New York University
Center for Neural Science and Psychology Department

University of Zürich, PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience, 2006

University of Tübingen, Master of Science in Neural and Behavioural Science, 2002

University of Konstanz, Wesleyan University, Bachelor of Science in Biology, 2000

ur228 (add @nyu.edu)

Research

Neurobiology of emotional learning and memory
Stress and cognitive processing
Neural mechanisms of prosocial behavior

Publications

Rimmele U., Meier F, Lange T, Born J. (2010) Suppressing the morning rise in cortisol impairs free recall. Learning & Memory. 17, 186-190. [PDF]

Rimmele U., Hediger K., Heinrichs M., Klaver P. (2009) Oxytocin makes a face in memory familiar. The Journal of Neuroscience. 29(1), 38-42. [PDF]

Rimmele U., Spillmann M., Baertschi C., Wolf O., Weber C., Ehlert U., Wirtz P. (in press) Melatonin improves memory acquisition under stress independent of stress hormone release. Psychopharmacology. [PDF]

Rimmele U., Seiler R., Marti B., Wirtz P., Ehlert U., Heinrichs M. (2009) The level of physical activity affects adrenal and cardiovascular reactivity to stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 34(2), 190-198. [PDF]

Wirtz P., Siegerist J., Rimmele U., Ehlert U. (2008). Higher overcommitment to work is associated with lower norepinephrine secretion before and after acute psychosocial stress in men. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 33(1), 92-9. [PDF]

Rimmele U., Zellweger B., Marti B., Seiler R., Mohiyeddini C., Ehlert U., Heinrichs M. (2007). Trained men show lower cortisol, heart rate and psychological responses to psychosocial stress compared with untrained men. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32(6), 627-35. [PDF]

Kremers J., Rimmele U. (2007). The spatial extent of lateral interactions in flicker perception. Vision Research, 47(1), 16-21. [PDF]

Domes, G., Heinrichs, M., Rimmele, U., Reichwald, U. & Hautzinger, M. (2004). Acute stress impairs recognition for positive words – association with stress-induced cortisol secretion. Stress, 7, 173-181. [PDF]

Rimmele U., Domes G., Mathiak K. & Hautzinger M. (2003). Cortisol has different effects on human memory for emotional and neutral stimuli. NeuroReport, 14 (18) 2485-2488.

Other

Consultant for the OECD project "Brain and Learning“ 2003-2007 www.oecd.org/edu/brain

Posters

Rimmele, U. (2008). Oxytocin Improves Social Memory in Humans. Attention and Performance Symposium XXIII: Decision Making. Stowe, VT.