Projects

Clinical psychology and psychotherapy

• OPTAPEB: In the project OPTAPEB the fundamental feasibility of a system is to be pointed out, which can support the psychotherapy with social anxiety. In this way, emotional reactions in virtual anxiety-afflicted situations are detected multimodally, relevant parameters to data fusion are extracted, and suggestions for intervention are derived. Project coordination A. Mühlberger.
• ViReTa project: Study on the effectiveness of specific relaxation training in comparison to a virtual abstinence training as an additional component of a cognitive-behavioral tobacco cessation program. Bizentric study in cooperation with the University Hospital Tübingen. Project Leader: A. Batra, A. Mühlberger.
• Prof. Mühlberger is an associate member of the SFB TRR58 and manages one grant component jointly with Prof. Pauli (located at the University of Würzburg)
• Development and impairment of anxiety disorders and depression after spine surgery: Deutsche Wirbelsäulenstiftung (DWS). E. Shiban (Klinikum Rechts der Isar, München), Y. Shiban, A. Mühlberger.
• CAVE 3D Multisensors Laboratory of Behavior. Sponsored by DFG as part of the large equipment initiative with DFG contribution of 185.500 € (INST 89/392-1 FUGG). Project manager: A. Mühlberger.
• Monitoring of outpatient psychotherapy and supervision at the ambulance of the AVM gGmbH, research cooperation with AVM e.V., Project manager: A. Mühlberger, T. Probst.
• Prof. Mühlberger ist member of the Graduate Programme "Neurobiology of Emotion Dysfunctions" (GRK 2174) of the University Regensburg and manage the sub-projects P6-P8.

Security research

• Analysis of reactions and flight behavior to users of street tunnels with automatic firefighting equipement based on real tests. FuE project on behalf of the Federal Highway Research Institute and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (15.0607/2014/ERB). Project manager: A. Mühlberger.

Clinical psychology and psychotherapy

• Prof. Mühlberger is an associate member of the SKRIBTplus SKRIBT (Protection of critical bridges and tunnels) consortium and manages one grant component on human behavior (located at the University of Würzburg and Regensburg);
• Prof. Mühlberger is a member of the Emotion and Behavior research team and manages one grant component on fear and presence (located at the University of Würzburg).
• Scientific Symposium for Anxiety Disorders: Integration Research and Psychotherapy at Mai 2015, Funding by Vielberth Stiftung.
• DFG, FOR 605: WE2930-2 / 2; Impulsive and reflective mechanisms of the modulation of facial reactions in response to emotional facial expressions. Project managers: P. Weyers and A. Mühlberger 06/2009 - 06/2012
• DFG, FOR 605, MU2299-2/2; Fear and presence in virtual reality. Project managers: Mühlberger, A. & Alpers, G. W. 09/2009-08/2012
• DFG, SFB TRR 58; Structural/functional correlates of contextual fear conditioning in humans. Project managers: Pauli, P. & Mühlberger, A. 07/2009-06/2012
• DFG, MU2299-1/2; Temporal aspects of gaze behavior and eye contact of socially fearful participants in virtual social situations. Project managers: Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. 05/2005-04/2007
• DFG, FOR 605, MU2299-2/1; Fear in virtual reality: perceptual stimuli versus fear inducing information. Project managers: Mühlberger, A. & Alpers, G. W. 09/2006-08/2009
• DFG, FOR 605, WE2930-2/1; 2006-2009; Modification of facial reactions to emotional facial expressions – facial mimicry – through impulsive and reflective processes. Project managers: Weyers, P., Seibt, B. & Mühlberger, A. 09/2006-08/2009

Security research

• BMVBW, 03.390/2005/FGB; Layout of emergency exits in street tunnels. R&D project in cooperation with Highway Research Institute of Aachen (in charge) and ILF Consulting Engineers. Project managers Würzburg: Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. 09/2005-02/2007
• BMBF (FKZ: 13N9645A); Human behavior and the investigation of psychological factors. Part of the joint project „Protection of critical bridges and tunnels“ (SKRIBTplus). Project managers: Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. 01/2012-12/2014
• BMBF (FKZ: 13N9645); Human behavior and the investigation of psychological factors. Part of the joint project „Protection of critical bridges and tunnels in the course of roads“ (SKRIBT). Project managers: Pauli, P. & Mühlberger, A. 02/2008-01/2011
• Effectiveness analysis of safety installations visible to users of street tunnels. R&D project on behalf of the Federal Highway Research Institute and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (15.0513/2011/ERB). Project manager: Mühlberger, A. in cooperation with Planung Transport und Verkehr PTV JSC and the University of Würzburg, Prof. Pauli (PI).
• Behavior of elderly traffic participants in tunnels. R&D project on behalf of the Federal Highway Research Institute and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (FE 15.0542/2011/ERB). Project manager Würzburg: Pauli P. and Mühlberger, A. in cooperation with Planung Transport und Verkehr PTV JSC.
• Effectiveness of automatic firefighting equipment in street tunnels. R&D project on behalf of the Federal Highway Research Institute and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (FE 15.0563/2012/ERB). Project manager Regensburg: Mühlberger, A. and Pauli P. in cooperation with ILF Consulting Engineers (PI).
• San Bernardino Tunnel: layout and tunnel security; investigation of subjective influence of color and form on a model of the San Bernardino Tunnel. R&D project on behalf of the Civil Engineering Department of Grisons by Max-Plank Institute for biological cybernetics with the University of Würzburg as a subcontractor (Bülthoff, Mühlberger, Chatziastros)
• Influence of an automatic firefighting equipment (DLS) on the reaction and flight behavior of road users. FuE project on  behalf of the Federal Highway Research Institute and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (FE 89.0299/2014). Project manager: A. Mühlberger.