Contactless measurement of stress, its determinants, and consequences (D03)
Acronym: SFB 1483 EmpkinS D03
Project leader: Nicolas Rohleder
Project members: Linda Becker, Robert Richer, Felicitas Hauck, Miriam Kurz, Luca Abel, Lena Marie Gmelch
Start date: 1. Juli 2021
End date: 30. Juni 2025
Funding source: DFG / Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB)
Abstract
Ziel dieses Teilprojekts ist es, Stress durch empathokinästhetische Sensorik berührungslos messbar zu machen. Aufgrund der Auswirkungen auf menschliche Gesundheit und Leistungsfähigkeit hat die Erforschung von Stress eine hohe Priorität, wird jedoch durch aufwändige und meist invasive traditionelle Erfassungsmethoden erschwert. In D03 werden in laborexperimentell induzierten, akuten Stresssituationen empathokinästhetische Sensormodalitäten erforscht, die es erlauben, Stress durch berührungslose Erfassung von Makro- und Mikrobewegungen in Zusammenarbeit mit A02, A04 und A05 messbar zu machen.

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Publications
2025
- Richer R., Jorkowitz J., Stühler S., Abel L., Kurz M., Oesten M., GrießHammer SG., Albrecht NC., Küderle A., Ostgathe C., Kölpin A., Steigleder T., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
PEPbench -- Open, Reproducible, and Systematic Benchmarking of Automated Pre-Ejection Period Extraction Algorithms
(2025)
DOI: 10.22541/au.173759858.84437639/v1
BibTeX: Download - Ringgold V., Rohleder N.:
Stress and resilience: associations of stress biomarkers with different conceptualizations of resilience
In: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 61 (2025), Art.Nr.: 101463
ISSN: 2352-1546
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101463
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2024
- Abel L., Richer R., Hauck F., Kurz M., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Does acute stress exposure change gait patterns?
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106818
BibTeX: Download - Albrecht N., Langer D., Krauß D., Richer R., Abel L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N., Kölpin A.:
EmRad: Ubiquitous Vital Sign Sensing using Compact Continuous-Wave Radars
In: IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (2024), S. 1-10
ISSN: 2644-1276
DOI: 10.1109/OJEMB.2024.3420241
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10577086
BibTeX: Download - Krauß D., Engel L., Ott T., Bräunig J., Richer R., Gambietz M., Albrecht N., Hille EM., Ullmann I., Braun M., Dabrock P., Kölpin A., Koelewijn A., Eskofier B., Vossiek M.:
A Review and Tutorial on Machine Learning- Enabled Radar-Based Biomedical Monitoring
In: IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (2024), S. 1-22
ISSN: 2644-1276
DOI: 10.1109/OJEMB.2024.3397208
BibTeX: Download - Kurz M., Abel L., Hauck F., Richer R., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
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)
BibTeX: Download - Kurz M., Abel L., Hauck F., Richer R., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
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)
BibTeX: Download - Kurz M., Richer R., Abel L., Hauck F., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
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
BibTeX: Download - Kurz M., Richer R., Geßler T., Abel L., Hauck F., Herzer L., Küderle A., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
openTSST – An open web platform for large-scale, video- based motion analysis during acute psychosocial stress
Jahrestagung Psychologie und Gehirn (PuG) (Hamburg)
BibTeX: Download - König V., Shields GS., Hauck F., Kurz M., Schindler-Gmelch L., Abel L., Richer R., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
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)
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Abel L., Mücke A., Küderle A., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
CARWatch – An Open-Source Framework for Objective Cortisol Awakening Response Assessment
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106845
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Koch V., Abel L., Hauck F., Kurz M., Ringgold V., Müller V., Küderle A., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Machine learning-based detection of acute psychosocial stress from body posture and movements
In: Scientific Reports 14 (2024), Art.Nr.: 8251
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59043-1
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59043-1
BibTeX: Download - Ringgold V., Abel L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
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)
BibTeX: Download - Ringgold V., Abel L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
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), Art.Nr.: 100497
ISSN: 2451-9588
DOI: 10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100497
BibTeX: Download - Ringgold V., Shields GS., Hauck F., Kurz M., Schindler-Gmelch L., Abel L., Richer R., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
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)
BibTeX: Download - Ringgold V., Shields GS., Hauck F., Kurz M., Schindler-Gmelch L., Abel L., Richer R., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G): A Multi-Study Validation
In: European Journal of Health Psychology 31 (2024), S. 189-200
ISSN: 2512-8442
DOI: 10.1027/2512-8442/a000160
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2023
- Bräunig J., Mejdani D., Krauß D., Grießhammer S., Richer R., Schüßler C., Yip J., Steigleder T., Ostgathe C., Eskofier B., Vossiek M.:
Radar-based Recognition of Activities of Daily Living in the Palliative Care Context Using Deep Learning
2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Pittsburgh, 15. Oktober 2023 - 18. Oktober 2023)
In: 2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), New York City: 2023
DOI: 10.1109/BHI58575.2023.10313506
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2023/12/braeunig23_radar_palliative_care.pdf
BibTeX: Download - Krauß D., Richer R., Albrecht NC., Küderle A., Abel L., Leutheuser H., Jukic J., German A., Kölpin A., Winkler J., Eskofier B.:
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. Oktober 2023 - 11. Oktober 2023)
BibTeX: Download - Küderle A., Richer R., Simpetru R., Eskofier B.:
tpcp: Tiny Pipelines for Complex Problems - A set of framework independent helpers for algorithms development and evaluation
In: Journal of Open Source Software 8 (2023), S. 4953
ISSN: 2475-9066
DOI: 10.21105/joss.04953
URL: https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.04953
BibTeX: Download - Oesten M., Richer R., Abel L., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
VoStress – Voice-based Detection of Acute Psychosocial Stress
2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Pittsburgh, 15. Oktober 2023 - 18. Oktober 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
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Abel L., Küderle A., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
CARWatch – A smartphone application for improving the accuracy of cortisol awakening response sampling
In: Psychoneuroendocrinology 151 (2023), S. 106073
ISSN: 0306-4530
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106073
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306453023000513
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Geßler T., Herzer L., Abel L., Küderle A., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
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. Oktober 2023 - 11. Oktober 2023)
BibTeX: Download - Ringgold V., Kaiser P., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
The Impact of a Deceptive Virtual Agent on Stress Markers in the Virtual Reality Stroop Room
BibTeX: Download - Vorberg L., Pflüger S., Richer R., Jäger K., Küderle A., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
Prediction of Stress Coping Capabilities from Nightly Heart Rate Patterns using Machine Learning
2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Pittsburgh, 15. Oktober 2023 - 18. Oktober 2023)
In: 2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2023
DOI: 10.1109/BHI58575.2023.10313401
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2023/12/vorberg_pflueger23_stress_coping_nightly_hr.pdf
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2022
- Herzer L., Mücke A., Richer R., Albrecht NC., Heyder M., Jäger K., König V., Koelpin A., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
Influence of Sensor Position and Body Movements on Radar-Based Heart Rate Monitoring
2022 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Ioannina, 27. September 2022 - 30. September 2022)
DOI: 10.1109/BHI56158.2022.9926775
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2022/11/herzer_muecke22_validation_mis.pdf
BibTeX: Download - Müller V., Richer R., Henrich L., Berger L., Gelardi A., Jäger K., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
The Stroop Competition: A Social-Evaluative Stroop Test for Acute Stress Induction
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Ioannina, 27. September 2022 - 30. September 2022)
DOI: 10.1109/BHI56158.2022.9926835
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2022/11/mueller22_stroop_competition.pdf
BibTeX: Download - Müller V., Richer R., Jäger K., Henrich L., Berger L., Gelardi A., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
The Stroop Competition: A Social-Evaluative Stroop Test For Acute Stress Induction
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. März 2022 - 26. März 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Hrsg.): Psychosomatic Medicine, PHILADELPHIA: 2022
DOI: 10.1109/bhi56158.2022.9926835
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Koch V., Küderle A., Müller V., Wirth V., Stamminger M., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
Detection of Acute Psychosocial Stress from Body Movements using Machine Learning
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. März 2022 - 26. März 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Hrsg.): Psychosomatic Medicine 2022
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Zenkner JJ., Küderle A., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
Exploring the Cold Face Test as a Mechanism for Reducing Acute Psychosocial Stress Responses
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. März 2022 - 26. März 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Hrsg.): Psychosomatic Medicine 2022
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Zenkner JJ., Küderle A., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
Vagus activation by Cold Face Test reduces acute psychosocial stress responses
In: Scientific Reports 12 (2022), Art.Nr.: 19270
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23222-9
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23222-9
BibTeX: Download - Rohleder N., Richer R., Koch V., Küderle A., Müller V., Wirth V., Stamminger M., Eskofier B.:
Effect of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Body Movements
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. März 2022 - 26. März 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Hrsg.): Psychosomatic Medicine 2022
BibTeX: Download - Vorberg L., Pflüger S., Richer R., Jäger K., Küderle A., Nassall K., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Prediction of Stress Coping Capabilities from Nightly Heart Rate Patterns Using Machine Learning
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. März 2022 - 26. März 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Hrsg.): Psychosomatic Medicine, PHILADELPHIA: 2022
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2021
- Richer R., Küderle A., Dörr J., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
Assessing the Influence of the Inner Clock on the Cortisol Awakening Response and Pre-Awakening Movement
2021 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Athens, 28. Juli 2021 - 30. Juli 2021)
In: IEEE (Hrsg.): 2021 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2021
DOI: 10.1109/BHI50953.2021.9508529
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2021/08/richer21_car_inner_clock.pdf
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Küderle A., Ullrich M., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
BioPsyKit: A Python package for the analysis of biopsychological data
In: Journal of Open Source Software 6 (2021), S. 3702
ISSN: 2475-9066
DOI: 10.21105/joss.03702
URL: https://www.theoj.org/joss-papers/joss.03702/10.21105.joss.03702.pdf
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