Publications

2026

Medizin

Teaching personalized doctor-patient communication with AI: PerTRAIN — a prototype for interpersonally responsive virtual patients in medical education

Junga, A., Hätscher, O., Dabel, J., Mado, G., Ajani, A., Pielage, L., Kockwelp, P., Breil, S. M., Baur, H., Siebenbrock, J., Risse, B., Grammer, T., Marschall, B., & Back, M. D. · PsyArXiv

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2026

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Dynamic personality adaptation in large language models via state machines

Pielage, L., Hätscher, O., Back, M., Marschall, B., & Risse, B. · arXiv

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2026

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Using machine learning to predict individual differences in psychological reactivities to social interactions

Hätscher, O., Klinz, J. L., Kuper, N., Kroencke, L., Scharbert, J., Grunenberg, E., & Back, M. D. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 130(3), 569–596

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2025

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LLM-based agent simulations for modeling individual differences in social interactions (LASSI)

Hätscher, O., Pielage, L., Kockwelp, P., Breil, S. M., Junga, A., Dabel, J., Risse, B., Marschall, B., & Back, M. D. · PsyArXiv

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2025

Medizin

Rethinking interaction design: Special implications for interaction concepts in medical education using virtual reality

Junga, A., Bozdere, P., Hätscher, O., Scherzer, S., et al. · Virtual Reality, 29, Article 98

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2025

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Predicting and explaining assessment center judgments: A cross-validated behavioral approach to performance judgments

Grunenberg, E., Stachl, C., Breil, S. M., Schäpers, P., & Back, M. D. · Human Resource Management, 64(2), 423–445

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2025

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Towards a better understanding of social judgments using machine learning: The case of performance judgments

Grunenberg, E., Klinz, J. L., Breil, S. M., Ahrens, H., & Back, M. D. · European Journal of Personality, 40(2), 413–434

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2025

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A large-scale, gamified online assessment of first impressions: The Who Knows project

Rau, R., Grosz, M. P., & Back, M. D. · Behavior Research Methods, 57(3), Article 83

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2025

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Teach the unteachable with a virtual reality (VR) brain death scenario — 800 students and 3 years of experience

Junga, A., Kockwelp, P., Valkov, D., Schulze, H., Bozdere, P., Hätscher, O., Ahrens, H., Marschall, B., Risse, B., & Holling, M. · Perspectives on Medical Education, 14(1), 44–54

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2025

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Building UniGPT: A customizable on-premise LLM-solution for universities

Radas, J., Risse, B., & Vogl, R. · Proceedings of EUNIS 2024, 105, 108–116

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2025

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Interactive high-quality skin lesion generation using diffusion models for VR-based dermatological education

Pielage, L., Schmidle, P., Marschall, B., & Risse, B. · IUI '25: Proc. 30th Intl. Conf. on Intelligent User Interfaces, 878–897

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2024

Medizin

Immersive learning in medical education: Analyzing behavioral insights to shape the future of VR-based courses

Junga, A., Schulze, H., Scherzer, S., Hätscher, O., Bozdere, P., Schmidle, P., Risse, B., & Marschall, B. · BMC Medical Education, 24, Article 1413

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2024

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Physicians' social skills — conceptualization, taxonomy, and behavioral assessment

Breil, S. M., Amelung, D., Oberst, S., Rollinger, T., Ahrens, H., Garbe, A., Kadmon, M., Marschall, B., Back, M. D., & Peters, H. · Perspectives on Medical Education, 13(1), 635–645

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