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
• 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)
• Meidenbauer, K. L.*, Seccia, A., Hocker, K., Duffy-Greslo, K., Freeman, T. R. ^, Dorri Sedeh, S. ^, De la Torre, K., Ippel, S. E., Berman, M.G., & Fyfe-Johnson, A (2025). Nature is nurture: a pilot study of neural correlates of healthy cognition and environmental predictors in children attending a nature-based public school. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/txewf_v1
• Meidenbauer, K. L., Freeman, T. R. ^, Stilson, P. J. ^, Hubbard, K. M. ^, Choe, K. W., & Berman, M. G.. (2026). Boiling Points: Evaluating State and Trait Predictors of Heat-induced Reactive Aggression. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/a2jzf_v1

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.