Deutsch Intern
Department of Psychology I – Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Dr. Isabel Neumann

Julius-Maximilians-Universität
Department for Psychology I
Marcusstr. 9-11
97070 Würzburg

Room: 111

Phone: +49 931 31-89156
E-Mail: isabel.neumann@uni-wuerzburg.de

ORCID:  0000-0003-1704-9890
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FNd9gxgAAAAJ&hl=de

Since 11/2024

Research associate (post-doc) at the Chair of Psychology I in the Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy working group of Prof. Dr. Katja Bertsch

10/2024

Doctorate (Dr rer. nat.) from the Graduate School of Life Sciences, Section Neuroscience, University of Würzburg

11/2023 – 10/2024

Psychotherapeutic trainee at the University Hospital Würzburg, Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy

Since 10/2023

Training as a Psychological Psychotherapist (behavioral therapy) at the WAPP of the University of Würzburg

Since 2022

Research associate in the BMBF project “Relief-VR“ at the Department of Psychology I at University of Würzburg in the working group Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of Prof. Dr. Paul Pauli/ Prof. Dr. Katja Bertsch in cooperation with the Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine at the University Hospital Würzburg

05/2022 – 10/2022

Research visit at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College (USA) in the CANlab of Prof. Tor Wager

2020-2024

PhD student at the Department of Psychology I at University of Würzburg in the working group Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapie of Prof. Dr. Paul Pauli

2013 - 2019

Studied psychology at the University of Würzburg

  • Social influences in the context of clinical disorders
  • Pain modulation
  • Virtual Reality as a research and treatment tool
  • Neurobiological methods: fMRI, psychophysiology, psychoneuroendocrinology

Neumann, I., Pauli, P., Andreatta, M., & Käthner, I. (2024). Social support of virtual characters reduces pain perception. European Journal of Pain, 28(806-820). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2220

Neumann, I., Käthner, I., Gromer, D., & Pauli, P. (2023). Impact of perceived social support on pain perception in virtual reality. Computers in Human Behavior, 139, 107490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107490