Meyer, B., & Lehmberg, J. (2017). Affective disorders in skull base surgery: A comparison between endonasal and open transcranial approaches. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, 78(S 01), P134. doi: 10.1055/s- 0037-1600842

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Shiban, Y., Diemer, J., Müller, J., Brütting-Schick, J., Pauli, P., & Mühlberger, A. (2017). Diaphragmatic breathing during virtual reality exposure therapy for aviophobia: Functional coping strategy or avoidance behavior? A pilot study. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), 29. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-1181- 2

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Weeth, A., Mühlberger, A. & Shiban, Y. (2017). Was it less painful for knights? Influence of appearance on pain perception. European Journal of Pain, 21(10), 1756-1762. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1087

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Zimmermann, V. *, Wittmann, J. *, Sparrer, D., Mühlberger, A., & Shiban, Y. (2017). The generalization of conditioned startle responses from known to unknown lies. Learning and Motivation, 59(Supplement C), 64-69. doi: 10.1016/j.lmot.2017.05.002 *equal contribution

 

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2016

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Shiban, Y., Diemer, J., Brandl, S., Zack, R., Mühlberger, A., & Wüst, S. (2016). Trier social stress test in vivo and in virtual reality: Dissociation of response domains. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 110(Supplement C), 47-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.10.008

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Shiban, Y., Fruth, M. B., Pauli, P., Kinateder, M., Reichenberger, J., & Mühlberger, A. (2016). Treatment effect on biases in size estimation in spider phobia. Biological Psychology, 121(Part B), 146- 152. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.03.005

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Shiban, Y., Peperkorn, H., Alpers, G.W., Pauli, P., & Mühlberger, A. (2016). Influence of perceptual cues and conceptual information on the activation and reduction of claustrophobic fear. Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry, 51(Supplement C), 19-26. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.11.002                                                                                                                                                      

Shiban, Y., Wittmann, J., Weißinger, M., & Mühlberger, A. (2016). Gradual extinction reduces reinstatement. In D. Manahan-Vaughan, O. Gunturkun & O. T. Wolf (Hrsg.). Extinction Learning from a Mechanistic and Systems Perspective: Frontiers Media SA.

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2015

 

Shiban, Y., Wittmann, J., Weißinger, M., & Mühlberger, A. (2015). Gradual extinction reduces Reinstatement. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, 254. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00254

 

Shiban, Y., Schelhorn, I., Pauli, P., & Mühlberger, A. (2015). Effect of combined multiple contexts and multiple stimuli exposure in spider phobias: a randomized clinical trial in virtual reality. Behaviour                          Research and Therapy, 71(0), 45-53.doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.05.014

 

Shiban, Y., Reichenberger, J., Neumann, I. D., & Mühlberger, A. (2015). Social conditioning and extinction paradigm: A translational study in virtual reality. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00400

 

Shiban, Y., Schelhorn, I., Jobst, V., Hörnlein, A., Puppe, F., Pauli, P., & Mühlberger, A. (2015). The appearance effect: Influences of virtual agent features on performance and motivation. Computers in Human Behavior, 49(0), 5-11. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.077

 

Diemer, J. E., Alpers, G. W., Peperkorn, H. M., Shiban, Y., & Mühlberger, A. (2015). The impact of perception and presence on emotional reactions: A review of research in virtual reality. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 26. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00026

 

Shiban, Y., Brütting, J., Pauli, P., & Mühlberger, A. (2015). Fear reactivation prior to exposure therapy: Does it facilitate the effects of VR exposure in a randomized clinical sample? Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 46, 133-140. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.09.009

 

 

2014

 

Shiban, E.*, Shiban, Y.*, Pauli, P., Lehmberg, J., Mühlberger, A., & Meyer, B. (2014). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms in elective spine surgery. A misattributed disorder? Paper presented at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. Dresden. doi:10.3205/14dgnc524
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Shiban, E., Shiban, Y., Sahinovic, L., Kapp, C., Mühlberger, A., Meyer, B., & Lehmberg, J. (2014). Incidence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms in Skull Base Surgery. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, 75(S 02), a146. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1384050

 

 

2013

 

Shiban, Y., Pauli, P., & Mühlberger, A. (2013). Effect of multiple context exposure on renewal in spider phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51(2), 68-74. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2012.10.007

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Shiban, Y. (2013). Attenuating Renewal following Exposure Therapy: Mechanisms of Exposure in Multiple Contexts and its Influence on the Renewal of Fear; Studies in Virtual Reality. Würzburg, Universität Würzburg, Diss., 2013. opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6467