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Im Fokus | April 28, 2025
In a recent study published in Nature, FLEX researcher Markus Eyting and his co-authors Min Xie, Felix Michalik, Simon Heß, Seunghun Chung, and Pascal Geldsetzer exploit a natural experiment to investigate the causal effect of shingles vaccination on dementia risk. The opportunity for causal inference arose from the UK’s rollout of the herpes zoster vaccine, which was based strictly on date of birth: individuals born on or after 2 September 1933 were eligible to receive the vaccine during the first year of the program, while those born just one day earlier were permanently ineligible. This created a quasi-random assignment of individuals into treatment and control groups, enabling the researchers to apply a regression discontinuity design. ...

Im Fokus | April 28, 2025
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia
Media | April 20, 2025
We morn the loss of Reinhard Tietz
Media | April 01, 2025
Peter Andre is awarded the 2025 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
Media | February 17, 2025
Peter Andre wins Modigliani Research Grant
Media | November 23, 2024
Peter Andre wins "Sturm & Drang Award" 2024
Media | October 11, 2024
Kevin Bauer's Research Wins ISR 2023 Best Paper Award for Revealing Explainable AI's Influence on User Decision-Making
Events | September 09, 2024
Behavioral Measurement Conference at Goethe University