Aims and approaches
What?
Our basic aim is to gain a deeper understanding of the disruptions in information processing that characterizes affective disorders. We integrate findings from clinical, cognitive and neurobiological research.
We aim to:
- Improve our understanding of the working mechanisms of mood and anxiety disorders, integrating findings from clinical, cognitive, behavioral and neurobiological research
- Identify individual differences in information processing styles
- Investigate vulnerability and resilience factors for affective disorders in a life-span perspective
- Develop neurocognitive interventions to increase stress resilience, based on new strategies of emotion regulation and on a combination of neurostimulation and cognitive training
- Stimulate translational research to improve effectiveness of interventions
How?
- Affective modifications of experimental psychology paradigms
- Eye-tracking
- Neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, PET, SPECT)
- Psychophysiological techniques (EEG, ERP)
- Physiological indicators (heart rate variability, pupillometry, skin conductance)
- Neurostimulation (rTMS, iTBS, tDCS)