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    Lehrstuhl für Psychologie V - Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeits-
    psychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik

    Rodrigues, Johannes Dipl.-Psych.

    PD. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Johannes Rodrigues, Dipl. Psych.

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    Lebenslauf

    März 2024- Februar 2028 Akademischer Oberrat auf Zeit: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Dozent in der differentiellen Psychologie und der psychologischen Diagnostik.  
    März 2017 - Februar 2024 Akademischer Rat auf Zeit: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Dozent in der differentiellen Psychologie und der psychologischen Diagnostik.  
    26. Mai 2023

    Abschluss Habilitation (Dr.habil.)

    23. Januar 2017

    Abschluss Promotion (Dr.rer.nat)

    November 2012 - Februar 2017

    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Dozent in der differentiellen Psychologie und der psychologischen Diagnostik.

    2008 - 2012

    Studium der Psychologie an der Universität Würzburg mit Abschluss zum Diplom-Psychologen

    Forschungsinteressen

    Frontale EEG-Alpha-Asymmetrie als Indikator emotionaler und motivationaler Prozesse 

    Virtuelle Realität und mentale Vorstellungen als Mittel zur Induktion von emotionalen und motivationalen Prozessen und Zuständen

    Die physiologische Basis des Altruismus, sowie Messmöglichkeiten für Altruismus

    Methodische Entwicklung von standardisierten Analysen und Verfahren:
    EEG, Verhaltenskategorien bei virtuellen Bewegungen, fokussierte transkranielle Ultraschallmodulation.

    Publikationen und Konferenzbeiträge

    Publikationen:

    • Rodrigues, J., Müller, S., Paelecke, M., Wang, Y., & Hewig, J. (2024). Exploration of the influence of the quantification method and reference scheme on feedback-related negativity and standardized measurement error of feedback-related negativity amplitudes in a trust game. Cortex. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.02.009

    • Rodrigues, J., Rose, R., & Hewig, J. (2024). The Relation of Big Five Personality Traits on Academic Performance, Well-Being and Home Study Satisfaction in Corona Times. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 14(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe14020025

    • Ziebell, P. *, Rodrigues, J. *,  Forster, A., Sanguinetti, J. L., Allen, J. JB., & Hewig, J. (2023). Inhibition of midfrontal theta with transcranial ultrasound explains greater approach versus withdrawal behavior in humans. Brain Stimulation, 16(5), 1278–1288. doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.08.011

    • Forster, A., Rodrigues, J., Ziebell, P., Sanguinetti, J. L., Allen, J. JB., & Hewig, J. (2023). Investigating the role of the right inferior frontal gyrus in control perception: A double-blind cross-over study using ultrasonic neuromodulation. Neuropsychologia, 187,108589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108589

    • Forster, A., Rodrigues, J., Ziebell, P., Sanguinetti, J. L., Allen, J. J. B., & Hewig, J. (2023). Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Modulates the Emergence of Learned Helplessness via Midline Theta Modification. Journal of Affective Disorders.

    • Weiß, M.*, Rodrigues, J.*, & Hewig, J. (2022). Big Five Personality Factors in Relation to Coping with Contact Restrictions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Small Sample Study. Social Sciences, 11(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11100466

    • Rodrigues, J., Ruthenberg, P., Mussel, P., & Hewig, J. (2022). Never mind losing the pound… still got the penny! The influence of trait greed on risky decision behavior in a mixed and gain only BART. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03553-6

    • Rodrigues, J., Ziebell, P., Müller, M., & Hewig, J. (2022). Standardizing continuous data classifications in a virtual T-maze using two-layer feedforward networks. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 12879. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17013-5

    • Paul, K., Short, C. A., Beauducel, A., Carsten, H. P., Härpfer, K., Hennig, J., Hewig, J., Hildebrandt, A., Kührt, C., Mueller, E. M., Munk, A., Osinsky, R., Porth, E., Riesel, A., Rodrigues, J., Scheffel, C., Stahl, J., Strobel, A., & Wacker, J. (2022). The Methodology and Dataset of the CoScience EEG-Personality Project – A Large-Scale, Multi-Laboratory Project Grounded in Cooperative Forking Paths Analysis. Personality Science, 3, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.7177

    • Rodrigues, J., Weiß, M., Mussel, P., & Hewig, J. (2022). On second thought … the influence of a second stage in the ultimatum game on decision behavior, electro-cortical correlates and their trait interrelation. Psychophysiology, 59(7), e14023. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14023

    • Mussel, P., Weiß, M., Rodrigues, J., Heekeren, H., & Hewig, J. (2022). Neural correlates of successful costly punishment in the Ultimatum game on a trial-by-trial basis. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 17(6), 590–597. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsab126

    • Rodrigues, J., Marzban, D., & Hewig, J. (2021). The Influence of Mental Imagery Expertise of Pen and Paper Players versus Computer Gamers upon Performance and Electrocortical Correlates in a Difficult Mental Rotation Task. Symmetry 2021, Vol. 13, Page 2337, 13(12), 2337. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13122337

    • Rodrigues, J., Caporale, L., Euen, I., Schäfer, S., Schneider, B., & Hewig, J. (2022). You get what you deserve! Reactance, greed and altruism in the dictator game with offer suggestions by the receiver. Personality and Individual Differences, 185, 111271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111271

    • Krishna, A., Rodrigues, J., Mitschke, V., & Eder, A. B. (2021). Self-reported mask-related worrying reduces relative avoidance bias toward unmasked faces in individuals with low Covid19 anxiety syndrome. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6(75). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00344-8

    • Rodrigues, J., Weiß, M., Hewig, J. & Allen, J. J. B. (2021). EPOS: EEG Processing Open-Source Scripts. Front. Neurosci. (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.660449

    • Rodrigues, J., Allen, J. J. B., Müller, M. & Hewig, J. (2021). Methods matter: An examination of factors that moderate predictions of the capability model concerning the relationship of frontal asymmetry to trait measures. Biological psychology158, 107993. doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107993.

    • Rodrigues, J., Müller, M., & Hewig, J. (2020). Cardiac defensive reactions and orienting responses correspond to virtual withdrawal behavior choices in a virtual T-maze. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 158, 73–85. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.08.010

    • Weiß, M., Rodrigues, J., Paelecke, M., & Hewig, J. (2020). We, them and it: Dictator game offers depend on hierarchical social status, AI and social dominance. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 3028. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.541756

    • Weiß, M., Rodrigues, J., Boschet, J., Pittig A., Mussel, P., & Hewig, J. (2020). How depressive symptoms and fear of negative evaluation affect feedback evaluation in social decision-making. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 100004. doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2020.100004

    • Weiß, M., Bille, D., Rodrigues, J., & Hewig, J. (2020). Age-Related Differences in Emoji Evaluation. Experimental Aging Research, 46(5), 416–432. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2020.1790087

    • Rodrigues, J., Liesner, M., Reutter, M., Mussel, P., & Hewig, J. (2020). It’s costly punishment, not altruistic: Low midfrontal theta and state anger predict punishment. Psychophysiology. doi.org/10.1111/PSYP.13557

    • Weiß, M., Gutzeit, J., Rodrigues, J., Mussel, P., & Hewig, J. (2019). Do emojis influence social interactions? Neural and behavioral responses to affective emojis in bargaining situations. Psychophysiology, e13321. doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13321

    • Rodrigues, J., Müller, M., Mühlberger, A., & Hewig, J. (2018). Mind the movement: Frontal asymmetry stands for behavioral motivation, bilateral frontal activation for behavior. Psychophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12908

    • Rodrigues, J., Nagowski, N., Mussel, P., & Hewig, J. (2018). Altruistic punishment is connected to trait anger, not trait altruism, if compensation is available. Heliyon, 4(11), e00962. doi.org/10.1016/J.HELIYON.2018.E00962

    • Mussel, P., Rodrigues, J., Krumm, S., & Hewig, J. (2018). The convergent validity of five dispositional greed scales. Personality and Individual Differences, 131, 249–253. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PAID.2018.05.006

    • Rodrigues, J., Ulrich, N., Mussel, P., Carlo, G., & Hewig, J. (2017). Measuring Prosocial Tendencies in Germany: Sources of Validity and Reliablity of the Revised Prosocial Tendency Measure. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2119. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02119

    • Rodrigues, J., Ulrich, N., & Hewig, J. (2015). A neural signature of fairness in altruism: a game of theta? Social neuroscience, 10(2), 192–205. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2014.977401

    * These authors contributed equally to the work.

     

    aktuelle Preprints (noch nicht peer-reviewed):

    • Forster, A., Rodrigues, J., Ziebell, P., Sanguinetti, J., Allen, J. J., & Hewig, J. (2021). The Right Lateral Frontal Cortex Processes Features of Emotional Faces as a Function of Their Likelihood of Occurrence. doi.org/10.31234/OSF.IO/GR42F
    • Rodrigues, J., & Hewig, J. (2021). Let´s call it altruism ! A psychological perspective and hierarchical framework of altruism and prosocial behavior. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/OSF.IO/PJ7EU

     

    Monographie oder non-peer reviewed:

    • Rodrigues, J. (2022). Auch Enttäuschungen lassen sich messen: Neurowissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zur Natur des menschlichen Vertrauens [Disappointments can also be measured: Neuroscientific insights into the nature of human trust]. Zur Sache BW, Vertrauen ist besser(42), 38–40.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2016). Let me change your mind… Frontal brain activity in a virtual T-maze (doctoral thesis). Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-143280
    • Rodrigues, J. (2012). Helden im Geiste: Visuelle Vorstellung bei Pen & Paper – Rollenspielern -eine EEG- Studie. (Heroes in mind: Visual imagery in pen & paper role-players -An EEG study.). Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. https://osf.io/9vpcr/

     

    Vorträge:

    • Rodrigues, J. (2024, February). Approach and avoidance behavior: Frontal asymmetry. Introduction to the theory and exemplary empirical findings. Winter lecture series: Universitätsbund Würzburg: Rimpar, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2024, January). Altruism and altruistic behavior: Measurement, experimental paradigms, and neural correlates. Winter lecture series: Universitätsbund Würzburg: Schweinfurt, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2024, January). Again, a question: Questioning difference peak topographies ? Is this an effect or a phenomenon ? Talk given at the Wintersymposium, St. Gallenkirch, Austria.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2023, October). Approach and avoidance behavior: Frontal asymmetry. Introduction to the theory and exemplary empirical findings. Talk given at the Dag Hammaskjöld Gymnasium in Würzburg, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, J., Müller, S., Paelecke, M., Wang, Y., & Hewig, J. (2023, September). Questioning the quality criterion SME for EEG data: Exploration of the influence of the quantification method and reference scheme on FRN and SME of FRN amplitudes. Talk given at the 16th meeting of „Fachgruppe Methoden & Evaluation [FGME]“ of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs), Konstanz, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2023, Januar). The problems of SME. An example dataset targeting the FRN in trust-game. Talk given at the Wintersymposium, St. Gallenkirch, Austria.
    • Rodrigues, J., Müller, M. & Hewig, J. (2022, September). Follow your heart: Cardiac defensive reactions and orienting responses correspond to virtual avoidance behavior choices in a virtual T-maze, while frontal asymmetry is linked to approach and avoidance. Talk given at the 62nd annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Vancouver, Canada.
    • Rodrigues, J., Müller, M. & Hewig, J. (2022, September). Follow your heart: Cardiac defensive reactions and orienting responses correspond to virtual avoidance behavior choices in a virtual T-maze, while frontal asymmetry is linked to approach and avoidance. Talk given at the 52nd congress of the German society for psychologists (DGPS), Hildesheim, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, J., Allen, JJB., Müller, M. & Hewig, J. (2022, June). ∩ can handle this ! Evidence for a situational induction strength based quadratic extension to the capability model. Talk given at the 47th annual conference "Psychologie und Gehirn", Freiburg, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, J., Müller, M. & Hewig, J. (2022, June). Follow your heart: Cardiac defensive reactions and orienting responses correspond to virtual avoidance behavior choices in a virtual T-maze, while frontal asymmetry is linked to approach and avoidance. Talk given at the 47th annual conference "Psychologie und Gehirn", Freiburg, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, J., Weiß, M., Mussel, P. & Hewig, J. (2021, October). Everybody gets a second chance, the circumstance…to get rejected ? The Influence of a Second Offer in the Ultimatum Game on Decision Making and EEG Feedback Responses. Talk given at the 61st annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Virtual Meeting.
    • Rodrigues, J., Weiß, M., Mussel, P. & Hewig, J. (2021, September). Once more with feeling! The influence of trait anxiety and trait greed on decision making and offer related EEG responses in a normal and 2-stage Ultimatum game. Talk given at the 16th biennial conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) section, virtual meeting.
    • Rodrigues, J., Weiß, M., Mussel, P. & Hewig, J. (2021, June). Play it again Sam! The influence of a second offer in the ultimatum game on decision making of the receiver and their offer related EEG responses. Talk given at the 46th annual conference "Psychologie und Gehirn", Virtual Meeting.
    • Rodrigues, J., Liesner, M., Reutter, M., Mussel, P. & Hewig, J. (2020, October). The Furious Third: Low Midfrontal Theta and State Anger Predict Punishment in a Third Party Dictator Game. Talk given at the 60th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Virtual Meeting.
    • Rodrigues, J., Ziebell, P., Allen, J. J. B. & Hewig, J. (2019, September). Still sounds like approach: An update on transcranial ultrasound over right inferior frontal cortex leading to approach behavior in ambiguous situations in a virtual t-maze. Talk given at the 59th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Washington D.C:,USA.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2019, September). Costly punishment and altruistic compensation: Behavioral and electro-cortical evidence for the importance of benevolence in altruistic acts. Talk given at the 15th biennial conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) section, Dresden, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2019, January). Trust game: FRN and N2 in two slightly different automatized preprocessings and reference schemes: Mastoid vs. CSD. Talk given at the Wintersymposium, St. Gallenkirch, Austria.
    • Rodrigues, J., Ziebell, P., Allen, J. J. B. & Hewig, J. (2018, June). That sounds great! Transcranial Ultrasound application (TUS) leads to approach in ambiguous situations in a virtual T-maze. Talk given at the 44th conference "Psychologie und Gehirn", Frankfurt, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, J., Müller, M.  Mühlberger, A. & Hewig, J. (2017, October). Moving minds: Frontal brain activation patterns and behavior in a virtual t-maze. Talk given at the 57th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Wien, Austria.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2017, Mai). Frontal asymmetry in a virtual T-maze. Talk given at the colloquium of the department of differential psychology, personality psychology and psychological diagnostics, University of Osnabrück.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2015, September) Intra- and interindividual prediction of altruistic behavior using multinomial logistic regression and structural equation modelling. Talk given at the 12th meeting of „Fachgruppe Methoden & Evaluation [FGME]“ of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs), Jena, Germany. p.192-205.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2016, January). Induktion frontaler Asymmetrie durch (desktopbasierte) virtuelle Realität. [Induction of frontal asymmetry with (desktop) virtual reality] Talk given at the Wintersymposium, St. Gallenkirch, Austria.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2015, January). Induktion frontaler Asymmetrie durch (desktopbasierte) virtuelle Realität: Pilotstudie [Induction of frontal asymmetry with (desktop) virtual reality: Piot study] Talk given at the Wintersymposium, St. Gallenkirch, Austria.
    • Rodrigues, J. (2013, January). Visuelle Vorstellung bei Rollenspielern: Eine explorative Expertenstudie [Visual imagery in role-players: An exploratory study with role-playing experts] Talk given at the Wintersymposium, St. Gallenkirch, Austria.

     

    Posterbeiträge:

    • Rodrigues, J., Weiß, M., Hein, G. & Hewig, J. (2023) Still not rational, but different…a registered replication study of “why humans deviate from rational choice”. Poster presented at the 48th conference "Psychologie und Gehirn", Tübingen, Germany
    • Rodrigues, J. Allen, J. J. B., Müller, M. & Hewig, J. (2023) The model is bend, but never broken: 
    • A quadratic extension to the capability model of frontal asymmetry based on situational induction strength. Wuertual reality XR meeting Würzburg, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, Liesner & Hewig (2019, June).Costly punishment and altruistic compensation: Evidence from behavioral and electro-cortical reactions for the importance of benevolence in altruism. Poster presented at the 44th conference "Psychologie und Gehirn", Trier, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, Ziebell, Allen & Hewig (2018, October). The sound of approach: Transcranial Ultrasound over right inferior frontal cortex leads to approach behavior in ambiguous situations in a virtual T-maze. Poster presentation at 58th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Quebec City, Canada.
    • Rodrigues, Müller & Hewig (2018, September). Let´s do it again! Replication of frontal activation patterns and behavior in a virtual T-maze. Poster presented at the 51st congress of the German society for psychologists (DGPS), Frankfurt, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, Ulrich, Mussel, Carlo & Hewig (2017, September). Six reasons to be helpful in Germany: A German translation of the prosocial tendency measure. Poster presented at the 14th meeting of „Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik“ (DPPD) of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs), München, Germany.
    • Rodrigues, Müller & Hewig (2017, June). Twice the paradigm, double the result! Replicated frontal brain activation patterns and behavior in a virtual T-maze. Posterbeitrag zur 42. Tagung Psychologie und Gehirn 2017, Trier, Germany
    • Rodrigues, Müller & Hewig (2016, September). To flee or not to flee: Frontal activation patterns and behavior in a virtual T-maze. Posterbeitrag zum 56. jährlichen Treffen der Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Minneapolis, USA.  
    • Rodrigues, Müller & Hewig (2016, Juni). To flee or not to flee: Frontal activation patterns and behavior in a virtual T-maze. Posterbeitrag zur 42. Tagung Psychologie und Gehirn 2016, Berlin, Deutschland.
    • Rodrigues & Hewig (2015, Oktober). Frontal asymmetry as a predictor of behavior in a virtual T-maze. Posterbeitrag zum 55. jährlichen Treffen der Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Seattle, USA.
    • Rodrigues & Hewig (2015, September). Das „wer“ bestimmt das „wie“: Persönlichkeitskorrelate in Fluchthandlungen auf negative Situationen in einem virtuellen Labyrinth. Posterbeitrag zur 13. Tagung der „Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Mainz, Germany.
    • Rodrigues & Hewig (2015, Juni). Frontal asymmetry as a predictor of behavior in a virtual T-maze. Posterbeitrag zur 41. Tagung Psychologie und Gehirn 2015, Frankfurt, Deutschland.
    • Rodrigues, Mühlberger & Hewig (2014, September). From brain to behaviour – inducing frontal asymmetry with virtual reality, preliminary results. Posterbeitrag zum 54. jährlichen Treffen der Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Atlanta, USA.
    • Rodrigues, Ulrich & Hewig (2014, September). The sign of altruism? An exploratory study about midfrontal theta activity and altruism in dictator game. Posterbeitrag zum 54. jährlichen Treffen der Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Atlanta, USA.
    • Rodrigues & Hewig (2014, Juni). Lang lebe der Diktator! Eine explorative Studie über Theta – Aktivität und Altruismus im Diktatorspiel. Posterbeitrag zur 40. Tagung Psychologie und Gehirn 2014, Lübeck, Deutschland
    • Rodrigues & Hewig (2013, Oktober). Physiological correlates of individual differences in mental imagery. Posterbeitrag zum 53. jährlichen Treffen der Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Florence, Italien.
    • Rodrigues & Hewig (2013, Mai). BIS man flieht: Behaviour Inhibition System und visuelle Vorstellung einer Vermeidungssituation. Posterbeitrag zur 39. Tagung Psychologie und Gehirn 2013, Würzburg, Deutschland.

    Auszeichnungen

    • 06/2023: Poster award (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPS, Sektion Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie).
    • 04/2023: Second place: Poster pitch prize Wuertual reality XR-meeting 2023: Würzburg, Germany.
    • 06/2015: Poster award (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung, DGPA).
    • 11/2014: Neuroscience Research Award (der Sektion Neuroscience der Graduate School of Life Sciences Würzburg).

     

    Team Awards:

    • 03/2023: Team Credibility #EEGManyLabs Project Team: From British Neuroscience Association.