Markus Foramitti
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Liebiggasse 5
A-1010 Vienna
Room: O1.29
+43-1-4277-47208
Research Areas
CV
Markus Foramitti is a researcher in clinical and health psychology. His work centers on the psychophysiology of stress and the effects of music and auditory stimuli on stress responses. He combines experimental approaches with computational analyses of large-scale cultural data to study how stress manifests at both individual and societal levels.
Publications
Zormann, E., Foramitti, M., & Nater, U. M. (2026). Perceived health benefits of martial arts and combat sports. Frontiers in Psychology, 17, 1-12. Article 1774069. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1774069
Foramitti, M., Nater, U. M., Lamm, C., & Martins, M. (2025). Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023. Scientific Reports, 15, Article 41733. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-28327-5
Foramitti, M., Pomberger, B. M., & Nater, U. M. (2025). Sounds of the Past – Effects of Historical Idiophones On Psychological and Physiological Stress. International journal of behavioral medicine, 32(Suppl 1).
Mühlhans, J., Foramitti, M., & Pomberger, B. M. (2024). How do we perceive the sounds of both original and replica archaeological metal sound objects? An interdisciplinary study of systematic musicology, music psychology, and music archaeology. Journal of Music Archaeology, 2, 89-113. https://doi.org/10.1553/JMA-002-04