Dr. Dieter Kleinböhl
Professor
Psychology
Otto-Selz-Institute of Applied Psychology
Germany
Biography
1981 - 1983 pre-study educational program Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nürnberg 1983 - 1991 study of Psychology at the University of Mannheim 1991 Diploma in Psychology 1993 - 1995 Ph.D. thesis project at Otto-Selz-Institute, University of Mannheim 1995 Ph.D. (Dr. phil.; summa cum laude), University of Mannheim 1995 - 2007 Deputy head of the Laboratory of Clinical Psychophysiology, Otto-Selz-Institute, University of Mannheim 1996 - 1998 studies in Medical Physics, Educational Academy, Universities Heidelberg and Mannheim 1999 - 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Mannheim 2006 Habilitation for Psychology, University of Mannheim
Research Interest
Psychophysics and psychophysiology of somatosensation, body awareness and chronic pain Role of implicit learning in pain perception Neuroimaging and cognitive neurosciences
Publications
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Kleinböhl D, Görtelmeyer R, Bender H, Hölzl R. Amantadine sulfate reduces sensitization and pain in chronic back pain patients. Anesth Analg 2006;102:840-7
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Kleinböhl D, Trojan J, Konrad C, Hölzl R. Sensitization and habituation of first and second pain related percepts of repetitive radiant heat stimulation. Clin Neurophysiol 2006;117:118-30.
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Becker S, Kleinböhl D, Klossika I, Hölzl R. Operant conditioning of enhanced pain sensitivity by heat-pain titration. Pain 2008;140(1):104-14.