Prof. Dr. habil. Martin Köllner

Book

• Stang, P., & Weiss, M., & Köllner, M. G. (Eds.) (2025). Health Psychology: Applications in Clinical and Sports Contexts. Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748954804

Publications in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes

• Köllner, M. G., Stang, P., & Opelz, K. (in press). Learning by Teaching in psychological diagnostics: Students as instructors for the use of psychometric tests. In S. W. Kolbe & J.-P. Martin (Eds.), Learning by Teaching Global: Practical and Research-Based Contributions for a Didactics of the Future (Vol. 2.). Beltz Juventa.
• Janson, K. T., & Köllner, M. G. (in press). Implicit motives, attention, and stimulus-driven learning. In O. C. Schultheiss & J. S. Pang (Eds.), Implicit Motives (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
• Köllner, M. G., & Janson, K. T. (in press). Organizational hormone effects on implicit motive development. In O. C. Schultheiss & J. S. Pang (Eds.), Implicit Motives (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
• Janson, K. T., Köllner, M. G., Pülschen, L.-S., Stamm, L., & Schultheiss, O. C. (in press). Motive-modulated Attentional Orienting is Shaped by Stimulus-driven Learning: The Case of Dominance Cues and the Need for Power. Motivation Science.
• Stang, P., Köllner, M. G., & Weiss, M. (in press). Digital MBSR training for TIN* Individuals. BPA Applied Psychology Bulletin / Preprint available at: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/sqxn4_v1?view_only=
• Brummer, J., Herbolsheimer, F., & Köllner, M. G. (2026). Muscle-strengthening activities: Practices, barriers, and approaches for their promotion – results from an online survey. Sport Sciences for Health, 22, Article 74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-026-01663-3
• Steib, S., Rettig-Hiebsch, S., Schöttner, H., Gabduliyanova, A., Theil, F., Wanner, P., & Köllner, M. G. (2026). Implicit power motive, affect, and gross-motor skill learning in a contest scenario. Performance Enhancement & Health, 14(2), 100410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2025.100410
• Jahnel, J. R., & Köllner, M. G. (2025). Exercise, stress, and coping. In P. Stang, M. Weiss & M. G. Köllner (Eds.), Health Psychology: Applications in Clinical and Sports Contexts (pp. 139-149). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748954804-139
• Finger, T, & Köllner, M. G. (2025). Step by step towards better (mental) health: Hiking as a potential means of improving well-being. In P. Stang, M. Weiss & M. G. Köllner (Eds.), Health Psychology: Applications in Clinical and Sports Contexts (pp. 127-137). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748954804-127
• Brummer, J. & Köllner, M. G. (2025). Personalizing physical activity promotion interventions based on implicit motives. In P. Stang, M. Weiss & M. G. Köllner (Eds.), Health Psychology: Applications in Clinical and Sports Contexts (pp. 103-114). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748954804-103
• Köllner, M. G., Janson, K. T., & Jahnel, J. (2025). Using motivational psychology to promote physical activity: A three-stage approach. In P. Stang, M. Weiss & M. G. Köllner (Eds.), Health Psychology: Applications in Clinical and Sports Contexts (pp. 91-102). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748954804-91
• Thümler, F., Köllner, M. G., & Rettig-Hiebsch, S. (2025). Social work in early intervention with families with a migration background: A field report on challenges and possible approaches. In S. Kolbe, M. Wüchner-Fuchs & P. Stang (Eds.), Helfen, Beraten, Gestalten: Interdisziplinäre Szenarien und Perspektiven für eine Gesellschaft der Zukunft [Helping, advising, shaping: Interdisciplinary scenarios and perspectives for a society of the future] (pp. 147-161). Verlag Dr. Gabriele Schäfer.
• Brummer, J., Herbolsheimer; F., Hoffmann, E., Stang, P., Steindorf, K. & Köllner, M. G. (2025). Measuring Up: Is Frequency Enough for Assessing Adherence to Muscle-Strengthening Guidelines?. Journal of Public Health. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-025-02596-w
• Stang, P., Köllner, M. G., & Rico-Dresel, D. (2025). A look at mindfulness research, focusing on the use of MBSR in old age. GeroPsych - The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 38(3), 93–100. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000346
• Stang, P., Köllner, M. G., & Weiss, M. (2025). Gender-related and sexual problems among children and adolescents. Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, 16(2), 141-152. https://doi.org/10.34883/PI.2025.16.2.002
• Brummer, J., Sudharsanan, N.+, & Köllner, M. G.+ (2024). The relationship between implicit motives and physical activity: A scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 13(264). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02678-y / Preprint available at: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4745569
• Stang, P., Weiss, M., & Köllner, M. G. (2024). Entwicklung der Diagnosehäufigkeiten im Kontext von Sexualität und Geschlecht in der stationären Versorgung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. [Development of diagnosis frequencies in the context of sexuality and gender in inpatient care for children and adolescents]. Gesundheitswesen [Healthcare System], 86, 468–470. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2321-8492
• Janson, K. T., Konopka, B., & Köllner, M. G. (2024). Einstellungen von Behandelnden zu Menschen mit psychotischer Störung: Diskrepanzen zum Stand der Forschung mit Konsequenzen für die psychotherapeutische Versorgung. [Attitudes of practitioners towards people with psychotic disorder: Discrepancies with the state of research with consequences for psychotherapeutic care]. In S. Scholz & J. Zerth (Eds.), Versorgung gestalten in vulnerablen Lebenslagen [Shaping health service in vulnerable life circumstances] (pp. 57-73). Kohlhammer Verlag.
• Stang, P., Köllner, M. G., & Weiss, M. (2024). Social support and attachment in persons diagnosed with psychotic spectrum disorders. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-4055
• Köllner, M. G., Braun, S., Schöttner, H., Dlugash, G., Bettac, M., & Steib, S. (2022). Relationships of the ulna-to-fibula ratio to baseline and reactive steroid hormone levels: An exploratory study. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 8, 407–432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-022-00204-9
• Köllner, M. G., Pülschen, L.-S., Stamm, L., & Janson, K. T. (2022). The ulna-to-fibula ratio as a marker of organizational hormone effects on implicit motive development: A high-powered preregistered replication. Motivation Science, 8(3), 276-283. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000271 / Preprint available at: PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hskvy
• Janson, K. T., Köllner, M. G., Khalaidovski, K., Pülschen, L.-S., Rudnaya, A., Stamm, L., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2022). Motive-modulated attentional orienting: Implicit power motive predicts attentional avoidance of signals of interpersonal dominance. Motivation Science, 8(1), 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000254
• Schultheiss, O. C., & Köllner, M. G. (2021). Implicit motives. In O. P. John & R. W. Robins (Eds.), Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research (4th ed., pp. 385-410). Guilford Press.
• Schönbrodt, F. D., Hagemeyer, B., Brandstätter, V., Czikmantori, T., Gröpel, P., Hennecke, M., Israel, L. S. F., Janson, K. T., Kemper, N., Köllner, M. G., Kopp, P. M., Mojzisch, A., Müller-Hotop, R., Prüfer, J., Quirin, M., Scheidemann, B., Schiestel, L., Schulz-Hardt, S., Sust, L. N. N., Zygar-Hoffmann, C., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2021). Measuring implicit motives with the Picture Story Exercise (PSE): Databases of expert-coded German stories, pictures, and updated picture norms. Journal of Personality Assessment, 103(3), 392-405. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2020.1726936
• Schultheiss, O. C., Köllner, M. G., Busch, H., & Hofer, J. (2021). Evidence for a robust, estradiol-associated sex difference in narrative-writing fluency. Neuropsychology, 35(3), 323–333. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000706 [correction: https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000762]
• Köllner, M. G., & Bleck, K. (2020). Exploratory evidence of sex-dimorphic associations of the ulna-to-fibula ratio, a potential marker of pubertal sex steroid exposure, with the implicit need for power. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6, 93-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00130-8
• Lenz, B., Köllner, M. G., Mühle, C., Weinland, C., & Kornhuber, J. (2019). Basic human body dimensions relate to alcohol dependence and predict hospital readmission. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(2076). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8122076
• Schmiedl, H., & Köllner, M. G. (2019). Book Review: The Psychologist’s Companion (6th edition). Frontiers in Psychology, 10(556). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00556
• Köllner, M. G., Janson, K. T., & Bleck, K. (2019). The social biopsychology of implicit motive development. In O. C. Schultheiss & P. H. Mehta (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology (pp. 568-585). Routledge.
• Köllner, M. G., Janson, K. T., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2018). Commentary: Sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio in human skulls and faces: A meta-analytical approach. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 9(227). https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00227
• Köllner, M. G. (2018). Book review: An introduction to behavioral endocrinology (5th edition). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12(161). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00161
• Janson, K. T., Bleck, K., Fenkl, J., Riegl, L. T., Jägel, F., & Köllner, M. G. (2018). Inhibited power motivation is associated with the facial width-to-height ratio in females. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 4(1), 21-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-017-0075-y
• Köllner, M. G., & Janson, K. T. (2017). The sociobiological development and arousal of implicit motives: The emergence of a growth-and-prune model of motive development and the continued linkage of hormones and motives throughout the life span. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83S, 70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.07.426
• Janson, K. T., Bleck, K., Fenkl, J., Riegl, L. T., Jägel, F., & Köllner, M. G. (2017). The implicit power motive and the facial width-to-height ratio as possible marker of organizational hormone effects during puberty. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83S, 69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.07.424
• Köllner, M. G., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2014). Meta-analytic evidence of low convergence between implicit and explicit measures of the needs for achievement, affiliation, and power. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(826). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00826
• Schultheiss, O. C., & Köllner, M. G. (2014). Implicit motives, affect, and the development of competencies: A virtuous-circle model of motive-driven learning. In R. Pekrun & L. Linnenbrink-Garcia (Eds.), International Handbook of Emotions in Education (pp.73-95). Taylor & Francis/Routledge.

Contributions without peer review

• Stang, P., Weiss, M., & Köllner, M. G. (2025). Informationsbroschüre zum Psychologiestudium [Information brochure on studying psychology]. SRH University. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/9TSEH
• Krauss, S., & Köllner, M. G. (2025). Selbstreflexion – Wie objektiv ist sie wirklich? [Self-reflection - How objective is it really?]. Soziologie heute [Sociology today], February 2025, 26-28.
• Krauss, S., & Köllner, M. G. (2026). Poppsychologie trifft Neurobiologie - Die Mythen rund um das Dopaminfasten [Popular psychology meets neurobiology—the myths surrounding dopamine fasting]. Soziologie heute [Sociology today], February 2026, 34-35.

Selected conference presentations

• Köllner, M. G., & Wirth, M. (2024, March). Digitalization in exercise and fitness contexts – Benefits and risks from a sport psychological perspective. Presentation at the Digital Health & Care: Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice conference, Fürth, Germany.
• Köllner, M. G., Stamm, L., Janson, K. T., & Jahnel, J. (2023, September). Motivationale Faktoren bei Sport und Bewegung. [Motivational factors in sports and physical activity]. Presentation at the Fachtag Psyche und Gesundheit im Einklang, Fürth, Germany.
• Köllner, M. G. (2023, July). Organisierende Hormoneffekte auf implizite Motive - Habilitationsvortrag. [Organizational hormone effects on implicit motives – Habilitation lecture]. Presentation at the Tag der Forschung [PHIL Researchers’ Day], Erlangen, Germany.
• Köllner, M.G., Braun, S., Gegenfurtner, P., Schöttner, H., Schuster, L. & Steib, S. (2021, March). Organizational hormone effects and reactions to a dominance contest: An experimental approach. Presentation at the 63^rd TeaP - Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Conference of Experimental Psychologists), Ulm, Germany.
• Köllner, M. G. (2019, October). Organisierende Hormoneffekte auf das motivationale Gehirn [Organizing hormone effects on the motivational brain]. Presentation at the 39^th Colloquium on Motivational Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
• Köllner, M. G. (2017; October). 2nd sentence rule versus eXtended coding. Invited presentation at the “Workshop Motive Assessment with David Winter”, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
• Köllner, M. G., & Janson, K. T. (2017). The sociobiological development and arousal of implicit motives: The emergence of a growth-and-prune model of motive development and the continued linkage of hormones and motives throughout the life span. Presentation at the 47^th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Zurich (Switzerland).
• Köllner, M. G., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2012, July). Implicit and explicit motive measures – a meta-analysis of their correlation and potential moderators of the relationship. Presentation at the 16^th European Conference on Personality, Trieste (Italy).

 

Selected additional lectures

• Köllner, M. G. (2025; August). Motivationstools & gute Vorsätze für den Alltag [Motivational tools & good intentions for everyday life]. Invited presentation at the Team Morning of the UAS-Content-Crew, SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg, online, Germany.
• Köllner, M. G., Stamm, L., Janson, K. T., & Jahnel, J. (2023; November). Sport & Bewegung - Wie mache ich aus einem motivierten Vorsatz eine stabile Gewohnheit? [Sports & activity - How to turn a motivated resolution into a stable habit]. Invited presentation at the 1^st SRH Gesundheitstag, SRH Hochschule für Gesundheit, Gera, Germany.
• Köllner, M. G. (2023; October). Insta-Likes und Laborratten – wie subtile Belohnungen unser Verhalten manipulieren [Insta likes and laboratory rats – How subtle rewards manipulate our behavior]. Invited presentation at the “Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften”, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, Fürth, Germany.

Software

• Köllner, M. G., Schmiedl, H., Waßer, J., & Schmiedl, S. (2017). Face/Palm Measuring Tool: A stand-alone software for standardized hand and face morphometry [Software and manual]. Erlangen. Retrieved from https://github.com/swsch/FacePalm
• Walther, C. S., Walther, F. T., & Köllner, M. G. (2016). MMC: MovieMotiveCoder – A software for coding implicit motives and various behavioral data from audiovisual material [Software and manual]. Retrieved from http://www.psych2.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~oschult/humanlab/resources/resources_MMC.htm

Selected current media reports

• ZDF Heute (2025); Interview zum Thema “"Slow Christmas" ohne Adventskranz: Wie sich der Advent und seine Traditionen verändern”. https://www.zdfheute.de/panorama/erster-advent-adventskranz-tradition-heute-100.html
• ZDF Heute (2025); Interview zum Thema “Weihnachten XXL: Wenn die Vorfreude kippt”. https://www.zdfheute.de/panorama/weihnachten-weihnachtsmaerkte-vorfreude-stress-100.html
• Herbstzeitlose Seniorenmagazin, 2025(12), S. 16-18 (Titelthema); Interview zum Thema “Plädoyer für das konkrete Wünschen - Neujahrswünsche: meist nur Allgemeinplätze und Floskeln“. https://www.herbstzeitlose-erlangen.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HZL_Nuernberg_1225.pdf
• Radio F / Funkhaus Nürnberg (2025); Radio-Interview zum Thema “Gute Vorsätze”. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qpLRjr3twkUz5exNm4adgSzzA90L6Qyo/view?usp=sharing
• Radio F / Funkhaus Nürnberg (2024); Radio-Interview zum Thema “Weihnachtszoff”. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SZXaxlzWq6qaQYYDYg7IuZbojsFHs7oD/view?usp=sharing
• SWR-Fernsehdokumentation (2024); Interview und Szenen aus der Forschung für “Unheimliche Macht - Wie Hormone uns steuern” (Minute 31.06-37.08). https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr-wissen/unheimliche-macht-wie-hormone-uns-steuern/swr/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzE5OTgxNDg
• ZDF Heute (2023); Interview zum Thema “Glück und Co zu Neujahr: Wie Wünsche für sich und andere gelingen”.
• Nürnberger Nachrichten (2023), 79(66); Zeitungsinterview zum Thema “Fit in den Frühling – Mehr Motivation, bitte!“.
• envivas.puls – Das Gesundheitsmagazin (2023); Interview zum Thema “Zu anstrengend, fehlende Motivation – warum gute Vorsätze so oft scheitern”. https://www.envivas.de/magazin/gesundheitswissen/gute-vorsaetze/
• funklust – Deine Campusmedien (2018); Radio-Interview zum Thema “Wahrsagen”. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1knzqs7gyF9ogvCqL_3XbUAvUNNRgciDK/view
• afk max (2016); Radio-Interview zum Thema “Unzufriedenheit”. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i57skh532QbIMlOkZn7SRa7V-CIQ5CWa/view