Luca Abel
Luca Abel, M. Sc.
| Since 10/2022 | Researcher and PhD Candidate
Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab, |
| 10/2019 – 09/2022 | M. Sc. in Medical Engineering “Medical Image and Data Processing”
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Master’s Thesis: Machine Learning-Based Detection of Acute Psychosocial Stress from Dynamic Movements |
| 03/2021 – 07/2022 | Student assistant Digital Psychology Lab EmpkinS D03 |
| 12/2018 – 03/2021 | Working student
Portabiles GmbH |
| 09/2015 – 03/2019 | B. Sc. in Medical Engineering “Medical Imaging”
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Bachelor’s Thesis: Classification and prediction of acute stress-induced response patterns |
2025
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Data-Driven Quantification of Defensive Freezing During the Trier Social Stress Test
Annual Meeting of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) (New Orleans, 3. September 2025 - 5. September 2025)
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Body movements as biomarkers: Machine Learning-based prediction of HPA axis reactivity to stress
In: Psychoneuroendocrinology 179 (2025), Article No.: 107528
ISSN: 0306-4530
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107528
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Does motion capture cause psychological stress and can we see it in the person’s gait?
XXX Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (Stockholm, 27. July 2025 - 31. July 2025)
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Differential Effects of Body Posture on Biological and Psychological Responses in the Trier Social Stress Test
In: Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, (2025)
ISSN: 2998-8748
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001450
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Body Movements as a Marker for Acute Stress
Annual meeting of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) (, 3. September 2025 - 5. September 2025)
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Systematic Investigation of Heart Sound Propagation using Continuous Wave Radar
In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (2025)
ISSN: 2168-2194
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2025.3530821
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Multimodal stress assessment: Connecting task-related changes in self-reported stress, salivary biomarkers, heart rate, and facial expressions in the context of the stress response to the Trier Social Stress Test
In: Psychoneuroendocrinology (2025), p. 107560
ISSN: 0306-4530
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107560
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Multimodal Stress Responses During the TSST and friendly-TSST
2025 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) (Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 921 Canal Street | New Orleans, Louisiana, 3. September 2025 - 5. September 2025)
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Acute stress response of inflammatory cytokines measured in dried blood spots
32nd Annual Meeting of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (Bordeaux, 9. June 2025 - 12. June 2025)
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Stress-induced movement inhibition during acute psychosocial stress predicts HPA axis response
82nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (Seattle, 19. March 2025 - 22. March 2025)
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2024
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Does acute stress exposure change gait patterns?
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106818
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EmRad: Ubiquitous Vital Sign Sensing using Compact Continuous-Wave Radars
In: IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (2024), p. 1-10
ISSN: 2644-1276
DOI: 10.1109/OJEMB.2024.3420241
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10577086
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Does stress stand a chance during sitting? Cortisol and subjective stress response to the (f-)TSST between sitting and standing body position
Annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) (Brighton)
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Exploring the cortisol and subjective stress response to the TSST between sitting and standing body position
Annual meeting of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) (Cascais)
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f-TSST+: An extension to the friendly Trier Social Stress Test that enables better behavioral comparability during acute psychosocial stress
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106862
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openTSST – An open web platform for large-scale, video- based motion analysis during acute psychosocial stress
Jahrestagung Psychologie und Gehirn (PuG) (Hamburg)
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Bodily Freezing As A Response To Acute Psychosocial Stress
In: Psychoneuroendocrinology 160 (2024), p. 106755
ISSN: 0306-4530
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106755
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CARWatch – An Open-Source Framework for Objective Cortisol Awakening Response Assessment
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106845
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Machine learning-based detection of acute psychosocial stress from body posture and movements
In: Scientific Reports 14 (2024), Article No.: 8251
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59043-1
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59043-1
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Stress+ – Towards an Open-Source Web Application for the Remote Induction of Acute Psychosocial Stress
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106870
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Sex differences in acute biological stress responses triggered by the Virtual Reality Stroop Room
Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (former American Psychosomatic Society) 81st Annual Scientific Meeting (Brighton)
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Validation of the Virtual Reality Stroop Room: Effects of inhibiting interfering information under time-pressure and task-switching demands
In: Computers in Human Behavior Reports 16 (2024), Article No.: 100497
ISSN: 2451-9588
DOI: 10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100497
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Assessing Task-Related Changes in Self-Reported Stress: Validation of the Short Stress State Questionnaire in German(SSSQ-G)
38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (Cascais)
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The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G): A Multi-Study Validation
In: European Journal of Health Psychology 31 (2024), p. 189-200
ISSN: 2512-8442
DOI: 10.1027/2512-8442/a000160
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The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G): A Novel Tool for Assessing Task-Related Changes in Self-Reported Stress
53. DGPs-Kongress/15. ÖGP-Konferenz (Wien)
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2023
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Contactless Heart Rate Estimation using a 61 GHz Continuous-Wave Radar
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks: Sensor and Systems for Digital Health (MIT Media Lab, Boston MA, 9. October 2023 - 11. October 2023)
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VoStress – Voice-based Detection of Acute Psychosocial Stress
2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Pittsburgh, 15. October 2023 - 18. October 2023)
In: 2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2023
DOI: 10.1109/BHI58575.2023.10313458
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2023/12/oesten23_stress_detection_voice.pdf
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CARWatch – A smartphone application for improving the accuracy of cortisol awakening response sampling
In: Psychoneuroendocrinology 151 (2023), p. 106073
ISSN: 0306-4530
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106073
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306453023000513
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openTSST – An open web platform for large-scale, video-based motion analysis during acute psychosocial stress
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks: Sensor and Systems for Digital Health (MIT Media Lab, Boston, MA, 9. October 2023 - 11. October 2023)
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Efficacy of a smartphone-based reappraisal training against depression and benefits of enhancing it with facial expression
Society for Psychotherapie Research 54th International Annual Meeting (Dublin)
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2019
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Classification of Acute Stress-Induced Response Patterns
EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth '19) (Trento, 20. May 2019 - 23. May 2019)
DOI: 10.1145/3329189.3329231
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2019/05/2019-Abel-PervasiveHealth-StressResponsePatterns.pdf
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