Publications
Preprints
Meidenbauer, K. L., Luna, C. M., Stilson, P. J. , Santiago, I. M. , Cook, D., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2025). Temperature discomfort impairs everyday cognition: A pilot study using smartwatch-based ecological momentary assessment. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/2xyge_v1?view_only=
Galliard, E. P., Rim, N., Meidenbauer, K. L., Fan, S., Choe, K. W., & Berman, M.G. (2025). Valid and Reliable Rating Data in Less Time with the Fast Image Rating Experiment. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/v3n5a_v1
Meidenbauer, K. L.*, Pourkhalili, S.*^, Schertz, K., Janey, E.A., Berman, M.G., & (2025). Sensitive to what? Environmental sensitivity primarily amplifies affective responses to features of the social rather than physical environment. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/7zdak_v1 (*authors contributed equally)
2025
Schertz, K. E.*, Meidenbauer, K. L.*, Freeman, T. R., Santiago, I. M., Janey, E. A., Gehrke, K., Samtani, A. L., Stier, A. J., & Berman, M. G. (2025). Identifying qualities and amenities associated with subjective cognitive restoration and improved affect in urban parks. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 104(102624), 102624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102624 (*authors contributed equally)
Stute, K., Gossé, L. K., … Meidenbauer, K.L., et al. (2025). The fNIRS glossary project: a consensus-based resource for functional near-infrared spectroscopy terminology. Neurophotonics, 12(2), 027801. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.NPh.12.2.027801
2024
Stute, K., Gossa, L., … Meidenbauer, K. L., et al. (2025, in press). The fNIRS Glossary Project: A Consensus-based Resource for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Terminology. Neurophotonics. https://osf.io/preprints/osf/7xn3b
Meidenbauer, K. L., Schertz, K. E., Janey, E., Stier, A., Samtani, A. L., Gehrke, K., Tucker, R., Hasan, M., & Berman, M. G. (2024, in press). Evidence for environmental influences on impulsivity and aggression. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening.
Sahni, P.S., Rajyaguru, C., Narain, K., Meidenbauer, K. L., Jyoti, K., Schonert-Reichl, K. A. (2024, in press). Neural Dynamics of Nature Empathy in Children: An EEG/ERP study. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology.
Meidenbauer, K. L., Schertz, K. E., Li, P., Sharma, A., Freeman, T. R., Stier, A., … Berman, M. (2024, in press). Variable and dynamic associations between hot weather, thermal comfort, and individuals’ emotional states during summertime. BMC Psychology.
Akcelik, G. N., Choe, K. W., Rosenberg, M. D., Schertz, K. E., Meidenbauer, K. L., Zhang, T., Talen, E., & Berman, M.G. (2024) Quantifying Urban Environments: Aesthetic Preference Through the Lens of Prospect-Refuge Theory. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Lyu, Y., Su, Z., Neumann, D., Meidenbauer, K. L., & Leong, Y. C. (2024) Hostile attribution bias shapes neural synchrony in the left ventromedial prefrontal cortex during ambiguous social narratives. Journal of Neuroscience, 4, e1252232024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1252-23.2024
2023
Schertz, K. E., Kotabe, H. P., Meidenbauer, K. L., Layden, E. A., Zhen, J., Bowman, J. E., Lakhtakia, T., Lyu, M., Paraschos, O. A., Janey, E. A., Samtani, A. L., Stier, A. J., Gehrke, K., Van Hedger, S. C., Vohs, K. D., & Berman, M. G. (2023). Nature’s path to thinking about others and the surrounding environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 89, 102046.
Meidenbauer, K. L., Choe, K., Bakkour, A., Inzlicht, M., Meidenbauer, M. L., & Berman, M. G. (2023). Characterizing the role of impulsivity in costly, reactive aggression using a novel paradigm. Behavior Research Methods.
Meidenbauer, K. L.*, Niu, T.*, Choe, K. W., Stier, A. J., & Berman, M. G. (2023). Mouse movements reflect personality traits and task attentiveness in online experiments. (*authors contributed equally) Journal of Personality, 91(1), 413-425.
2022
Zhuang, C.*, Meidenbauer, K. L.*, Kardan, O., Stier, A. J., Choe, K. W., Cardenas-Iniguez, C., Huppert, T. J., & Berman, M. G. (2022). Scale Invariance in fNIRS as a Measurement of Cognitive Load. (*authors contributed equally), Cortex, 154, 62-76.
Talen, E., Choe, K. W., Akcelik, G. N., Berman, M. G., & Meidenbauer, K. L. (2022). Street design preference: an on-line survey. Journal of Urban Design, 1–24.
2021
Meidenbauer, K. L., Choe, K. W., Cardenas-Iniguez, C., Huppert, T.J., & Berman, M. G. (2021) Load-dependent relationships between frontal fNIRS activity and performance: A data-driven PLS approach. NeuroImage. 117795.
Berman, M. G., Cardenas-Iniguez, C., & Meidenbauer, K. L. (2021) An Environmental Neuroscience Perspective on the Benefits of Nature. Proceedings from the 67th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation–Nature and Psychology.
Schertz, K. E.*, Meidenbauer, K. L.*, & Berman, M. G. (2021) Understanding the Affective Benefits of Interacting with Nature. In E. Brymer, M. Rogerson, & J. Barton (Ed.) Nature, Physical Activity and Health. London, UK: Routledge. [*Authors contributed equally]
Berman, M.G., Stenfors, C.U.D., Schertz, K.E., & Meidenbauer, K.L. (2021). Response to “Conceptual replication study and meta-analysis suggest simulated nature does not reliably restore pure executive attention measured by the Attention Network Task.” Journal of Environmental Psychology, 78, 101719.
2020
Meidenbauer, K. L., Stenfors, C. U. D., Bratman, G. N., Gross, J. J., Schertz, K. E., Choe, K. W., & Berman, M. G. (2020). The affective benefits of nature exposure: What’s nature got to do with it? Journal of Environmental Psychology, 72.
2019
Meidenbauer, K. L., Stenfors, C. U. D., Ingram, M. P., & Berman, M. G. (2019). A tablet-based task for assessing environmental preferences in children and adults. MethodsX, 6, 1901-1906.
Meidenbauer, K. L., Stenfors, C., Young, J., Layden, E. A., Schertz, K. E., Kardan, O., Decety, J., & Berman, M. G. (2019). The gradual development of the preference for natural environments. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 65.
2018 and earlier
Meidenbauer, K. L., Cowell, J. M., & Decety, J. (2018). Children’s neural processing of moral scenarios provides insight into the formation and reduction of in-group biases. Developmental Science., e12676.
Decety, J., Meidenbauer, K. L., & Cowell, J. M. (2017). The development of cognitive empathy and concern in preschool children: A behavioral neuroscience investigation. Developmental Science, e12570.
Meidenbauer, K. L., Cowell, J. M., Killen, M., & Decety, J. (2016) A developmental neuroscience study of moral decision-making regarding resource allocation. Child Development, 89, 1177-1192.
Decety, J., Lewis (Meidenbauer), K. L., & Cowell, J. M. (2015). Specific electrophysiological components distinguish affective sharing and empathic concern in psychopathy. Journal of Neurophysiology, 114(1), 493-504.
Lewis (Meidenbauer), K. L., Taubitz, L. E., Duke, M. W., Steuer, E. L., & Larson, C. L. (2015) State rumination enhances elaborative processing of negative material as evidenced by the late positive potential. Emotion, 15(6), 687-693.
Humphries, C., Sabri, M., Lewis (Meidenbauer), K. L., & Liebenthal, E. (2014). Hierarchical organization of auditory cortex in speech perception. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8:406.