Publications Alexander Hauck

2026

  • Braun, M. N., Michael, T., Hauck, A., Ferreira de Sá, D. S., & Lass-Hennemann, J. (2026). Presence of a Dog but Not a Social Support Figure During Extinction Training of Conditioned Fear Decreases State Anxiety and Increases Positive Affect. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 17(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/20438087261467795.
  • Lehnert, M., Michael, T., Berger, L., Hauck, A., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2026). Sweetening fear exposure: study protocol for a multi-day, randomized controlled trial to study effects of glucose in exposure sessions of participants with public speaking anxiety. BMC psychology, 14(1), 268, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04125-0. 

2025

  • Hauck, A. (2025). Modulating fear processes: Exploring the effects of intranasal insulin, glucose, and COVID-19 anxiety in classical fear conditioning [Thesis, Saarland University]. SciDok, http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-45697.
  • Wessel, I., Krans, J., Albers, C. J., Chauhan, N., Ferreira de Sá, D. S., Hauck, A., ... & van Schie, K. (2025). Evidence that Tetris reduces immediate but not subsequent daily intrusions of a trauma film: A multilab replication study. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1), 130791. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.130791. 

2024

  • Hauck, A., Michael, T., Issler, T. C., Klein, S., Lass-Hennemann, J., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2024). Can glucose facilitate fear exposure? Randomized, placebo-controlled trials on the effects of glucose administration on fear extinction processes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 178, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104553.

2022

  • Hauck, A., Michael, T., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2022). Fear learning and generalization during pandemic fear: How COVID-19-related anxiety affects classical fear conditioning with traumatic film clips. Journal of psychiatric research, 155, 90-99, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.068. 
  • Ferreira de Sá, D.S., Römer, S., Brückner, A.H., Issler, T., Hauck, A., & Michael, T. (2020). Effects of intranasal insulin as an enhancer of fear extinction: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled experimental study. Neuropsychopharmacology, 1-9, doi.org/10.1038/s41386-019-0593-3

 

Konferenzbeiträge

  • Hauck, A., Michael, T., Issler, T. C., Klein, S., Lass-Hennemann, J., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2024). Can glucose serve as an adjuvant of fear exposure? Effects of glucose administration on fear extinction processes. Congress of the German and Austrian Psychological Societies, 53rd DGPs congress, 2024, Vienna, Austria [Talk]
  • Hauck, A. (2023). How Glucose Affects the “Unlearning” of Fear - Effects on Psychophysiological Correlates of Fear Extinction. 6th annual meeting of the Master in Emotion Psychology 2023, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden [Talk]
  • Hauck, A., Michael, T., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2022). COVID-19-related anxiety enhances maladaptive fear learning and generalization processes - a fear conditioning study during the pandemic. 52nd European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Barcelona, Spain [Talk]
  • Hauck, A., Michael, T., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2022). Effects of glucose administration on consolidation of extinguished fear potentiated startle. European Meeting on Human Fear Conditioning Mini Meeting 2022 [Pitch Presentation, virtual]
  • Hauck, A., Ferreira de Sá, D. S., & Michael, T. (2021). Fear Learning and Generalization During Pandemic Fear: How COVID-19 Related Anxiety Affects Classical Fear Conditioning With Traumatic Film Clips. European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Virtual Conference 2021 [Talk, virtual]
  • Hauck, A., Ferreira de Sá, D. S., & Michael, T. (2020). Effects of glucose administration on fear extinction: a fear-potentiated startle analysis. 46th Annual Conference of Psychology and the Brain, Freiburg, Germany [Talk - cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic]

Poster

  • Hauck A., Ferreira de Sá, D. S., & Michael, T. (2026). Comparing Unconditioned Stimuli in Human Fear Conditioning: Effects of Modality and Meaningfulness on Fear Acquisition and Extinction. European Meeting on Human Fear Conditioning 2026, Thessaloniki, Greece [Poster]
  • Hauck, A., Michael, T., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2025). Context Matters: Investigating the Effects of Trauma Film Pre-Exposure on Conditioned Fear. European Meeting on Human Fear Conditioning 2025, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands [Poster]
  • Klein, S., Michael. T., Hauck, A., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2024). Angstbewältigung im digitalen Zeitalter: Entwicklung und Evaluation einer Online-Expositionsintervention zur Behandlung von Redeangst. Congress of the German and Austrian Psychological Societies, 53rd DGPs congress 2024, Vienna, Austria [Poster]
  • Hauck, A., Ferreira de Sá, D. S., & Michael, T. (2024). Unveiling laboratory analogue fear: Exploring optimal unconditioned stimuli for classical fear conditioning studies. European Meeting on Human Fear Conditioning 2024, Heeze, Netherlands [Poster]
  • Hauck, A., Michael, T., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2023). Effects of Adjuvant Glucose on the Extinction of Fear - Results of two Placebo-Controlled Studies. European Meeting on Human Fear Conditioning Annual Meeting 2023, Salzburg, Austria [Poster]
  • Hauck, A., Michael, T., & Ferreira de Sá, D. S. (2023). Effekte adjuvanter Glukose auf die Extinktion von Angst – Ergebnisse zweier placebokontrollierter Studien. 2. Deutscher Psychotherapiekongress 2023, Berlin, Germany [Poster]