Forschungsinteressen
Neurobiologische Grundlagen von Furcht- und Extinktionsgedächtnis
Elektroenzephalographie (EEG): neuronale Oszillationen, ERPs, multivariate Analysen
Neurobiologische Grundlagen von Neurotizismus und Ängstlichkeit
Hirn-Herz-Kommunikation
Schlaf und Konsolidierung emotionaler (insbesondere Furcht-)Gedächtnisinhalte
Aus- und Weiterbildung
08/2022 - heute
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Post-Doc) in der Arbeitseinheit Differentielle Psychologie und Persönlichkeitsforschung, Philipps-Universität Marburg
2016 - 2022
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Fachgebiet Allgemeine Psychologie II und Biologische Psychologie mit Promotion zum Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude), Universität Osnabrück
2013 - 2016
M.Sc. Psychologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen,
2010 - 2013
B.Sc. Psychologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Publikationen
Chuang, L.-C., Augustat, N., Bierwirth, P., Pizzagalli, D., Lees, T., & Mueller, E. M. (2025). Individual differences in dopamine-related traits influence mood effects of dopamine D2-antagonist and antidepressant treatment expectations. /International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology/. (Advance online publication.)
Gerpheide, K., Bierwirth, P., Unterschemmann, S.-L., Panitz, C., Gross, J. J., & Mueller, E. M. (2025). Event-related potentials, heart period, and brain–heart responses during a threat of shock oddball task: Replicability and 6-month reliability. Biological Psychology, Article 109040. (Advance online publication.)
Gerpheide, K., Unterschemmann, S.-L., Panitz, C., Bierwirth, P., Gross, J. J., & Mueller, E. M. (2024). Unpredictable threat increases early event-related potential amplitudes and cardiac acceleration: A brain–heart coupling study. Psychophysiology, 61(7), e14563.
Bierwirth, P., Antov, M. I., & Stockhorst, U. (2023). Oscillatory and non-oscillatory brain activity reflects fear expression in an immediate and delayed fear extinction task. Psychophysiology, 60(8), e14283.
Plog, E., Antov, M. I., Bierwirth, P., & Stockhorst, U. (2023). Effects of phase synchronization and frequency specificity in the encoding of conditioned fear: A web-based fear conditioning study. PLOS ONE, 18(3), e0281644.
Bierwirth P, Stockhorst U. Role of noradrenergic arousal for fear extinction processes in rodents and humans. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 2022 Oct; 194:107660. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2022.107660.
Plog, E., Antov, M. I., Bierwirth, P., Keil, A., and Stockhorst, U. (2022). Phase-synchronized stimulus presentation augments contingency knowledge and affective evaluation in a fear-conditioning task. eNeuro, 9(1)
Bierwirth, P., Sperl, M. F. J., Antov, M. I., and Stockhorst, U. (2021). Prefrontal theta oscillations are modulated by estradiol status during fear recall and extinction recall. Biological psychiatry.Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 6(11):1071–1080
Antov, M. I., Plog, E., Bierwirth, P., Keil, A., and Stockhorst, U. (2020). Visuocortical tuning to a threat-related feature persists after extinction and consolidation of conditioned fear. Scientificreports, 10(1):3926
