Attention bias is a tendency to preferably detect, orient and select emotionally valued stimuli,
as compared to neutral stimuli, and plays a crucial role in the psychopathology of various …

Background Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) have deficits in emotion
regulation, which plays a putative role in psychopathology. The ventromedial prefrontal …

The present study aimed at investigating the influence of personality on both anticipatory
stress vulnerability and the effectiveness of coping strategies in an occupational stressful …

Rationale Bright light treatment (BLT) is an efficacious antidepressant intervention, but its
mechanism of action is not well understood. Antidepressant drugs acutely affect how …

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of repeated transcranial direct current
stimulation (rtDCS), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and their combination (rtDCS-CBT) …

Objective: The present study aimed at investigating the influence of personality on both
anticipatory stress vulnerability and effectiveness of coping strategies in a real-life context …

Attentional bias to smoking-related stimuli is an important behavioural feature of tobacco
dependence. The overall aim for this thesis is to investigate if attentional bias can serve as a …

This thesis investigates patterns of biased attention in the context of both negative and
positive information, and related effects on emotional and behavioural processes. These …

This thesis investigated two cognitive approaches for improving the application of non-
invasive brain stimulation in the treatment of depression. The goal of the first project was to …

Abstract (DE) Bei der vorliegenden Arbeit handelt es sich um eine explorative Studie zur
Untersuchung des Einflusses einer 10-tägigen Gleichstromstimulation auf die …