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Journal Article • 2025

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

Authors: Junga, A., Bozdere, P., Hätscher, O., Scherzer, S., et al.

Journal: Virtual Reality, Vol. 29, Article 98

This research explores novel interaction design concepts specifically tailored for medical education in virtual reality environments.

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Journal Article • 2025

Teach the unteachable with a virtual reality (VR) brain death scenario

Authors: Junga, A., Kockwelp, P., Valkov, D., et al.

Journal: Perspectives on Medical Education, Vol. 14(1), pp. 44-54

Experience report of 800 medical students using VR brain death scenarios over 3 years, demonstrating effective teaching of difficult medical concepts.

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Preprints

  • 2026

    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

    DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/dwn8b_v2

  • 2026

    Dynamic personality adaptation in large language models via state machines

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

    arXiv

    DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2602.22157

  • 2025

    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

    DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/xrj3c_v1

Journal Articles

  • 2026

    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, Vol. 130(3), pp. 569–596

    DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000589

  • 2025

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

    Junga, A., Bozdere, P., Hätscher, O., Scherzer, S., Schmidle, P., Schulze, H., Pielage, L., Kockwelp, P., Meyerheim, M., Mergen, M., Risse, B., Marschall, B., Glückselig, T., & Ungru, K.

    Virtual Reality, Vol. 29, Article 98

    DOI: 10.1007/s10055-025-01180-7

  • 2025

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

    Grunenberg, E., Stachl, C., Breil, S. M., Schäpers, P., & Back, M. D.

    Human Resource Management, Vol. 64(2), pp. 423–445

    DOI: 10.1002/hrm.22252

  • 2025

    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, Vol. 40(2), 413-434

    DOI: 10.1177/08902070251356149

  • 2025

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

    Rau, R., Grosz, M. P., & Back, M. D.

    Behavior Research Methods, Vol. 57(3), Article 83

    DOI: 10.3758/s13428-025-02601-w

  • 2025

    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, Vol. 14(1), pp. 44-54

    DOI: 10.5334/pme.1427

  • 2024

    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., & the medical tr.AI.ning consortium

    BMC Medical Education, Vol. 24, Article 1413

    DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-06337-7

  • 2024

    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, Vol. 13(1), pp. 635-645

    DOI: 10.5334/pme.1171

Conference Proceedings

  • 2025

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

    Radas, J., Risse, B., & Vogl, R.

    Proceedings of EUNIS 2024 annual congress in Athens, Vol. 105, pp. 108–116

    DOI: 10.29007/jv1l

  • 2025

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

    Pielage, L., Schmidle, P., Marschall, B., & Risse, B.

    IUI '25: Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, pp. 878–897

    DOI: 10.1145/3708359.3712101