Contactless measurement of stress, its determinants, and consequences (D03)

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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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)
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• 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)
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• 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
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• 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)
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• 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)
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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)
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• 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
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• 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)
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• 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
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• 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)
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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)
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• Ringgold V., Kaiser P., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
  The Impact of a Deceptive Virtual Agent on Stress Markers in the Virtual Reality Stroop Room
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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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