Dr. Dorothea Metzen

Since 2023: Research Assistant
Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology at TU Dortmund University

2020–2023: Research Assistant
Chair of Biopsychology at Ruhr University Bochum

2018–2020: M.Sc. in Psychology
Ruhr University Bochum

2014–2017: B.Sc. in Psychology
RWTH Aachen University

Publications

2025

Gomes, C.A., Bach, D. R., Razi, A., Batsikadze, G., Elsenbruch, S., Engler, H., Ernst, T. M., Fellner, M.C., Fraenz, C.,  Genç, E., Klass, A., Labrenz, F., Lissek, S., Merz, C. J., Metzen, D., Nostadt, A., Pawlik, R. J., Schneider, J. E., Tegenthoff, M., Thieme, A., Wolf, O. T., Güntürkün, O., Quick, H. H., Kumsta, R., Timmann, D., Spisak, T., & Axmacher, N. (in press). Predicting individual differences of learning and extinction. Nature Communications. 

Metzen, D., Blumenschein, P., Peter, F., Bechtoldt, M., Frisch, A., Tschorn, M., & Heinzel, S. (2025). Validation of the Inventory of Climate Emotions (ICE) in a German sample. Environmental Psychology Open, 29, Article 36. doi: 10.69805/epo.v29.a36

Metzen, D., Blumenschein, P. & Heinzel, S. (2025). Wie die Klimakrise unsere psychische Gesundheit bedroht. In: Policy Ultra-Briefs aus der Psychologie und angrenzenden Verhaltenswissenschaften. Betsch, C., Brakemeier, E.-L., Hofmann, W., Hosch, A.-K., Huttarsch, J.-H. & Matthies, E. (Hrsg). doi: 10.23668/psycharchives.21305

Fraenz, C., Metzen, D., Merz, C. J., Selpien, H., Friedrich, P., Ocklenburg, S., Axmacher, N. & Genç, E. (2025). Fear learning sculpts functional brain connectivity at rest beyond the traditional fear network. Behavioral Brain Research. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115764

Stammen, C., Schneider Penate, J., Metzen, D., Hönscher, M. J., Fraenz, C., Schlüter, C., Güntürkün, O., Kumsta, R. & Genç, E. (2025). Neurite density but not myelination of specific fiber tracts links polygenic scores to general intelligence. Cerebral Cortex. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaf199

Engler, R., Stammen, C., Arnau, S., Schneider Penate, J., Metzen, D., Digutsch, J., Gajewski, P. D., Getzmann, S., Fraenz, C., Reinders, J., Voelkle, M. C., Streit, F., Ocklenburg, S., Schneider, D., Burke, M., Hengstler, J. G., Watzl, C., Nitsche, M. A., Kumsta, R., Wascher, E. & Genç, E. (2025). Electrophysiological resting-state signatures link polygenic scores to general intelligence. Scientific Reports.  doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-26778-4

2024

Metzen, D.*, Stammen, C*., Fraenz, C., Schlüter, C., Johnson, W., Güntürkün, G., DeYoung, C. G., Genç, E. (2024). Investigating robust associations between functional connectivity based on graph theory and general intelligence. Scientific Reports, 14, 1368 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51333-y

2023

Genç, E.*; Metzen, D.*; Fraenz, C.; Schlüter, C.; Voelkle, M.C.; Arning, L.; Streit, F.; Nguyen, H.P.; Güntürkün, O.; Ocklenburg, S. & Kumsta, R. (2023). Structural architecture and brain network efficiency links polygenic scores to intelligence. Human Brain Mapping, 1-18. doi: 10.1002/hbm.26286

2022

Metzen, D.; Genç, E.; Getzmann, S.; Larra, M.; Wascher, E.; & Ocklenburg S. (2022). Frontal and parietal EEG alpha asymmetry: a large-scale investigation of short-term reliability on distinct EEG systems. Brain Struct Funct, 227, 725-740. doi: 10.1007/s00429-021-02399-1

Pfeifer, L.S.; Heyers, K.; Berretz, G.; Metzen, D.; Packheiser, J.; Ocklenburg, S. (2022). Broadening the scope: Increasing phenotype diversity in laterality research. Front Behav Neurosci, 16:1048388.  doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1048388.

Ocklenburg, S.; Metzen, D.; Schlüter, C.; Fraenz, C.; Arning, L.; Streit, F.; Güntürkün, O.; Kumsta, R. & Genc, E. (2022). Polygenic scores for handedness and their association with asymmetries in brain structure. Brain Struct Funct, doi: 10.1007/s00429-021-02335-3

2021

Genç E.; Schlüter, C.; Fraenz, C.; Arning, L.; Metzen, D.; Nguyen, H.P.; Voelkle, M.C.; Streit, F.; Güntürkün, O.; Kumsta, R. & Ocklenburg, S. (2021). Polygenic scores for cognitive abilities and their association with different aspects of general intelligence – A deep phenotyping approach.  Mol. Neurobiology, 58(5), 4145-4156, doi: 10.1007/s12035-021-02398-7

2020

Packheiser, J; Schmitz, J; Metzen, D.; Reinke, P.; Radtke, F.; Friedrich, P; Güntürkün, O; Peterburs, J. & Ocklenburg, S. (2020). Asymmetries in social touch – motor and emotional biases on lateral preferences in embracing, cradling and kissing. Laterality, 25(3), 325-345. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2019.1690496
 

* shared first authorship