Psychology

Professor Anke Karl

Professor Anke Karl

Associate Professor

 A.Karl@exeter.ac.uk

 5271

 Washington Singer 134a

 

Washington Singer Laboratories, University of Exeter, Perry Road, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4QG, UK

Overview

I am the strategic group lead of the Clinical Psychology Research Group and the Mood Disorders Centre. I am also the Director of the MDC Biobehavioural Lab.

My research focuses on biobehavioural underpinnings of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and recovery from psychological trauma. I am also interested in translational clinical research about how our understanding of biopsychological processes and mechanisms can inform the development or refinement of psychological therapies for trauma survivors with PTSD and depression.

I received my research training in clinical psychology and behavioural neuroscience at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. In 2001, I was awarded the Young Scientist Award of the Biological Psychology Division of the German Society for Psychology. After completion of post-doctoral research at the Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders (CSAD) of the University at Albany, N.Y., USA, I have held faculty positions in Germany at the Technische Universitat Dresden and in the UK at the University of Southampton before joining the University of Exeter. I have published my research in leading clinical psychology and neuroscience journals and received funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), Gerald Kerkutt Trust, Compassionate Mind Foundation and my PhD students were funded by ORSAS, ESRC, Wellcome Trust/Exeter Graduate Fellowships and Varela Award.

I also received five year advanced clinical training in Germany at the Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Brandenburg and I am a licensed Psychological Psychotherapist (Approbation) and an associate therapist at the AccEPT clinic.

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Publications

Journal articles

Creaser J, Storr J, Karl A (In Press). Brain Responses to a Self-Compassion Induction in Trauma Survivors with and Without PTSD. Frontiers in Psychology
O'Mahen HA, Tester-Jones M, Karl A, Watkins E (In Press). Rumination in dysphoric mothers negatively affects mother-infant interactions. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Karl A, Carnelley KB, Arikan G, Baldwin DS, Heinrichs M, Stopa L (In Press). The Effect of Attachment Security Priming and Oxytocin on Physiological Responses to Trauma Films and Subsequent Intrusions. Behaviour Research and Therapy
Wells M, Karl A, Handley R (2024). Feasibility, acceptability and clinical benefit of a trauma-focused stabilisation group for post-traumatic stress disorder patients with complex presentations on primary care waitlists. Behav Cogn Psychother, 52(2), 119-134. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tester-Jones M, Moberly NJ, Karl A, O'Mahen H (2023). Daily relationships among maternal rumination, mood and bonding with infant. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 165, 104309-104309.
Zhao M, Ford T, Panayiotou M, Karl A (2023). Developmental pathways of depressive symptoms via parenting, self-evaluation and peer relationships in young people from 3 to 17 years old: evidence from ALSPAC. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 58(6), 907-917. Abstract.
Holmyard L, Bellinger A, Smithson J, Karl A (2023). Growing together: displaced women's resilience and growth in reciprocal relationship. FAMILIES RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIETIES, 12(4), 502-518.  Author URL.
Heffer N, Dennie E, Ashwin C, Petrini K, Karl A (2023). Multisensory processing of emotional cues predicts intrusive memories after virtual reality trauma. Virtual Reality, 27(3), 2043-2057. Abstract.
Hinze V, Karl A, Ford T, Gjelsvik B (2023). Pain and suicidality in children and adolescents: a longitudinal population-based study. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 32(8), 1507-1517. Abstract.  Author URL.
Zhao M, Ford T, Smithson J, Wang P, Karl A (2023). Self-Compassion in Chinese Young Adults: its Measurement and Measurement Construct. Assessment, 30(7), 2074-2089. Abstract.  Author URL.
Słowiński P, White A, Lison S, Sullivan S, Emmens T, Self P, Wileman J, Karl A, Tsaneva-Atanasova K (2023). The potential of digital behavioural tests as a diagnostic aid for psychosis. PLOS Digit Health, 2(9). Abstract.  Author URL.
Kirschner H, Kuyken W, Karl A (2022). A Biobehavioural Approach to Understand How Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Reduces Dispositional Negative Self-Bias in Recurrent Depression. MINDFULNESS, 13(4), 928-941.  Author URL.
Pechtel P, Harris J, Karl A, Clunies-Ross C, Bower S, Moberly NJ, Pizzagalli DA, Watkins ER (2022). Emerging ecophenotype: reward anticipation is linked to high-risk behaviours after sexual abuse. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 17(11), 1035-1043. Abstract.  Author URL.
Heffer N, Gradidge M, Karl A, Ashwin C, Petrini K (2022). High trait anxiety enhances optimal integration of auditory and visual threat cues. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 74, 101693-101693.
Roberts H, Ford TJ, Karl A, Reynolds S, Limond J, Adlam A-LR (2022). Mood Disorders in Young People with Acquired Brain Injury: an Integrated Model. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16
Heffer N, Dennie E, Ashwin C, Petrini K, Karl A (2022). Multisensory Processing of Emotional Cues Predicts Psychological Distress Following Exposure to a Virtual Reality Stressor. AFFECTIVE SCIENCE, 3(1).  Author URL.
Gerdes S, Williams H, Karl A (2022). Psychophysiological Responses to a Brief Self-Compassion Exercise in Armed Forces Veterans. Frontiers in Psychology, 12 Abstract.
Jittayuthd S, Karl A (2022). Rejection sensitivity and vulnerable attachment: associations with social support and PTSD symptoms in trauma survivors. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(1).
Svendsen JL, Schanche E, Vøllestad J, Visted E, Jentschke S, Karl A, Binder P-E, Osnes B, Sørensen L (2022). Self-Compassion and its Association with Ruminative Tendencies and Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability in Recurrent Major Depression. Front Psychol, 13 Abstract.  Author URL.
Zhao M, Smithson J, Ford T, Wang P, Wong B, Karl A (2022). Self-Compassion in Chinese Young Adults: its Measurement and Specific Features of the Construct. AFFECTIVE SCIENCE, 3(1).  Author URL.
Wiseman C, Lawrence AD, Bisson JI, Hotham J, Karl A, Zammit S (2022). Study development and protocol for a cohort study examining the impact of baseline social cognition on response to treatment for people living with post-traumatic stress disorder. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY, 13(1).  Author URL.
Goncalves Soares A, Zimmerman A, Zammit S, Karl A, Halligan SL, Fraser A (2021). Abuse in Childhood and Cardiometabolic Health in Early Adulthood: Evidence from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. J Am Heart Assoc, 10(24). Abstract.  Author URL.
Heffer N, Karl A, Jicol C, Ashwin C, Petrini K (2021). Anxiety biases audiovisual processing of social signals. Behav Brain Res, 410 Abstract.  Author URL.
Rumball F, Brook L, Happé F, Karl A (2021). Heightened risk of posttraumatic stress disorder in adults with autism spectrum disorder: the role of cumulative trauma and memory deficits. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 110, 103848-103848.
Richins MT, Barreto M, Karl A, Lawrence N (2021). Incidental fear reduces empathy for an out-group's pain. Emotion, 21(3), 536-544. Abstract.  Author URL.
Zhao M, Smithson J, Ford T, Wang P, Wong NYB, Karl A (2021). Self-compassion in Chinese Young Adults: Specific Features of the Construct from a Cultural Perspective. Mindfulness, 12(11), 2718-2728. Abstract.
Zhao M, Ford T, Wang P, Karl A (2021). The role of parenting, self-compassion and friendships in depressive symptoms among young people in the UK and China. Current Psychology, 42(14), 12007-12022. Abstract.
Carlyle M, Rowley M, Stevens T, Karl A, Morgan CJA (2020). Impaired empathy and increased anger following social exclusion in non-intoxicated opioid users. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 237(2), 419-430. Abstract.  Author URL.
Gu J, Karl A, Baer R, Strauss C, Barnhofer T, Crane C (2020). Latent Profile Analysis of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in a Sample with a History of Recurrent Depression. Assessment, 27(1), 149-163. Abstract.  Author URL.
Koenders MA, Dodd AL, Karl A, Green MJ, Elzinga BM, Wright K (2020). Understanding bipolar disorder within a biopsychosocial emotion dysregulation framework. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2, 100031-100031.
Greville-Harris M, Smithson J, Karl A (2020). What are people's experiences of orthorexia nervosa? a qualitative study of online blogs. EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY, 25(6), 1693-1702.  Author URL.
Carlyle M, Rockliff H, Edwards R, Ene C, Karl A, Marsh B, Hartley L, Morgan CJ (2019). Investigating the Feasibility of Brief Compassion Focused Therapy in Individuals in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. Subst Abuse, 13 Abstract.  Author URL.
Kirschner H, Kuyken W, Wright K, Roberts H, Brejcha C, Karl A (2019). Soothing Your Heart and Feeling Connected: a New Experimental Paradigm to Study the Benefits of Self-Compassion. Clinical Psychological Science, 7(3), 545-565. Abstract.
Karl A, Williams MJ, Cardy J, Kuyken W, Crane C (2018). Dispositional self-compassion and responses to mood challenge in people at risk for depressive relapse/recurrence. Clin Psychol Psychother, 25(5), 621-633. Abstract.  Author URL.
Richins MT, Barreto M, Karl A, Lawrence N (2018). Empathic Responses Are Reduced to Competitive but Not Non-Competitive Outgroups. Social Neuroscience
Neff KD, Whittaker TA, Karl A (2017). Examining the Factor Structure of the Self-Compassion Scale in Four Distinct Populations: is the Use of a Total Scale Score Justified?. J Pers Assess, 99(6), 596-607. Abstract.  Author URL.
Gu J, Strauss C, Crane C, Barnhofer T, Karl A, Cavanagh K, Kuyken W (2016). Examining the factor structure of the 39-item and 15-item versions of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire before and after mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with recurrent depression. Psychol Assess, 28(7), 791-802. Abstract.  Author URL.
Arikan G, Stopa L, Carnelley KB, Karl A (2016). The associations between adult attachment, posttraumatic symptoms, and posttraumatic growth. Anxiety Stress Coping, 29(1), 1-20. Abstract.  Author URL.
Greville-Harris M, Hempel R, Karl A, Dieppe P, Lynch TR (2016). The power of invalidating communication: Receiving invalidating feedback predicts threat-related emotional, physiological, and social responses. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 35(6), 471-493. Abstract.
Meyer P, Karl A, Flor H (2015). Pain can Produce Systematic Distortions of Autobiographical Memory. Pain Medicine (United States), 16(5), 905-910. Abstract.
Meyer P, Karl A, Flor H (2015). Pain can produce systematic distortions of autobiographical memory. Pain Med, 16(5), 905-910. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tester-Jones M, O'Mahen HA, Karl A, Watkins ER (2015). The Impact of Maternal Characteristics, Infant Temperament and Contextual Factors on Maternal Responsiveness to Infant. Infant Behavior and Development(40), 1-11.
Maratos FA, Garner M, Hogan AM, Karl A (2015). When is a face a face? Schematic faces, emotion, attention and the N170. AIMS Neuroscience, 2(3), 172-182. Abstract.
Norman L, Lawrence N, Iles A, Benattayallah A, Karl A (2014). Attachment-security priming attenuates amygdala activation to social and linguistic threat. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(6), 832-839. Abstract.
Müller J, Denke C, Karl A, Mathier F, Dittmann J, Rohleder N, Knaevelsrud C (2014). Erratum to Biofeedback for Pain Management in Traumatised Refugees (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, (2009), 38, 3 (184-190, 10.1080/16506070902815024). Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 43(2).
Williams MJ, Dalgleish T, Karl A, Kuyken W (2014). Examining the factor structures of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire and the self-compassion scale. Psychological Assessment, 26(2), 407-418. Abstract.
Williams MJ, Dalgleish T, Karl A, Kuyken W (2014). Examining the factor structures of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire and the self-compassion scale. Psychol Assess, 26(2), 407-418. Abstract.  Author URL.
O'Mahen, HA, Karl A, Moberly N, Fedock G (2014). The association between childhood maltreatment and emotion regulation: Two different mechanisms contributing to depression?. Journal of Affective Disorders, 174, 287-295.
Johnson JD, Allana TN, Medlin MD, Harris EW, Karl A (2013). Meta-analytic review of P3 components in posttraumatic stress disorder and their clinical utility. Clin EEG Neurosci, 44(2), 112-134. Abstract.  Author URL.
Liedl A, Mueller J, Morina N, Karl A, Denke C, Knaevelsrud C (2013). Physical Activity within a CBT Intervention Improves Coping with Pain in Traumatized Refugees: Results of a Randomized Controlled Design (Retraction of vol 12, pg 234, 2011). PAIN MEDICINE, 14(10), 1616-1616.  Author URL.
Dörfel D, Karl A (2012). Recognition memory - Dissociating recollection and familiarity by functional connectivity of neural networks and genetic variance. , 125-154.
Rabe S, Karl A (2011). EEG asymmetries in survivors of severe motor vehicle accidents: Association with posttraumatic stress disorder and its treatment as well as posttraumatic growth. , 153-173. Abstract.
Rockliff H, Karl A, McEwan K, Gilbert J, Matos M, Gilbert P (2011). Effects of intranasal oxytocin on 'compassion focused imagery'. Emotion, 11(6), 1388-1396. Abstract.  Author URL.
Liedl A, Müller J, Morina N, Karl A, Denke C, Knaevelsrud C (2011). Physical activity within a CBT intervention improves coping with pain in traumatized refugees: results of a randomized controlled design. Pain Med, 12(2), 234-245. Abstract.  Author URL.
Zoellner T, Rabe S, Karl A, Maercker A (2011). Post-traumatic growth as outcome of a cognitive-behavioural therapy trial for motor vehicle accident survivors with PTSD. Psychol Psychother, 84(2), 201-213. Abstract.  Author URL.
Helps SK, Broyd SJ, James CJ, Karl A, Chen W, Sonuga-Barke EJS (2010). Altered spontaneous low frequency brain activity in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Brain Res, 1322, 134-143. Abstract.  Author URL.
Rabe S, Karl A (2010). EEG asymmetries in survivors of severe motor vehicle accidents: Association with posttraumatic stress disorder and its treatment as well as posttraumatic growth. , 153-173. Abstract.
Dörfel D, Werner A, Schaefer M, Karl A (2010). Pilot Neuroimaging Study in Civilian Trauma Survivors: Episodic Recognition Memory, Hippocampal Volume, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity. Journal of Psychology, 218(2), 128-134. Abstract.
Zoellner T, Rabe S, Karl A, Maercker A (2010). Post-traumatic growth as outcome of a cognitive-behavioural therapy trial for motor vehicle accident survivors with PTSD. Psychol Psychother Abstract.  Author URL.
Muller J, Wessa M, Rabe S, Dorfel D, Knaevelsrud C, Flor H, Maercker A, Karl A (2010). Psychometric Properties of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI) in a German Sample of Individuals with a History of Trauma. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2(2), 116-125. Abstract.
Arikan G, Carnelley K, Stopa L, Karl A (2010). THE PREDICTORS OF NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE CHANGES FOLLOWING ADVERSE LIFE EVENTS. EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY, 25  Author URL.
Karl A, Werner A (2010). The use of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in PTSD research--meta-analyses of findings and methodological review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 34(1), 7-22. Abstract.  Author URL.
Muller J, Karl A, Denke C, Mathier F, Dittmann J, Rohleder N, Knaevelsrud C (2009). Biofeedback for pain management in traumatised refugees. Cogn Behav Ther, 38(3), 184-190. Abstract.  Author URL.
Dörfel D, Werner A, Schaefer M, von Kummer R, Karl A (2009). Distinct brain networks in recognition memory share a defined region in the precuneus. Eur J Neurosci, 30(10), 1947-1959. Abstract.  Author URL.
Karl A (2009). Further evidence that post-traumatic stress disorder but not dissociative disorders are related to amygdala and hippocampal size reduction in trauma-exposed individuals Reply. ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, 119(4), 331-331.  Author URL.
Karl A, Rabe S, Zöllner T, Maercker A, Stopa L (2009). Negative self-appraisals in treatment-seeking survivors of motor vehicle accidents. J Anxiety Disord, 23(6), 775-781. Abstract.  Author URL.
Karl A (2009). Reply. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 119(4).
Helps SK, Broyd SJ, James CJ, Karl A, Sonuga-Barke EJS (2009). The attenuation of very low frequency brain oscillations in transitions from a rest state to active attention. Journal of Psychophysiology, 23(4), 191-198. Abstract.
Hatcher MB, Whitaker C, Karl A (2009). What predicts post-traumatic stress following spinal cord injury?. Br J Health Psychol, 14(Pt 3), 541-561. Abstract.  Author URL.
Karl A (2008). Biopsychological risk and protective factors for PTSD and its successful psychotherapeutic treatment. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 43(3-4), 383-383.  Author URL.
Rabe S, Zoellner T, Beauducel A, Maercker A, Karl A (2008). Changes in brain electrical activity after cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in patients injured in motor vehicle accidents. Psychosom Med, 70(1), 13-19. Abstract.  Author URL.
Dörfel D, Rabe S, Karl A (2008). Coping strategies in daily life as protective and risk factors for post traumatic stress in motor vehicle accident survivors. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 13(5), 422-440. Abstract.
Knaevelsrud C, Karl A, Denke C, Mueller J (2008). Efficacy and feasibility of CBT biofeedback in traumatised migrants. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 43(3-4), 208-208.  Author URL.
Zoellner T, Rabe S, Karl A, Maercker A (2008). Posttraumatic growth in accident survivors: openness and optimism as predictors of its constructive or illusory sides. J Clin Psychol, 64(3), 245-263. Abstract.  Author URL.
Knaevelsrud C, Wagner B, Karl A, Mueller J (2007). New treatment approaches: integrating new media in the treatment of war and torture victims. Torture, 17(2), 67-78. Abstract.  Author URL.
Karl A, Schaefer M, Malta LS, Dörfel D, Rohleder N, Werner A (2006). A meta-analysis of structural brain abnormalities in PTSD. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 30(7), 1004-1031. Abstract.  Author URL.
Rabe S, Dörfel D, Zöllner T, Maercker A, Karl A (2006). Cardiovascular correlates of motor vehicle accident related posttraumatic stress disorder and its successful treatment. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback, 31(4), 315-330. Abstract.  Author URL.
Maercker A, Zöllner T, Menning H, Rabe S, Karl A (2006). Dresden PTSD treatment study: randomized controlled trial of motor vehicle accident survivors. BMC Psychiatry, 6 Abstract.  Author URL.
Doerfel D, Werner A, von Kummer R, Schäfer M, Karl A (2006). Functional networks in episodic memory retrieval. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 20(2), 103-103.  Author URL.
Karl A, Malta LS, Maercker A (2006). Meta-analytic review of event-related potential studies in post-traumatic stress disorder. Biol Psychol, 71(2), 123-147. Abstract.  Author URL.
Rabe S, Zöllner T, Maercker A, Karl A (2006). Neural correlates of posttraumatic growth after severe motor vehicle accidents. J Consult Clin Psychol, 74(5), 880-886. Abstract.  Author URL.
Rabe S, Beauducel A, Zöllner T, Maercker A, Karl A (2006). Regional brain electrical activity in posttraumatic stress disorder after motor vehicle accident. J Abnorm Psychol, 115(4), 687-698. Abstract.  Author URL.
Berndt C, Schroeder J, Doerfel D, Karl A (2006). Reliability of an fMRI investigation on the neural correlates of episodic retrieval. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 20(2), 131-131.  Author URL.
Rohleder N, Karl A (2006). Role of endocrine and inflammatory alterations in comorbid somatic diseases of post-traumatic stress disorder. Minerva Endocrinol, 31(4), 273-288. Abstract.  Author URL.
Doerfel D, Grems S, Herbrich U, Poldrack C, Werner K, Karl A (2006). Trait coping styles as predictors of cortisol reactivity to psychosocial stress. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 20(2), 133-133.  Author URL.
Wessa M, Karl A, Flor H (2005). Central and peripheral psychophysiological responses to trauma-related cues in subclinical posttraumatic stress disorder: a pilot study. Exp Brain Res, 167(1), 56-65. Abstract.  Author URL.
Dörfel D, Werner A, Gerber J, von Kummer R, Schäfer M, Karl A (2005). Episodic memory functioning in PTSD -: a fMRI study. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 19(2), 113-113.  Author URL.
Karl A, Rabe S, Zöllner T, Maercker A (2005). Peripheral and ERP correlates of PTSD symptom reduction induced by CBT. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 19(2), 125-125.  Author URL.
Leiberg S, Buhss U, Rabe S, Maercker A, Karl A (2004). Altered theta EEG coherence in subjects with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) indicates diminished stimulus discrimination. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 18(4), 212-213.  Author URL.
Dörfel D, Werner A, Gerber J, Rabe S, von Kummer R, Schäfer M, Karl A (2004). Episodic memory recall in EEG and fMRI:: a methodological pilot study. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 18(4), 223-223.  Author URL.
Karl A, Mühlnickel W, Kurth R, Flor H (2004). Neuroelectric source imaging of steady-state movement-related cortical potentials in human upper extremity amputees with and without phantom limb pain. Pain, 110(1-2), 90-102. Abstract.  Author URL.
Karl A, Diers M, Flor H (2004). P300-amplitudes in upper limb amputees with and without phantom limb pain in a visual oddball paradigm. PAIN, 110(1-2), 40-48.  Author URL.
Karl A, Diers M, Flor H (2004). P300-amplitudes in upper limb amputees with and without phantom limb pain in a visual oddball paradigm. Pain, 110(1-2), 40-48. Abstract.  Author URL.
Schaefer M, Nöennig N, Karl A, Heinze H-J, Rotte M (2004). Reproducibility and stability of neuromagnetic source imaging in primary somatosensory cortex. Brain Topogr, 17(1), 47-53. Abstract.  Author URL.
Rabe S, Buhss U, Maercker A, Karl A (2004). Resting frontal brain asymmetry in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after road traffic accident. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 18(4), 213-213.  Author URL.
Karl A, Malta LS, Alexander J, Blanchard EB (2004). Startle responses in motor vehicle accident survivors: a pilot study. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback, 29(3), 223-231. Abstract.  Author URL.
Rabe S, Pöttrich K, Buhss U, Maercker A, Karl A (2003). Frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after road traffic accident. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 17(3), 174-174.  Author URL.
Maercker A, Karl A (2003). Lifespan-developmental differences in physiologic reactivity to loud tones in trauma victims: a pilot study. Psychological Reports, 93(3 I), 941-948. Abstract.
Maercker A, Karl A (2003). Lifespan-developmental differences in physiologic reactivity to loud tones in trauma victims: a pilot study. Psychol Rep, 93(3 Pt 1), 941-948. Abstract.  Author URL.
Karl A, Lämmerhirt K, Dörfel D, Erlebach A, Buhss U, Volke HJ, Maercker A (2002). Evoked EEG coherence, event-related potentials and startle response reflect altered emotional information processing in MVA survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 16(4), 242-242.  Author URL.
Karl A, Lämmerhirt K, Dörfel D, Erlebach A, Buhss U, Volke HJ, Maercker A (2002). Evoked EEG coherence, event-related potentials, and startle response reflect altered emotional information processing in MVA survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 39, S44-S44.  Author URL.
Karl A, Malta LS, Alexander J, Blanchard EB (2001). Longitudinal evaluation of electromyographic reactivity to trauma-related sounds in MVA survivors: Results of a pilot study. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 38, S54-S54.  Author URL.
Malta LS, Blanchard EB, Freidenberg BM, Galovski TE, Karl A, Holzapfel SR (2001). Psychophysiological reactivity of aggressive drivers: an exploratory study. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback, 26(2), 95-116. Abstract.  Author URL.
Karl A, Birbaumer N, Lutzenberger W, Cohen LG, Flor H (2001). Reorganization of motor and somatosensory cortex in upper extremity amputees with phantom limb pain. J Neurosci, 21(10), 3609-3618. Abstract.  Author URL.
Winter C, Fritsche K, Karl A, Huse E, Labig W, Grüsser SM, Flor H (2001). The phantom and stump phenomena interview (PSPI). Schmerz, 15(3), 172-178. Abstract.
Winter C, Fritzsche K, Karl A, Huse E, Larbig W, Grüsser SM, Flor H (2001). The phantom and stump phenomena interview (PSPI). SCHMERZ, 15(3), 172-+.  Author URL.
Grüsser SM, Winter C, Mühlnickel W, Denke C, Karl A, Villringer K, Flor H (2001). The relationship of perceptual phenomena and cortical reorganization in upper extremity amputees. Neuroscience, 102(2), 263-272. Abstract.  Author URL.
Winter C, Fritsche K, Karl A, Huse E, Labig W, Grüsser SM, Flor H (2001). [The phantom and stump phenomena interview (PSPI)]. Schmerz, 15(3), 172-178. Abstract.  Author URL.
Flor H, Mühlnickel W, Karl A, Denke C, Grüsser S, Kurth R, Taub E (2000). A neural substrate for nonpainful phantom limb phenomena. Neuroreport, 11(7), 1407-1411. Abstract.  Author URL.
Malta LS, Blanchard EB, Galovski TE, Freidenberg BM, Karl A (2000). The physiological reactivity of aggressive drivers: Results of a pilot study. APPLIED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY AND BIOFEEDBACK, 25(4), 265-265.  Author URL.
Karl A, Birbaumer N, Flor H (1999). Enhanced P3-amplitudes in amputees with phantom pain in a visual oddball paradigm. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 36, S65-S65.  Author URL.
Grüsser SM, Mühlnickel W, Karl A, Denke C, Flor H (1998). Relationship of phantom phenomena and somatosensory cortical reorganization in amputees. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 30(1-2), 211-211.  Author URL.
Birbaumer N, Karl A, Lutzenberger W, Grodd W, Cohen L, Töpfner S, Flor H (1997). Combined transcranial stimulation and neuroelectric source imaging reveal reorganization of somatosensory and motor cortical areas in phantom limb pain. NeuroImage, 5(4 PART II).
Flor H, Birbaumer N, Karl A, Gosser S, Muehlnickel W, Lutzenberger W (1996). Reorganization of motor and somatosensory cortex is related to phantom limb pain but not to nonpainful phantom phenomena. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 33, S37-S37.  Author URL.

Chapters

Tooze OJ, Karl A, Dysch L, McLaughlin D (2018). An exploration of acceptance and commitment therapy for chronic pain in multiple sclerosis. In  (Ed) Eastern Influences on Neuropsychotherapy: Accepting, Soothing, and Stilling Cluttered and Critical Minds, 3-23. Abstract.

Conferences

Wiseman C, Bisson J, Karl A, Lawrence A, Hotham J, Zammit S (2021). A study examining whether social cognitive abilities impact on recovery from PTSD.  Author URL.
Kirschner H, Kuyken W, Karl A (2017). MINDFULNESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY NORMALISES PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO a SELF-COMPASSION EXERCISE IN RECURRENT DEPRESSION.  Author URL.
Cohen M, Penton-Voak I, Munafo M, Karl A, Williams H, Lawrence N (2017). Neurocognitive and neuroaffective profiles of young adult offenders with self-reported traumatic brain injury.  Author URL.
Rose M, Karl A, Williams H, Murphy D, Busuttil W (2017). The role of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies in UK military veterans with co-occurring TBI and PTSD.  Author URL.
Storr J, Biehler K, Kirschner H, Kuyken W, Karl A (2015). PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO a SELF-COMPASSION MEDITATION IN TRAUMA-EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS.  Author URL.
Biehler KM, Storr J, Kirschner H, Karl A, Kuyken W (2015). THE NEURAL CORRELATES OF THE SELF BEFORE AND AFTER LOVING-KINDNESS MEDITATION IN THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA.  Author URL.
Kirschner H, Kuyken W, Karl A (2014). DOES SELF-COMPASSION MEDITATION ENHANCE POSITIVE SELF-REFERENTIAL PROCESSING?.  Author URL.
Kirschner H, Kuyken W, Karl A (2013). COMPASSION FOR THE SELF: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF a NEW CONCEPT.  Author URL.
Norman L, Lawrence N, Iles A, Karl A (2013). SECURE ATTACHMENT REMINDERS DECREASE THREAT RELATED AMYGDALA ACTIVATION.  Author URL.
Arikan G, Carnelley K, Stopa L, Kumsta R, Baldwin D, Karl A (2012). EFFECT OF PRIMED ATTACHMENT SECURITY AND OXYTOCIN ON PROCESSING OF TRAUMA-RELATED STRESS.  Author URL.
Karl A, McCarthy RA, Benson V (2011). NEURAL AND BEHAVIOURAL CORRELATES OF EMOTIONAL PROCESSING OF FACIAL STIMULI IN AN ACCIDENT SURVIVOR WITH ACQUIRED PROSOPAGNOSIA COMPARED WITH OTHER ACCIDENT SURVIVORS.  Author URL.
Rumball F, Malta L, Hoffman H, Lavric A, Karl A (2011). PREDICTORS OF INCREASED NEURAL RESPONSES TO STARTLE STIMULI AFTER EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED VIRTUAL REALITY-BASED TRAUMA EXPOSURE.  Author URL.
Kirschner H, Berndt C, Bucks R, Hogan A, Karl A (2011). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFORMANCE MONITORING, MOOD, AND AGEING.  Author URL.
Doerfel D, Werner A, von Kummer R, Karl A (2009). IS THE BDNF MET-ALLELE a PROTECTIVE FACTOR FOR THE 5-HTTLPR S-ALLELE ASSOCIATED REDUCTION OF GREY MATTER VOLUME?.  Author URL.
Berndt C, Bucks RS, Buhss U, Rabe S, Karl A (2008). EEG-correlates of mood induction in older adults.  Author URL.
Schoenfelder S, Liossi C, Jepson A, Rose V, Kirschbaum C, Stopa L, Karl A (2008). Electrophysiological activity during emotional stroop performance in chronic pain after traumatic motor vehicle accidents.  Author URL.
Helps S, James C, Debener S, Karl A, Sonuga-Barke EJS (2008). Very low frequency EEG oscillations and the resting brain in young adults: a preliminary study of localisation, stability and association with symptoms of inattention. Abstract.  Author URL.
Karl A, Rabe S, Pohnitzsch K, Zollner T, Maercker A, Lesch K-P, Strobel A (2007). Biopsychological risk factors and correlates of PTSD and its successful CBT treatment.  Author URL.
Helps S, Karl A, James C, Hall M, Demanuele C, Clare S, Sonuga-Barke EJS (2007). Default-mode interference in ADHD.  Author URL.
Wessa M, Karl A (2007). Stress sensitization and fear learning in posttraumatic stress disorder.  Author URL.
Doerfel D, Werner A, von Kummer R, Schaefer M, Karl A (2006). Functional networks in episodic memory retrieval.  Author URL.
Karl A, Schaefer M, Malta LS, Dorfel D, Rohleder N, Werner A (2006). Meta-analytic review of structural brain abnormalities in PTSD.  Author URL.
Rabe S, Buhss U, Maercker A, Karl A (2003). EEG alpha asymmetry in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after road traffic accident.  Author URL.

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Postgraduate researchers

  • Louise Baker (DClin Psy student)
  • Miriam Cohen
  • Julia Douglas-Mann (MSc student)
  • Emily Hammond
  • Hans Kirschner
  • Lorna Otway (DClin Psy student)
  • Gemma Palmer (DClin Psy student)
  • Elizabeth Parry (DClin Psy student)
  • Lewis Pettit (DClin Psy student)
  • Matt Richins
  • Mark Rose (DClin Psy student)
  • Agata Sawicka (DClin Psy student)
  • Laura Shepstone (DClin Psy student)
  • Beverley Soltysiak (DClin Res student)
  • Joanne Storr
  • Leanne Tiley (DClin Psy student)
  • Kate Williams (DClin Psy student)
  • Yingjun Zhang (visiting from Tsinghua University Bejing, China)
  • Mengya Zhao

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