• Chronic Pain:
  • Topics: Pain physiology (central sensitization), Endogenous pain inhibition
    Attention and other psychological pain modulations
    Pain treatment (operant behavioral treatment, virtual and augmented reality)
    Body schema (Mirror box, Rubber hand Illusion, visual feedback)
  • Methods: behavioural data, EEG, fMRI, MRI, PET, MEG, EMG
  • Patient groups: Chronic Back Pain, Fibromyalgia, Headache, Phantom limb pain, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Eating Disorder
  • Topics: Body schema, reward system, cognitive control, influence of automatic processes on the own body evaluation
  • Methods: behavioural data
  • Patient groups: Anorexia Nervosa
• Behavioral Addictions:
  • Topics: cue reactivity, craving, executive functions, specific inhibitory control, decision making, effects of acute stress
  • Methods: behavioural data, fMRI, MRI
  • Patient groups: gaming disorder, pornography-use disorder

03/2024: DFG Research Unit 2974: Affective and cognitive mechanisms of specific Internet-use disorders (ACSID) (5,2 Mio€) RP4 (Dr. Stephanie Antons, Prof. Dr. Martin Diers, Prof. Dr. Oliver T. Wolf): Automatic and habit-like cue-reactivity responses in gaming disorder and pornography use disorder: Effects of acute stress and cue devaluation on subjective, behavioral, psychophysiological, and neural correlates (in total: 753,542.-€, my part: 272,193.-€)

 02/2023: University Bochum, InnovationsFoRUM IF-002-22: funding of the Medical Faculty. Together with PD Dr. Adriane Icenhour. Effects of an open-label placebo-intervention on pain processing and learnt anticipation – an experimental fMRT-study in patients with fibromyalgia (in total: 299,988.-€, my part: 149,993.-€)

06/2021: Federal State NRW Government-backed stimulus package: Investment program for the modernization of structural and medical-technical structures (LWL hospital total: 600,000.-€, Psychosomatic 290,000.-€, my part 165,000.-€)

10/2020: DFG, Research Unit 2974: Affective and cognitive mechanisms of specific Internet-use disorders (ACSID) (3.3Mio€). RP4 (Prof. Dr. Matthias Brand, Prof. Dr. Oliver T. Wolf, Prof. Dr. Martin Diers): Cue reactivity in gaming disorder and pornography-use disorder: Behavioral and neural correlates and effects of acute stress (in total 586,278.-€, my part 176,700.-€)

10/2018: University Bochum, funding of the Medical Faculty FoRUM F919-17: Investigation of thalamic function, structure and neurochemistry in patients suffering from phantom limb pain (59,900.-€)

09/2018: Mercator Research Center Ruhr: Small molecules with large impact: miRNAs in the pathogenesis of fibromyalgia (29,350.-€)

11/2016:  DFG, Neuronal correlates of pain controllability in chronic musculoskeletal pain (209.245,-€) 10/2020: additional funds (18,100.-€)

07/2016: University Bochum, funding of the Medical Faculty FoRUM F866R-16: Modulation of visual induced analgesia during experimental painful stimulation (55,768.-€)

09/2012: DFG, Seeing what you feel behind: neuronal correlates of seeing painful stimulation (19,500.-€)

11/2022  FoRUM Scienceprize 1st prize clinical science, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum (1,000.-€)

10/2015 Award for pain research; 2. prize clinical research, For the paper: Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain: Brain changes and the role of body representation. German Association for the Study of Pain (DGSS) (3,500.-€)

10/2014 Fellowship in the Mentoring Program for outstanding young scientists, Biopsychology and Neuropsychology section of the German Association for Psychology (DGPs)

02/2013 1. prize of the MEG Study Competition 2013, together with Prof. Dr. Petra Schweinhardt, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (18,000.-C$) (13,500.-€)

07/2012 Elected for the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) Alumni Symposium at the Federation of European Neurosciences (FENS) Forum 2012

03/2012 Early Career Research Grant, Offered by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Proposal: Seeing what you feel behind: neuronal correlates of seeing painful stimulation, (20,000.-$) (15,500.-€)

09/2011 Nominated for Best Poster Presentation of the 7th Congress of the European Federation of IASP® Chapters (EFIC®), See what you feel behind: Looking at one's own back reduces experimental pain intensity in chronic back pain patients.

06/2011 Elected scholar of the European Pain School, Siena, Organized by the Federation of European Neurosciences (FENS) and the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)

05/2011 1. prize of the young investigator Award for Pain research of the Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Proposal: Seeing what you feel behind: neuronal correlates of seeing painful stimulation, (5,000.-€)

2023

• Antons, S., Büsche, K., Mallon, L., Wolf, O.T., Diers, M., & Brand, M. (2023). Stress susceptibility, affective responses toward acute stressors and emotion regulation strategies in the context of problematic pornography use. Sexual Health & Compulsivity 30(3), 1-21.
• Berg F, Moser DA, Hagena V, Streit F, Mosch B, Kumsta R, Herpertz S, Diers M. MicroRNA-Related Polymorphism and Their Association with Fibromyalgia. Genes 2023;14,1312.
• Diers M, Fuchs X, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Flor H. Prevalence of phantom phenomena in congenital and early-life amputees. Journal of Pain 2023;24:502-508.
• Diers, M., Müller, S.M., Mallon, L., Schmid, A.M., Thomas, T.A., Klein, L., Krikova, K., Stark, R., Wegmann, E., Steins-Loeber, S., Brand, M., Antons, S. (2023). Cue-reactivity to distal cues in individuals at risk for gaming disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry 125, 152399.
• Mosch B, Hagena V, Hepertz S, Ruttorf M, & Diers M. Neural correlates of control over pain in fibromyalgia patients. NeuroImage: Clinical 2023;37:103355.[DMP1]
• Mosch B, Hagena V, Hepertz S, & Diers M. Brain morphometric changes in fibromyalgia and the impact of psychometric and clinical factors: A volumetric and diffusion-tensor imaging study. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2023;25:81.
• Mosch, B., Hagena, V., Hepertz, S., & Diers, M. Adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on fibromyalgia patients in Germany: A longitudinal investigation including pre-pandemic data of pain and health-related outcomes. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 2023;41:1301-1309.

2022

• Baumann P, Beckmann N, Herpertz S, Trojan J, Diers M. Influencing the body schema through the feeling of satiety. Scientific Reports 2022;12:2350.
• Diers, M., Krumm, B., Fuchs, X., Bekrater-Bodmann, R., Milde, C., Trojan, J., Foell, J., Becker, S., Rümenapf, G., & Flor, H. The prevalence and characteristics of phantom limb pain and non-painful phantom phenomena in a nationwide survey of 3374 unilateral limb amputees. Journal of Pain 2022;23(3):411-423.
• Fuchs X, Diers M, Trojan J, Kirsch P, Milde C, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Rance M, Foell J, Andoh J, Becker S, Flor, H. Phantom limb pain intensity after unilateral arm amputation is associated with increased heat pain and decreased warmth sensitivity in the face. Eur J Pain 2022;26(4):114-132.

2021

• Beckmann N, Baumann P, Herpertz S, Trojan J, Diers M. How the unconscious mind controls body movements: body schema distortion in Anorexia Nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorder 2021;54(4):578-586.
• Beinert K, Deutsch K, Löscher S, Diers M. Watching your neck: The influence of real-time visual feedback on cervical joint position sense in chronic neck pain. Motor Control 2021;25(4):630-643.
• Bekrater-Bodmann R, Reinhard I, Diers M, Fuchs X, Flor H. Relationship of prosthesis ownership and phantom limb pain: results of a survey in 2,383 limb amputees. Pain 2021;162(2):630-640.
• Brand M, Müller A, Stark R, Steins-Loeber S, Klucken T, Montag C, Diers M, Wolf OT, Rumpf H-J, Wölfling K, Wegmann E. Addiction Research Unit: Affective and cognitive mechanisms of specific Internet-use disorders. Addiction Biology 2021;26e13087.
• Cordier L, Ullrich EM, Herpertz S, Zieglgänsberger W, Trojan J, Diers M. Differential effects of visually induced analgesia and attention depending on the pain stimulation site. Eur J Pain 2021;25:375-384.
• Leins J, Waldorf M, Suchan B, Diers M, Herpertz S, Paslakis G, Steins-Loeber S. Exposure to the thin beauty ideal: Are there subliminal priming effects? International Journal of Eating Disorder 2021;54(4):506-515.
• Kogel, A-K., Herpertz, S., Steins-Loeber, S. & Diers, M. Disorder specific rewarding stimuli in anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorder 2021;54:1477-1485.

2020

• Andoh J, Milde C, Diers M, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Trojan J, Fuchs X, Becker S, Desch S, Flor, H. Assessment of cortical reorganization and preserved function in phantom limb pain: a methodological perspective. Scientific Reports 2020;10(1):11504.
• Cordier L, Fuchs X, Herpertz S, Trojan J, Diers M (2020). Synchronous stimulation with light and heat induces body ownership and reduces pain perception. Journal of Pain 21(5-6), 700-707.
• Diers M, de Vos CC, Gandhi W, Hoeppli ME, Becker S, Bock E, Baillet S, Schweinhardt P. Induced oscillatory signaling in the beta frequency of top-down pain modulation. Pain Rep. 2020;5(1):e806.
• Steinbüchel TA, Herpertz S, Dieris-Hirche J, Kehyayan A, Külpmann I, Diers M, te Wildt BT. Internetabhängigkeit und Suizidalität – ein Vergleich Internetabhängiger und nicht abhängiger Patienten mit einer gesunden Population [Internet Addiction and Suicidality – Comparative Study of Internet-Dependent and Non-Dependent Patients with Healthy Controls]. Psychother Psychsom Med Psychol 70(11), 457-466.

2019

• Beinert, K., Lutz, B., Zieglgänsberger, W., & Diers, M. Seeing the site of treatment improves habitual pain but not cervical joint position sense immediately after manual therapy in chronic neck pain patients. Eur J Pain 2019;23(1):117-123.

2018

• Trojan, J., Fuchs, X., Speth, S.L., & Diers, M. The rubber hand illusion induced by visual-thermal stimulation. Scientific Reports, 2018; 8:12417.
• Wakolbinger, R., Diers, M., Hruby, L.A., Sturma, A., & Aszmann, O.C. Home based Tactile Discrimination Training (TDT) reduces phantom limb pain. Pain Pract. 2018;18(6):709-715.

2017

• Andoh J, Diers M, Milde C, Christmann C, Köppe C, Kleinböhl D, & Flor H. Neural correlates of evoked phantom limb sensations. Biological Psychology 2017;126:89-97.
• Löffler A, Trojan J, Zieglgänsberger W, & Diers M. Visually induced analgesia during massage treatment in chronic back pain patients. Eur J Pain 2017;21(10):1623-1631.

2016

• Diers M, Löffler A, Zieglgänsberger W, Trojan J. Watching your pain site reduces pain intensity in chronic back pain patients. Eur J Pain 2016;20(4):581-585.
• Fuchs X, Riemer M, Diers M, Flor H, Trojan, J. Perceptual drifts of real and artificial limbs in the rubber hand illusion. Scientific Reports 2016;6:24362.
• Kamping S, Andoh J, Bomba I, Diers M, Diesch E, Flor H. Contextual modulation of pain in masochists: involvement of the parietal operculum and insula. Pain. 2016;157(2):445-455.

2015

• Bekrater-Bodmann R, Schredl M, Diers M, Reinhard I, Foell J, Trojan J, Fuchs X, Flor H. Post-amputation pain is associated with the recall of an impaired body representation in dreams - results from a nation-wide survey on limb amputees. PlosOne. 2015;10(3): e0119552.
• Diers M, Kamping S, Yilmaz P, Rance M, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Foell J, Trojan J, Fuchs X, Bach F, Maaß H, Çakmak H, Flor H. Illusion-related brain activations: A new virtual reality mirror box system for use during functional magnetic resonance imaging. Brain Res. 2015;1594:173-182.
• Laux P, Krumm B, Diers M, Flor H. Recovery–stress balance and injury risk in professional football players: a prospective study. Journal of Sport Sciences. 2015;33:2140-2148.
• Milde C, Rance M, Yilmaz P, Trojan J, Fuchs X, Foell J, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Flor H, Diers M. Do mirror glasses have the same effect on brain activity as a classical mirror box? Evidence from an fMRI study with healthy subjects. PlosOne. 2015;10(5):e0127694.
• Streit F, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Diers M, Reinhard I, Frank J, Wüst S, Seltzer Z, Flor H, Rietschel M. Concordance of phantom- and residual limb pain phenotypes in double amputees: evidence for contribution of distinct and common individual factors. Journal of Pain. 2015;16:1377-1385.

2014

• Bekrater-Bodmann R, Foell J, Diers M, Kamping S, Rance M, Yilmaz P, Trojan J, Fuchs X, Bach F, Çakmak HK, Maaß H, Flor H. The importance of synchrony and temporal order of visual and tactile input for illusory limb ownership experiences – an fMRI study applying virtual reality. PlosOne. 2014;9(1):e87013.
• Foell J, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Diers M, Flor H. Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain: Brain changes and the role of body representation. Eur J Pain. 2014b;18(5):729-739.
• Trojan* J, Diers* M, Fuchs X, Bach F, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Foell J, Kamping S, Rance M, Maaß H, Flor H. An augmented reality home-training system based on the mirror and imagery treatment approach. Behavior Research. 2014;46:634-640. *Both authors contributed equally to this work.

2013

• Diers M, Zieglgansberger W, Trojan J, Drevensek AM, Erhardt-Raum G, Flor H. Site-specific visual feedback reduces pain perception. Pain. 2013;154(6):890-896.

2012

• Bach F, Cakmak H, Maass H, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Foell J, Diers M, Trojan J, Fuchs X, Flor H. Illusory hand ownership induced by an MRI compatible immersive virtual reality device. Biomed Tech (Berl). 2012;57(Suppl. 1):719-720.
• Bekrater-Bodmann R, Foell J, Diers M, Flor H. The perceptual and neuronal stability of the rubber hand illusion across contexts and over time. Brain Res. 2012;1452:130-139.
• Diener SJ, Wessa M, Ridder S, Lang S, Diers M, Steil R, Flor H. Enhanced stress analgesia to a cognitively demanding task in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. J Affect Disord. 2012;136(3):1247-1251.
• Diers M, Yilmaz P, Rance M, Thieme K, Gracely RH, Rolko C, Schley MT, Kiessling U, Wang H, Flor H. Treatment-related changes in brain activation in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome. Exp Brain Res. 2012;218(4):619-628.

2011

• Diers M, Schley MT, Rance M, Yilmaz P, Lauer L, Rukwied R, Schmelz M, Flor H. Differential central pain processing following repetitive intramuscular proton/prostaglandin E(2) injections in female fibromyalgia patients and healthy controls. Eur J Pain. 2011;15(7):716-723.

2010

• Diers M, Christmann C, Koeppe C, Ruf M, Flor H. Mirrored, imagined and executed movements differentially activate sensorimotor cortex in amputees with and without phantom limb pain. Pain. 2010;149(2):296-304.
• Yilmaz* P, Diers* M, Diener S, Rance M, Wessa M, Flor H. Brain correlates of stress-induced analgesia. Pain. 2010;151(2):522-529. *Both authors contributed equally to this work.

2008

• Diers M, Koeppe C, Yilmaz P, Thieme K, Markela-Lerenc J, Schiltenwolf M, van Ackern K, Flor H. Pain ratings and somatosensory evoked responses to repetitive intramuscular and intracutaneous stimulation in fibromyalgia syndrome. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2008;25(3):153-160.

2007

• Diers M, Koeppe C, Diesch E, Stolle AM, Hölzl R, Schiltenwolf M, van Ackern K, Flor H. Central processing of acute muscle pain in chronic low back pain patients: an EEG mapping study. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2007;24(1):76-83.

2004

• Flor H, Diers M, Birbaumer N. Peripheral and electrocortical responses to painful and non-painful stimulation in chronic pain patients, tension headache patients and healthy controls. Neuroscience Letters. 2004;361(1-3):147-150.
• Karl A, Diers M, Flor H. P300-amplitudes in upper limb amputees with and without phantom limb pain in a visual oddball paradigm. Pain. 2004;110(1-2):40-48.

Reviews

2023

• Erlenwein, J., Diers, M., Ernst, J., Schulz, F., & Petzke, F. (2023). Klinisches Update zu Phantomschmerz [Clinical Updates on phantom limb pain]. Der Schmerz 37(3), 195-214.
• Mosch B, Mallon L, Diers M. Phantomschmerz – Phänomenologie, kortikale Veränderungen und Therapie. Muskuloskelettale Physiotherapie 2023;27:1–7.

2021

• Erlenwein J, Diers M, Ernst J, Schulz F, Petzke F. Clinical Updates on phantom limb pain. Pain Rep. 2021;6(1):1-16,e888.

2020

• Mosch B, Hagena V, Diers M. Bildgebende Untersuchungen des neuronalen Schmerznetzwerks. Aktuelle Rheumatologie 2020;45:413-421.

2019

• Brumagne S, Diers M, Danneels L, Moseley GL, Hodges PW. Neuroplasticity of sensorimotor control in low back pain. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2019;49(6):402-414.
• Diers M. Neuroimaging the pain network – Implications for treatment. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology 2019;33(3):101418.
• Kessler H, Axmacher N, Diers M, Herpertz S. On the Purported Dichotomy Between Fake and Real Symptoms: The Case of Conversion Disorders. Frontiers in Psychology 2019;10:2114.

2018

• Cordier L, & Diers M. Learning and Unlearning of Pain. Biomdeicines 2018;6(2)piiE67.

2017

• Schmidt-Wilcke T, & Diers M. New insights into the pathophysiology and treatment of fibromyalgia. Biomdeicines 2017;5(22).

2016

• Becker S, Diers M. [Chronic pain: Perception, reward and neural processing]. Chronischer Schmerz Wahrnehmung, Belohnung und neurale Verarbeitung. Schmerz 2016;30(5):395-406.
• Diers M. Kommentar zum Referat: Neurale Mechanismen: Antizipation von Schmerz. Journalclub Schmerzmedizin 2016;3(5):148.

2015

• Fuchs X, Becker S, Kleinböhl D, Diers M, Flor H. Respondent learning in chronic pain: How precise is imprecision? Pain. 2015;156:2108-2109.

2014

• Diers M. The impact of the stimulation method on differences in pain thresholds and brain responses between chronic pain patients and healthy controls. Eur J Pain. 2014;18(10):1365-1366.
• Foell J, Andoh J, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Diers M, Fuchs X, Colloca L, Flor H. Peripheral origin of phantom limb pain: is it all resolved? Pain. 2014;155(10):2205-2206.
• Foell J, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Diers M, Flor H. Authors' reply to the comment by Harvie and Moseley. Eur J Pain. 2014a;18(5):603-604.
• Trojan J, Diers M, Valenzuela-Moguillansky C, Torta DME. Body, Space, and Pain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2014;8:369.

2013

• Diers M, Flor H. [Phantom limb pain : Psychological treatment strategies] Psychologische Behandlungsstrategien bei Patienten mit Phantomschmerzen. Schmerz. 2013;27(2):205-213.
• Flor H, Diers M, Andoh J. The neural basis of phantom limb pain. Trends in Cognitive Science. 2013;17(7):307-308.

2012

• Diers M, Flor H. Neuroimaging and pain: implications for prevention and treatment. Contemporary Hypnosis and Integrative Therapy. 2012;29(1):17-29.

2011

• Diers M. [Operant and cognitive behavioural treatments in chronic pain]. Ther Umsch. 2011;68(9):507-511.
• Diers M, Flor H. Sensorimotor training and its implication on cortical reorganization. Journal of Pain Management. 2011;4(3):279-287.

2009

• Diers M. Funktionelle Bildgebung bei chronischen Schmerzerkrankungen: Implikationen für die Therapie. [Functional Imaging in Chronic Pain: Implications for Therapy]. Verhaltenstherapie. 2009;19(2):86-93.
• Diers M, Flor H. Neue Therapien bei chronischen Schmerzerkrankungen. [New treatments for chronic pain syndromes]. Schweizer Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie & Neurologie. 2009;(3):28-30.
• Flor H, Diers M. Sensorimotor training and cortical reorganization. NeuroRehabilitation. 2009;25(1):19-27.

2003

• Grüsser SM, Diers M, Flor H. Phantomschmerz: Aspekte der Neuroplastizitat und Intervention. [Phantom limb pain: aspects of neuroplasticity and intervention]. Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2003;38(12):762-766.

Bookchapters

in press

• Diers M, Nortvedt F. What is pain; is pain real? In Bustan, S. (ed.), Fundamental Transdisciplinary Questions on Suffering and Pain im Druck:pp.xx. Springer: New York.

2021

• Sturma A, Hruby L,  Diers M. Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Phantom Limb Pain. In Aszmann, O., & Farina, D. (ED), Bionic Limb Reconstruction 2021:pp.103-111. Springer: Heidleberg.

2018

• Diers, M., Alimusaj, M., &Flor, H. Phantomschmerz. In Schiltenwolf, M. & Henningsen, P. (ED.), Muskuloskelettale Schmerzen 2018:pp.374-385. Stuttgart: Schattauer.

2017

• Diers M, Milde C. Neuroimaging of Chronic Pain. In Saba L (Ed.), Neuroimaging of Pain. 2017:pp.171-214. Springer: Heidelberg.

2015

• Diers M Neuroprosthesis and Sensorimotor Trainning. In Knotkova H, Rasche D (Eds.), Textbook of Neuromodulation. 2015:pp.159-167. Springer: Heidelberg.

2012

• Diers M, Flor H. Sensorimotor training and its implication for cortical reorganization. In Knotkova H, Cruciani R,  Merrick J (Eds.), Neuroplasticity in chronic pain. 2012:pp. 77-90. Nova Science Publishers, Inc: New York.

2010

• Flor H, Diers M. Wie verlernt das Gehirn den Schmerz? In Schiepek G  (Ed.), Neurobiologie der Psychotherapie. 2010:pp. 523-529. Stuttgart: Schattauer.

2007

• Flor H, Diers M Limitations of pharmacotherapy: behavioral approaches to chronic pain. In Stein C (Ed.), Handb Exp Pharmacol. 2007;177:415-427. Springer: Heidelberg.

Reviews in professional journals for members

2024

• Mosch, B., Mallon, L., & Diers, M. (2024). Phantomschmerz – Phänomenologie, kortikale Veränderungen. VPTMagazin 2, 16.
• Mosch, B., Mallon, L., & Diers, M. (2024). Phantomschmerz – Therapie. VPTMagazin 2, 20

2023

• Baumann P, Diers M. Zusammenhang von Sättigungsgefühl und Körperwahrnehmung. Ernährungs Umschau 2023;5:M292.

2020

• Löffler, A., & Diers, M. Sehen & Fühlen. Visuelles Feedback bei der Behandlung von chronischem Rückenschmerz. Sportärztezeitung 2020;2:106-109.
• Mosch, B., Hagena, V., & Diers, M. Mit Vorstellung und spiegeln das Gehirn verändern. Der Allgemeinarzt 2020;10:34-36.

2018

• Diers M. Einfluss von visuellem Feedback und visuellen Illusionen auf die Schmerzwahrnehmung. Connexi 2015;1:11-13.
• Diers, M. (2016). Kortikale Reorganisation und Schmerz. MWE Aktuell 2016;1:17-19
• Cordier, L., Bordewieck, M., & Diers, M. Therapieansatz der visuellen Analgesie. Orthopädietechnik 2018;69(2):46-49.
• Kideyş, E., Cordier, L., & Diers, M. Psychobiologie des Schmerzes – verhaltensmedizinische Modelle für die Praxis. ZAEN Magazin 2018;3(10):47-50.
• Löffler, A., Cordier, L., & Diers, M. Visuelles Feedback bei chronischem Rückenschmerz. Physiotherapeuten 2018;70(2):40-43.

2013

• Trojan J, Diers M. Update: Physiologie und Psychologie des Schmerzes. Manuelle Therapie. 2013;17(4):153-161.

2012

• Diers M, Trojan J. Verschiedene Interventionsmethoden im Überblick. Sensorisch-motorische Trainingsverfahren zur Behandlung von Phantomschmerz. Orthopädische Nachrichten. 2012;(12):12.

2009

• Diers M, Flor H. Neue Therapien bei chronischen Schmerzerkrankungen. [New treatments for chronic pain syndromes]. Schweizer Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie & Neurologie. 2009;(3):28-30.

2007

• Flor H, Diers M, Knotkova H, Cruciani R. Brain changes related to chronic pain: implications for pain extinction training. Advances in Pain Management. 2007;1(3):91-95.

Public and Media (selected)

• 16.03.2023 SWR2 Wissen „Fibromyalgie – Der unverstandene Schmerz“ 28 min (Interview 2min)
• 23.07.2022 WDR 5 "Töne, Texte, Bilder": Internetsucht   5:09 min
• 06.07.2022 1Live: Internetsucht 3:03 min
• 03/2022      MDR Aktuell Radio: Der Körper lügt nicht 2:39 min
• 01.03.2022 CT das radio: Körperwahrnehmung
• 11.03.2021 Frankfurter Rundschau: Interview „Das Abnehmen ist eine Art Teufelskreis“
• 01.03.2021 Apotheken Umschau: Phantomschmerz
• 23.09.2020 ZDF Volle Kanne: Interview zum Phantomschmerz 10:17 min
• 09/2020      Apotheken Umschau App: Phantomschmerz
• 05/2020      Rubin Wissenschaftsmagazin: Was wir sehen beeinflusst was wir fühlen, 18-21
• 06.03.2020 Campus Radio Köln: Visuelles Feedback bei Rückenschmerz 4:15 min
• 28.02.2020 SWR3: Gespräch zum visuellem Feedback bei Rückenschmerz 16:15 Uhr 2:45 min
• 13.08.2017 Ärztezeitung: Hinschauen wirkt analgetisch am Nacken
• 11.08.2017 Ärztezeitung: Illusion gegen Schmerzen im Rücken
• 15.02.2013 Apotheken Umschau S.64-65: Heilsame Trugbilder: Amputation: ein ausgeklügeltes Hirntraining soll Phantomschmerzen lindern
• 13.10.2011 Mannheimer Morgen: Fokus soll auf angenehmen Aktivitäten liegen
• 26.09.2011 SWR2 Forum: Sind wir zu wehleidig? Vom Umgang mit dem Schmerz 44:07 min
• 08/2011      Physiopraxis 9: Denn sie wissen nicht was sie tun
• 04/2011     Psychologie Heute 38(4) Interview: Das Wegenetz der Pein. Der Psychologe Martin Diers über das Schmerzgedächtnis und seine Trampelpfade im Gehirn.
• 02/2010       Zeit Wissen Ratgeber Psychologie S.106-107: Chronsiche Schmerzen.

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