2023
- Köllner, M. G. (2023). Organizational hormone effects on implicit motives. (Habilitation thesis).
- Köllner, M. G., Stamm, L., Janson, K. T., & Jahnel, J. (2023, September). Motivationale Faktoren bei Sport und Bewegung. [Motivational factors in sports and physical activity]. Presentation at the Fachtag Psyche und Gesundheit im Einklang, üٳ, Germany.
- Janson, K. T., & Köllner, M.G. (2023, September). Bedürfnisse und Ziele: Gesundheitliche Auswirkungen von Passung vs. Abweichung. [Needs and goals: Health-related effects of congruence vs. incongruence]. Presentation at the Fachtag Psyche und Gesundheit im Einklang, üٳ, Germany.
- Brummer, J., Köllner, M. G., & Sudharsanan, N. (2023, September). Implizite Motive und körperliche Aktivität: Eine systematische Übersichtsarbeit von Beobachtungs- und Interventionsstudien [Implicit motives and physical activity: A systematic review of observation and intervention studies]. Poster presented at the Fachtag Psyche und Gesundheit im Einklang, üٳ, Germany.
- Jahnel, J., Doganay, C., Hofer, H., & Köllner, M. G. (2023, September). Exercise Dependence, Trainingszeit und subjektives Wohlbefinden [Exercise dependence, duration of training, and subjective well-being]. Poster presented at the Fachtag Psyche und Gesundheit im Einklang, üٳ, Germany.
- Köllner, M. G. (2023, July). Organisierende Hormoneffekte auf implizite Motive - Habilitationsvortrag. [Organizational hormone effects on implicit motives – Habilitation lecture]. Presentation at the Tag der Forschung [PHIL Researchers’ Day], Erlangen, Germany.
2022
- Janson, K. T., Köllner, M. G., Stamm, L., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2022, September). Motiv-moduliertes Lernen der Aufmerksamkeitsorientierung: Machtmotiv und Dominanzsignale. [Motive-modulated learning of attentional orienting: The need for power and dominance signals]. Presentation at the 41th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Osnabrück, Germany.
- Köllner, M. G., Braun, S., Schöttner, H., Dlugash, G., Bettac, M., & Steib, S. (2022). Relationships of the ulna-to-fibula ratio to baseline and reactive steroid hormone levels: An exploratory study. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. Advance online publication.
- Köllner, M. G., Pülschen, L.-S., Stamm, L., & Janson, K. T. (2022). The ulna-to-fibula ratio as a marker of organizational hormone effects on implicit motive development: A high-powered preregistered replication. Motivation Science, 8(3), 276-283. / Preprint available at: PsyArXiv.
- Janson, K. T., Köllner, M. G., Khalaidovski, K., Pülschen, L.-S., Rudnaya, A., Stamm, L., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2022). Motive-modulated attentional orienting: Implicit power motive predicts attentional avoidance of signals of interpersonal dominance. Motivation Science, 8(1), 56-69.
2021
- Köllner, M.G., Braun, S., Gegenfurtner, P., Schöttner, H., Schuster, L. & Steib, S. (2021, March). Organizational hormone effects and reactions to a dominance contest: An experimental approach. Presentation at the 63rd TeaP - Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Conference of Experimental Psychologists), Ulm, Germany.
- Schönbrodt, F. D., Hagemeyer, B., Brandstätter, V., Czikmantori, T., Gröpel, P., Hennecke, M., Israel, L. S. F., Janson, K. T., Kemper, N., Köllner, M. G., Kopp, P. M., Mojzisch, A., Müller-Hotop, R., Prüfer, J., Quirin, M., Scheidemann, B., Schiestel, L., Schulz-Hardt, S., Sust, L. N. N., Zygar-Hoffmann, C., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2021). Measuring implicit motives with the Picture Story Exercise (PSE): Databases of expert-coded German stories, pictures, and updated picture norms. Journal of Personality Assessment, 103(3), 392-405.
- Schultheiss, O. C., Köllner, M. G., Busch, H., & Hofer, J. (2021). 'Evidence for a robust, estradiol-associated sex difference in narrative-writing fluency': Correction. Neuropsychology, 35(8), 904.
- Schultheiss, O. C., & Köllner, M. G. (2021). Implicit motives. In O. P. John & R. W. Robins (Eds.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research (4th ed., pp. 385-410). Guilford Press.
- Schultheiss, O. C., Köllner, M. G., Busch, H., & Hofer, J. (2021). Evidence for a robust, estradiol-associated sex difference in narrative-writing fluency. Neuropsychology, 35(3), 323–333.
- Steib, S., Braun, S., Gegenfurtner, P., Schöttner, H., Bettac, M., Schuster, L., Wanner, P., & Köllner, M.G. (2021, May). Affektive Reaktionen und motorisches Lernen in einer Wettkampfsituation: Vorläufige Ergebnisse einer experimentellen Studie [Affective reactions and motor learning in a contest situation: Preliminary results of an experimental study]. Presentation at the 53rd Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (Annual Conference of the German Society for Sport Psychology), Tübingen, Germany.
2020
- Köllner, M. G., & Bleck, K. (2020). Exploratory evidence of sex-dimorphic associations of the ulna-to-fibula ratio, a potential marker of pubertal sex steroid exposure, with the implicit need for power. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6, 93-118.
2019
- Gabduliyanova, A., Riehlein, L., Theil, F., Steib, S., & Köllner, M. G. (2019, October). Pubertäre organisierende Hormoneffekte: Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen Gesichtsmerkmalen im Profil und dem impliziten Machtmotiv? [Pubertal organizing hormone effects: Is there a relationship between facial profile features and the implicit power motive?]. Poster presented at the 39th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
- Heyd, C., Schultheiss, O. C., & Köllner, M. G. (2019, October). Stärke und Vorbedingungen von Motivanregungseffekten: Eine meta-analytische Bestandsaufnahme [Size and preconditions of motive arousal effects: A meta-analytic summary]. Poster presented at the 39th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
- Janson, K. T., Köllner, M. G., Mair, L., Pülschen, L., Rudnaya, A., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2019, October). Der Anreizwert eines Gesichts: Das implizite Machtmotiv und Aufmerksamkeitsorientierung [The incentive value of a face: The implicit power motive and attentional orienting]. Presentation at the 39th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
- Köllner, M. G. (2019, October). Organisierende Hormoneffekte auf das motivationale Gehirn [Organizing hormone effects on the motivational brain]. Presentation at the 39th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
- Köllner, M. G., Janson, K. T., & Bleck, K. (2019). The social biopsychology of implicit motive development. In O. C. Schultheiss & P. H. Mehta (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology (pp. 568-585). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
- Lenz, B., Köllner, M. G., Mühle, C., Weinland, C., & Kornhuber, J. (2019). Basic human body dimensions relate to alcohol dependence and predict hospital readmission. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(2076).
- Schmiedl, H., & Köllner, M. G. (2019). Book Review: The Psychologist’s Companion (6th edition). Frontiers in Psychology, 10(556).
2018
- Köllner, M. G., Janson, K. T., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2018). Commentary: Sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio in human skulls and faces: A meta-analytical approach. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 9(227).
- Köllner, M. G. (2018). Book review: An introduction to behavioral endocrinology (5th edition). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12(161).
- Janson, K. T., Bleck, K., Fenkl, J., Riegl, L. T., Jägel, F., & Köllner, M. G. (2018). Inhibited power motivation is associated with the facial width-to-height ratio in females. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 4(1), 21-41.
2017
- Köllner, M. G., & Janson, K. T. (2017). The sociobiological development and arousal of implicit motives: The emergence of a growth-and-prune model of motive development and the continued linkage of hormones and motives throughout the life span. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83S, 70.
- Janson, K. T., Bleck, K., Fenkl, J., Riegl, L. T., Jägel, F., & Köllner, M. G. (2017). The implicit power motive and the facial width-to-height ratio as possible marker of organizational hormone effects during puberty. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83S, 69.
2016
- Bleck, K., Fenkl, J., Jägel, F., & Köllner, M. G. (2016, October). Zusammenhänge zwischen dem impliziten Machtmotiv, Steroidhormonen und Längen der Ulna und Fibula [Relationships between the implicit power motive, steroid hormones, and length of ulna and fibula]. Poster presented at the 36th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Erlangen (Germany).
- Janson, K. T., Bleck, K., Fenkl, J., Jägel, F., Riegl, L., & Köllner, M. G. (2016, October). Das implizite Machtmotiv und Marker organisationaler Hormoneffekte: Zusammenhänge mit 2D:4D und fWHR [The implicit power motive and markers of organizational hormone effects: Associations with 2D:4D and fWHR]. Presentation at the 36th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Erlangen, Germany.
- Janson, K. T., Köllner, M. G., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2016, September). Organizational effects of gonadal steroids on the implicit power motive. Presentation at the 50th Conference of the German Society for Psychology, Leipzig, Germany.
- Köllner, M. G., Rösch, A. G., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2016, October). Die Implizit-Explizit-Profilkongruenz von Motiven: Ein studienübergreifender Test des Unabhängigkeitspostulats anhand von Bild- und Subkategorienprofilen innerhalb von Individuen [Implicit-explicit profile congruence of motives: A multi-study test of the independence postulate using within-individual picture and subcategory profiles]. Presentation at the 36th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Erlangen (Germany).
- Walther, C. S., & Köllner, M. G. (2016). Kodierung impliziter Motive in audiovisuellem Material – Erstellung von Übungs- und Kalibrierungsmaterial zur Coder-Zertifizierung und Vorstellung des MovieMotiveCoders [Coding implicit motives in audiovisual material – Constructing practice and calibration materials for coder certification and presentation of the MovieMotiveCoder]. Presentation at the 36th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Erlangen, Germany.
2015
Köllner, M. G. (2015). The influence of implicit motives on implicit instrumental conditioning: Testing a principle focusing on the power motive. (Doctoral dissertation). []
2014
- Köllner, M. G., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2014). Meta-analytic evidence of low convergence between implicit and explicit measures of the needs for achievement, affiliation, and power. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(826).
- Schultheiss, O. C., & Köllner, M. G. (2014). Implicit motives, affect, and the development of competencies: A virtuous-circle model of motive-driven learning. In R. Pekrun & L. Linnenbrink-Garcia (Eds.), International handbook of emotions in education (pp.73-95). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
2013
- Köllner, M. G. (2013, July). Skalierungseffekte von Motiven auf implizites Lernen – Beeinflussen unsere impliziten und expliziten Motive die Lernleistung? [Scaling effects of motives on implicit learning – Do our implicit and explicit motives influence learning performance?]. Poster presented at the 33rd Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Osnabrück (Germany).
- Lorenz, D., Walther, C. S., & Köllner, M. G. (2013, July). Motivational standoff – Kodierung von impliziten Motiven in Videomaterial anhand von genereller Motivdichte, Motivprofilen und Clips zur Motivanregung in ausgewählten Filmen [Motivational standoff – Coding implicit motives in video material by determining overall motive density, motive profiles, and clips for arousing motives in selected movies]. Presentation at the 33rd Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Osnabrück (Germany).
2012
Köllner, M. G., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2012, July). Implicit and explicit motive measures – a meta-analysis of their correlation and potential moderators of the relationship. Presentation at the 16th European Conference on Personality, Trieste (Italy).
2011
Köllner, M. G., Patalakh, M., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2011, July). Korrelation von Motivkongruenz und Wohlbefinden - Eine Metaanalyse [Correlation of motive congruence and well-being – A meta-analysis]. Presentation at the 31st Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Munich (Germany).
2010
Köllner, M. G., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2010, July). Korrelation impliziter und expliziter Motivmaße – Eine Metaanalyse [Correlation of implicit and explicit motive measures – A meta-analysis]. Presentation at the 30th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Mannheim (Germany).
Software
- Köllner, M. G., Schmiedl, H., Waßer, J., & Schmiedl, S. (2017). Face/Palm Measuring Tool: A stand-alone software for standardized hand and face morphometry [Software and manual]. Erlangen. Retrieved from
- Walther, C. S., Walther, F. T., & Köllner, M. G. (2016). MMC: MovieMotiveCoder – A software for coding implicit motives and various behavioral data from audiovisual material [Software and manual]. Retrieved from