Struggling with Adversities of Life: The Role of Forgiveness in Patients Suffering from Fibromyalgia
Offenbächer, M.; Dezutter, J.; Kohls, Niko; Sigl, C.; Vallejo, M.; Rivera, J.; Weber, Annemarie; Schelling, J.; Vincent, A.; Hirsch, J. K.; Sirois, F.; Poggenburg, S.; Touissant, L. (2016)
Offenbächer, M.; Dezutter, J.; Kohls, Niko; Sigl, C.; Vallejo, M.; Rivera, J....
1. Deutschen Kongress für Forschung in der Positiven Psychologie in Trier, 19.-21. Mai 2016.
Peer Reviewed
Individual Differences in Mindfulness – Special Issue
Jonason, P.; Kohls, Niko; Nadler, R.; Yoshinori, S. (2016)
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 93, Pages 1-142 93, S. 1-142.
Open Access
Time perception, mindfulness and attentional capacities in transcendental meditators and matched controls
Schötz, E.; Otten, S.; Wittmann, M.; Schmidt, S.; Kohls, Niko; Meißner, Karin (2016)
Personality and Individual Differences, 93, 16-21., S. 16-21.
Peer Reviewed
On the viability of neurotechnology and mind–body methods in pediatric mental health: Perspectives on integrating new tools to complement old techniques
Armon, E.; Kohls, Niko; Giordano, J. (2016)
European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 8(2), 137-140., S. 137-140.
Peer Reviewed
Spiritualität und außergewöhnliche Erfahrungen im Kontext der akademischen Psychologie
Kohls, Niko (2016)
In L. Hofmann & P. Heise (Eds.), Spiritualität und spirituelle Krisen: Handbuch zu Theorie, Forschung und Praxis (pp. 3-12). Stuttgart: Schattauer., S. 3-12.
Time perception, mindfulness and attentional capacities in transcendental meditators and matched controls
Schötz, E.; Otten, S.; Wittmann, M.; Schmidt, Sabine; Kohls, Niko; Meißner, Karin (2016)
Personality and Individual Differences 2016 93, S. 16–21.
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.023
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Fördernde Faktoren für eine Gesundheitsförderung in der Allgemeinarztpraxis – ein fokussierter Review
Offenbächer, M.; Poggenburg, S.; Schelling, J.; Hirsch, J. K.; Sirios , F. ; Touissant, L.; Esch, Tobias; Nöfer, Eberhard; Kohls, Niko (2015)
Offenbächer, M.; Poggenburg, S.; Schelling, J.; Hirsch, J. K.; Sirios , F. ...
Posterbeitrag bei dem Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Familienmedizin, Bozen, 17. – 19. September 2015..
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Mindful in a random forest: Assessing the validity of mindfulness items using random forests methods
Sauer, S.; Lemke, J.; Zinn, W.; Büttner, R.; Kohls, Niko (2015)
Personality and Individual Differences, 81(0), 117-123. , S. 117-123.
Peer Reviewed
E-learning innovations for the education of general practitioners at the Bavarian Virtual University (BVU)–a model for other countries
Vogel , B.; Kormann, C.; Mehring , M. ; Schneider, A.; Offenbächer, M.; Kohls, Niko; Schelling, J. (2015)
Vogel , B.; Kormann, C.; Mehring , M. ; Schneider, A.; Offenbächer, M.; Kohls, Niko...
Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems, 11(2), 107-111., S. 107-111.
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Psychophysiology of duration estimation in experienced mindfulness meditators and matched controls
Otten, S.; Schötz, E.; Wittmann, M.; Kohls, Niko; Schmidt, S.; Meißner, Karin (2015)
Frontiers in Psychology, 6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01215.
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01215
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No effect of the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor etoricoxib on pre-emptive and post-operative analgesia in visceral surgery: results of a randomized controlled trial
Fleckenstein , J.; Kohls, Niko; Evtouchenko, E.; Lehmeyer, L.; Kramer, S.; Lang , P. M. ; Siebeck , M. ; Mussak , T. ; Hatz , R. ; Heindl , B. ; Conzen, P.; Czerner , S. ; Zwißler, B. ; Irnich , D. (2015)
Fleckenstein , J.; Kohls, Niko; Evtouchenko, E.; Lehmeyer, L.; Kramer, S....
European Journal of Pain.
Peer Reviewed
Barriers for Health Promotion in General Practice –a Systematic Review. 55
Offenbaecher, M.; Ritter, S.; Schilling,, D.; Kohls, Niko; Esch, Tobias; Nöfer, Eberhard (2015)
Offenbaecher, M.; Ritter, S.; Schilling,, D.; Kohls, Niko; Esch, Tobias...
Scientific Meeting of the German Society for Occupational Medicine, Munich, 18. – 20.3.2015.
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Subjective expansion of extended time-spans in experienced meditators
Wittmann, M.; Otten, S.; Schötz, E.; Sarikaya, A.; Lehnen, H.; Jo, H.-G.; Kohls, Niko; Schmidt, S.; Meißner, Karin (2015)
Wittmann, M.; Otten, S.; Schötz, E.; Sarikaya, A.; Lehnen, H.; Jo, H.-G.; Kohls, Niko...
Frontiers in Psychology, 5..
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Subjective expansion of extended time-spans in experienced meditators
Wittmann, M.; Otten, S.; Schötz, E.; Sarikaya, A.; Lehnen, H.; Jo, H.-G.; Kohls, Niko; Schmidt, Sabine; Meißner, Karin (2015)
Wittmann, M.; Otten, S.; Schötz, E.; Sarikaya, A.; Lehnen, H.; Jo, H.-G.; Kohls, Niko...
Frontiers in Psychology 2015 5, S. 1586.
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01586
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Experienced meditators typically report that they experience time slowing down in meditation practice as well as in everyday life. Conceptually this phenomenon may be understood through functional states of mindfulness, i.e., by attention regulation, body awareness, emotion regulation, and enhanced memory. However, hardly any systematic empirical work exists regarding the experience of time in meditators. In the current cross-sectional study, we investigated whether 42 experienced mindfulness meditation practitioners (with on average 10 years of experience) showed differences in the experience of time as compared to 42 controls without any meditation experience matched for age, sex, and education. The perception of time was assessed with a battery of psychophysical tasks assessing the accuracy of prospective time judgments in duration discrimination, duration reproduction, and time estimation in the milliseconds to minutes range as well with several psychometric instruments related to subjective time such as the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, the Barratt Impulsivity Scale and the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory. In addition, subjective time judgments on the current passage of time and retrospective time ranges were assessed. While subjective judgements of time were found to be significantly different between the two groups on several scales, no differences in duration estimates in the psychophysical tasks were detected. Regarding subjective time, mindfulness meditators experienced less time pressure, more time dilation, and a general slower passage of time. Moreover, they felt that the last week and the last month passed more slowly. Overall, although no intergroup differences in psychophysical tasks were detected, the reported findings demonstrate a close association between mindfulness meditation and the subjective feeling of the passage of time captured by psychometric instruments.
Psychophysiology of duration estimation in experienced mindfulness meditators and matched controls
Otten, S.; Schötz, E.; Wittmann, M.; Schmidt, Sabine; Kohls, Niko; Meißner, Karin (2015)
Frontiers in Psychology 2015 6, S. 1215.
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01215
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Recent research suggests that bodily signals and interoception are strongly related to our sense of time. Mindfulness meditators train to be aware of their body states and therefore could be more accurate at interval timing. In this study, n = 22 experienced mindfulness meditators and n = 22 matched controls performed both, an acoustic and a visual duration reproduction task of 8, 14, and 20 s intervals, while heart rate and skin conductance were continuously assessed. In addition, participants accomplished a heart beat perception task and two selective attention tasks. Results revealed no differences between meditators and controls with respect to performance in duration reproduction or attentional capacities. Additionally no group difference in heart beat perception scores was found. Across all subjects, correlational analyses revealed several associations between performance in the duration reproduction tasks and psychophysiological changes, the latter being also related to heart beat perception scores. Furthermore, former findings of linearly increasing cardiac periods and decreasing skin conductance levels during the auditory duration estimation task (Meissner and Wittmann, 2011) could be replicated, and these changes could also be observed during a visual duration reproduction task. In contrast to our earlier findings, the heart beat perception test was not related with timing performance. Overall, although experienced meditators did not differ from matched controls with respect to duration reproduction and interoceptive awareness, this study adds significantly to the emerging view that time perception is related to autonomic regulation and awareness of body states.
Mindful in a random forest: Assessing the validity of mindfulness items using random forests methods
Sauer, S.; Lemke, J.; Zinn, W.; Büttner, R.; Kohls, Niko (2015)
Personality and Individual Differences 81, S. 117-123..
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.09.011
Peer Reviewed
No effect of the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor etoricoxib on pre-emptive and post-operative analgesia in visceral surgery: results of a randomized controlled trial
Fleckenstein , J.; Kohls, Niko; Evtouchenko, E.; Lohmeyer, L.; Kramer, S.; Lang , P. M. ; Siebeck , M. ; Mussak , T. ; Hatz , R. ; Heindl , B. ; Conzen , P.; Rehm, M. ; Czerner , S. ; Zwißler, B. ; Irnich , D. (2015)
Fleckenstein , J.; Kohls, Niko; Evtouchenko, E.; Lohmeyer, L.; Kramer, S....
European Journal of Pain. 20 (2).
DOI: 10.1002/ejp.699
Open Access Peer Reviewed
E-learning innovations for the education of general practitioners at the Bavarian Virtual University (BVU) – a model for other countries
Vogel , B.; Karmann, C. ; Mehring , M. ; Schneider, A.; Offenbächer, M.; Kohls, Niko; Schelling, J. (2015)
Vogel , B.; Karmann, C. ; Mehring , M. ; Schneider, A.; Offenbächer, M.; Kohls, Niko...
Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems.
DOI: 10.1515/bams-2015-0006
Open Access Peer Reviewed
Resilienz, Zufriedenheit und kooperative Zusammenarbeit im Unternehmensalltag
Tamdjidi, C.; Kohls, Niko (2014)
Gesundheitswesen, 76(08/09), A196. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1387046.
DOI: https://doi.org:10.1055/s-0034-1387046
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Individual differences in self-attributed mindfulness levels are related to the experience of time and cognitive self-control
Wittmann, M.; Peter, J.; Gutina, O.; Otten, S.; Kohls, Niko; Meißner, Karin (2014)
Personality and Individual Differences, 64(0), 41-45. , S. 41-45.
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Prof. Dr. Niko Kohls
Hochschule Coburg
Fakultät Angewandte Naturwissenschaften und Gesundheit (FNG)
Friedrich-Streib-Str. 2
96450 Coburg
T 09561317130 niko.kohls[at]hs-coburg.de
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9761-4839