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Bettina M. Pause (born May 27, 1962 in Eutin, Ostholstein) is a German psychologist who is best known for her work on social perception and the olfactory system.

Personal life and Education
Bettina M. Pause grew up in Eutin with her parents and two siblings. In 1973, she was expelled from her school due to a "lack of thinking skills". After finishing her education at the Fachgymnasium Eutin in 1982, she began training as a biology labratory assistant at the Institute for virus research and experimental medicine with Andreas Lembke in Eutin-Siebeck. From 1983, she worked there as a research assistant and publicated her first works on the microbiology of dental caries. She also carried out her own series of experiments on the microbiology of caries from 1990-1992. From 1983 to 1990 she studied psychology as her main and anthropology, philosophy, physiology and psychopathology as subsidiary subjects at the institute for psychology at the Christian-Albrecht university of Kiel. During her studies, Pause was politically committed to ensure that violence against women was covered by media and adressed in the city council of Kiel. Following her studies, she completed a doctorate in psychology, toxicology and cell biology in Kiel, writing her dissertation with Roman Ferstl about ''central nervous odor processing in humans. ''During that first period of research she emphasised the subjectivity and emotionality of odor processing, which she worked out by using electroencaphalographic methods.

Her fascination with the close connection between olfactory and emotional processing led to a series of studies on irregularities in odour perception in patients with affect processing disorders. In this second research phase, Pause created an explanatory model for the link between depression and odor as part of her habilitation, and thereby founded a comprehensive research movement on this topic. In 2005, Pause was appointed Professor of Biological and Social psychology at the Institue of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. There, she started her thirs research phase centering on social emotions. She developed the research focus "Chemical Communication of Social Information", which was since then adapted by international research teams. Social connections and isolation in the context of loneliness have remained her main research field until today. In that context, she critizised social isolation measures as part of political interventions in Germany during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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