Prof. Dr. Jessica Freiherr

2025

• Arnhardt, S., Fu, L.W., Kornhuber, J., & Freiherr, J. (2025). Sniffing colors—color associations for descriptors and odors of the MONEX-40 test. Chemical Senses, 50. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaf004
• Engelhardt, M., Holzer, N., Pahl, J., & Freiherr, J. (2025). Electronic Library for Commercially Usable Emotional Stimuli (EL-CUES): An Annotated Image Database for Emotion Induction validated in a German population. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAFFC.2025.3570090
• Ruda, I., & Freiherr, J. (2025). Weight status and gender modulate distraction-induced effects on chemosensory perception. Science Talks, 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sctalk.2025.100441
• Wunder, A., Bürkel, N., Guder, I., Zorzin, J.I., Mühle, C., Loos, H., & Freiherr, J. (2025). Enhanced sensitivity to odors due to chemosignals associated with anxiety. Communications Chemistry, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-025-01512-3

2024

• Cecchetto, C., Leleu, A., Calce, R.P., Arnhardt, S., Parma, V., de Groot, J.H.,... Dal Bò, E. (2024). Consistent social odor representation across 7 languages: the Social Odor Scale translation and validation. Chemical Senses, 49. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjae035
• Ruda, I., Chellapandian, D.C., & Freiherr, J. (2024). The impact of cognitive distraction on gustatory perception in volunteers with obesity. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64722-0
• Ruda, I., Chellapandian, D.C., Rott, M., Scheid, S., & Freiherr, J. (2024). Beyond Distracted Eating: Cognitive Distraction Downregulates Odor Pleasantness and Interacts with Weight Status. Nutrients, 16(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16172871
• Schumann, K., Rodriguez-Raecke, R., Sijben, R., & Freiherr, J. (2024). Elevated Insulin Levels Engage the Salience Network during Multisensory Perception. Neuroendocrinology, 114(1), 90-106. https://doi.org/10.1159/000533663

2023

• Schicker, D., Singh, S., Freiherr, J., & Grasskamp, A.T.T. (2023). OWSum: algorithmic odor prediction and insight into structure-odor relationships. Journal of Cheminformatics , 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-023-00722-y

2022

• Buechner, K., Haagen, J., Sastrosubroto, A., Kerpes, R., Freiherr, J., & Becker, T. (2022). Trigeminal Stimulus Menthol Masks Bitter Off-Flavor of Artificial Sweetener Acesulfame-K. Foods, 11(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11182734
• Rramani, Q., Barakat, Y., Jacob, G., Ohla, K., Lim, S.X.L., Schicker, D.,... Schultz, J. (2022). Nutrition claims influence expectations about food attributes, attenuate activity in reward-associated brain regions during tasting, but do not impact pleasantness. Brain and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2828
• Ruda, I., & Freiherr, J. (2022). Distraction effects on chemosensory perception in lean and obese volunteers. In CHEMICAL SENSES. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
• Schicker, D., Blankenagel, S., Zimmer, C., Hauner, H., & Freiherr, J. (2022). Erratum to: Less is more: Removing a modality of an expected olfactory-visual stimulation enhances brain activation (Human Brain Mapping, (2022), 43, 8, (2567-2581), 10.1002/hbm.25806). Human Brain Mapping. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26023
• Schicker, D., Blankenagel, S., Zimmer, C., Hauner, H., & Freiherr, J. (2022). Less is more: Removing a modality of an expected olfactory-visual stimulation enhances brain activation. Human Brain Mapping. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25806
• Schicker, D., Karacan, B., Brandl, B., Skurk, T., Volkert, D., Hauner, H., & Freiherr, J. (2022). Bloody olfaction? Confounding associations of sex and age on the influence of blood parameters and body weight on odor identification performance in healthy adults. Physiology & behavior, 254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113907
• Springer, A., Hoeckmeier, L., Schicker, D., Hettwer, S., & Freiherr, J. (2022). Measurement of Stress Relief during Scented Cosmetic Product Application Using a Mood Questionnaire, Stress Hormone Levels and Brain Activation. Cosmetics, 9(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics9050097

2021

• Gerkin, R.C., Ohla, K., Veldhuizen, M.G., Joseph, P.V., Kelly, C.E., Bakke, A.J.,... Baguma, M. (2021). Recent smell loss is the best predictor of COVID-19 among individuals with recent respiratory symptoms. Chemical Senses, 46. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaa081
• Lermer, R., Torske, A., Bauer, T., & Freiherr, J. (2021). Application of Deep Learning on Foci of Neural Activity Makes It Possible to Identify Crucial Brain Areas for the Classification of Aversive and Hedonic Neural Odor Processing. In CHEMICAL SENSES. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
• Parma, V., Ohla, K., Veldhuizen, M.G., Niv, M.Y., Kelly, C.E., Bakke, A.J.,... Hayes, J.E. (2021). Corrigendum to: More Than Smell-COVID-19 Is Associated With Severe Impairment of Smell, Taste, and Chemesthesis. Chemical Senses, 46. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjab050
• Porada, D.K., Regenbogen, C., Freiherr, J., Seubert, J., & Lundström, J.N. (2021). Trimodal processing of complex stimuli in inferior parietal cortex is modality-independent. Cortex, 139, 198-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.03.008
• Ruda, I., Muschenich, F.S., & Freiherr, J. (2021). Olfactory-trigeminal Masking Effects. In CHEMICAL SENSES. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
• Schadll, S., Rodriguez-Raecke, R., Heim, L., & Freiherr, J. (2021). Playing Tetris Lets You Rate Odors as Less Intense. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.657188
• Schicker, D., Blankenagel, S., Zimmer, C., Hauner, H., & Freiherr, J. (2021). Less is More: Stimulus Removal in Olfactory-Visual Stimulation Increases Activation in Multisensory Brain Areas. In CHEMICAL SENSES. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
• Schreiner, L., Karacan, B., Blankenagel, S., Packhaeuser, K., Freiherr, J., & Loos, H. (2021). Correction to: Out of the woods: psychophysiological investigations on wood odors to estimate their suitability as ambient scents (Wood Science and Technology, (2020), 54, 5, (1385-1400), 10.1007/s00226-020-01216-y). Wood Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-021-01337-y
• Sijben, R., Hensel, S.M., Rodriguez-Raecke, R., & Freiherr, J. (2021). Gender-Dependent Crossmodal Interactions Between Olfactory and Tactile Stimulation Revealed Using the Unimodal Tactile Stimulation Device (UniTaSD). Chemical Senses, 46(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaa077
• Utz, K., Martini, M., Mrochen, A., Lambrecht, V., Süß, P., Renner, B.,... Marxreiter, F. (2021). A Multisensory Deficit in the Perception of Pleasantness in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 11(4), 2035-2045. https://doi.org/10.3233/JPD-212812
• Utz, K., Martini, M., Mrochen, A., Lambrecht, V., Süß, P., Renner, B.,... Marxreiter, F. (2021). A Multisensory Deficit in the Perception of Pleasantness in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 11(4), 2035-2045. https://doi.org/10.3233/jpd-212812
• Wiesmann, M., Franz, C., Sichtermann, T., Minkenberg, J., Mathern, N., Stockero, A.,... Nikoubashman, O. (2021). Seeing faces, when faces can't be seen: Wearing portrait photos has a positive effect on how patients perceive medical staff when face masks have to be worn. PLoS ONE, 16(5 May). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251445

2020

• Brandl, B., Skurk, T., Rennekamp, R., Hannink, A., Kiesswetter, E., Freiherr, J.,... Hauner, H. (2020). A Phenotyping Platform to Characterize Healthy Individuals Across Four Stages of Life - The Enable Study. Frontiers in Nutrition, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.582387
• Faron, A., Sichtermann, T., Teichert, N., Luetkens, J.A., Keulers, A., Nikoubashman, O.,... Wiesmann, M. (2020). Performance of a Deep-Learning Neural Network to Detect Intracranial Aneurysms from 3D TOF-MRA Compared to Human Readers. Clinical Neuroradiology, 30(3), 591-598. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-019-00809-w
• Mueschenich, F.S., Sichtermann, T., Di Francesco, M.E., Rodriguez-Raecke, R., Heim, L., Singer, M.,... Freiherr, J. (2020). Some like it, some do not: behavioral responses and central processing of olfactory-trigeminal mixture perception. Brain Structure & Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-020-02178-4
• Parma, V., Ohla, K., Veldhuizen, M.G., Niv, M.Y., Kelly, C.E., Bakke, A.J.,... Hayes, J.E. (2020). More Than Smell-COVID-19 Is Associated With Severe Impairment of Smell, Taste, and Chemesthesis. Chemical Senses, 45(7), 609-622. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaa041
• Poessel, M., Freiherr, J., Wiencke, K., Villringer, A., & Horstmann, A. (2020). Insulin resistance is associated with reduced food odor sensitivity across a wide range of body weights. Nutrients, 12(8), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082201
• Schreiner, L., Karacan, B., Blankenagel, S., Packhaeuser, K., Freiherr, J., & Loos, H. (2020). Out of the woods: psychophysiological investigations on wood odors to estimate their suitability as ambient scents. Wood Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-020-01216-y
• Thürauf, N., Sollmann, M., Fuchs, M., Jäger, J., Mettang, M., Reich, K.,... Freiherr, J. (2020). The hedonics of olfactory induced memories - a new model for the analyses of emotional blunting. In CHEMICAL SENSES (pp. 169-170). Trieste, IT: OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.