Take control! Towards novel training regimes enhancing inhibition and impulse control in health and psychiatric disease

Project Information

Self-Control

Grant agreement ID: 677804

DOI 10.3030/677804

Project closed

EC signature date 20 July 2016

Start date 1 August 2016

End date 31 January 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 498 625,00

EU contribution € 1 498 625,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM HAMBURG-EPPENDORF
Germany

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (26)

Brain functional connectivity differs when viewing pictures from natural and built environments using fMRI resting state analysis

Author(s): Simone Kühn, Caroline Garcia Forlim, Anja Lender, Janina Wirtz, Jürgen Gallinat
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11/1, 2021, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83246-5

A self-guided Internet-based intervention for individuals with gambling problems: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Author(s): Lara Bücker, Stefan Westermann, Simone Kühn, Steffen Moritz
Published in: Trials, Issue 20/1, 2019, ISSN 1745-6215
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3176-z

Durable memories and efficient neural coding through mnemonic training using the method of loci

Author(s): I. C. Wagner, B. N. Konrad, P. Schuster, S. Weisig, D. Repantis, K. Ohla, S. Kühn, G. Fernández, A. Steiger, C. Lamm, M. Czisch, M. Dresler
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 7/10, 2021, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: Science
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc7606

Lifestyle Variables Do Not Predict Subjective Memory Performance Over and Above Depression and Anxiety

Author(s): Anna Mascherek, Nathalie Werkle, Anja S. Göritz, Simone Kühn, Steffen Moritz
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue 11, 2020, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00484

Implicit bias to food and body cues in eating disorders: a systematic review

Author(s): Georgios Paslakis, Anne Deborah Scholz-Hehn, Laura Marie Sommer, Simone Kühn
Published in: Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, Issue 26/5, 2021, Page(s) 1303-1321, ISSN 1590-1262
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s40519-020-00974-9

A randomized controlled trial of a virtual reality based, approach-avoidance training program for alcohol use disorder: a study protocol

Author(s): Angelina Isabella Mellentin, Anette Søgaard Nielsen, Leonie Ascone, Janina Wirtz, Jerzy Samochowiec, Jolanta Kucharska-Mazur, Friedrich Schadow, Zofia Lebiecka, Tomasz Skoneczny, Nicolai Mistarz, Thomas Bremer, Simone Kühn
Published in: BMC Psychiatry, Issue 20/1, 2020, ISSN 1471-244X
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-02739-1

Effects of computer gaming on cognition, brain structure, and function: a critical reflection on existing literature

Author(s): Simone Kühn, Jürgen Gallinat, Anna Mascherek
Published in: Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, Issue 21/3, 2019, Page(s) 319-330, ISSN 1294-8322
Publisher: Les Laboratoires Servier
DOI: 10.31887/dcns.2019.21.3/skuehn

A dismantling study on imaginal retraining in overweight or obese women

Author(s): Janina Wirtz, Leonie Ascone, Josefine Gehlenborg, Steffen Moritz, Simone Kühn
Published in: Translational Psychiatry, Issue 11/1, 2021, ISSN 2158-3188
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01595-1

Hierarchical associations of alcohol use disorder symptoms in late adolescence with markers during early adolescence

Author(s): Simone Kühn, Nina Lisofsky, Tobias Banaschewski, Gareth Barker, Arun L.W. Bokde, Uli Bromberg, Christian Büchel, Rüdiger Brühl, Erin Burke Quinlan, Sylvane Desrivières, Herta Flor, Antoine Grigis, Hugh Garavan, Penny Gowland, Andreas Heinz, Bernd Ittermann, Jean-Luc Martinot, Marie-Laure Paillère Martinot, Frauke Nees, Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos, Tomáš Paus, Luise Poustka, Juliane H. Fr
Published in: Addictive Behaviors, Issue 100, 2020, Page(s) 106130, ISSN 0306-4603
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106130

A dismantling study on imaginal retraining in smokers

Author(s): Steffen Moritz, Josefine Gehlenborg, Janina Wirtz, Leonie Ascone, Simone Kühn
Published in: Translational Psychiatry, Issue 11/1, 2021, ISSN 2158-3188
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-01191-9

Testing the Biophilia theory: Automatic approach tendencies towards nature

Author(s): Tanja Schiebel; Jürgen Gallinat; Simone Kühn
Published in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 0272-4944
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101725

Comparison of different response devices to assess behavioral tendencies towards chocolate in the approach-avoidance task

Author(s): Charlotte E. Wittekind, Jens Blechert, Tanja Schiebel, Anja Lender, Sercan Kahveci, Simone Kühn
Published in: Appetite, Issue 165, 2021, Page(s) 105294, ISSN 0195-6663
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105294

Too hot to handle: Mood states moderate implicit approach vs. avoidance tendencies toward food cues in patients with obesity and active binge eating disorder

Author(s): Johannes Krehbiel, Georg Halbeisen, Simone Kühn, Yesim Erim, Georgios Paslakis
Published in: Journal of Psychiatric Research, Issue 143, 2021, Page(s) 302-308, ISSN 0022-3956
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.09.031

Does playing violent video games cause aggression? A longitudinal intervention study.

Author(s): Simone Kühn; Dimitrij Kugler; Katharina Schmalen; Markus Weichenberger; Charlotte Witt; Jürgen Gallinat
Published in: Molecular Psychiatry, Issue 2, 2019, ISSN 1359-4184
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41380-018-0031-7

Taking control! Structural and behavioural plasticity in response to game-based inhibition training in older adults

Author(s): Simone Kühn, Robert C. Lorenz, Markus Weichenberger, Maxi Becker, Marten Haesner, Julie O'Sullivan, Anika Steinert, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Susanne Brandhorst, Thomas Bremer, Jürgen Gallinat
Published in: NeuroImage, Issue 156, 2017, Page(s) 199-206, ISSN 1053-8119
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.05.026

Explicit and Implicit Approach vs. Avoidance Tendencies towards High vs. Low Calorie Food Cues in Patients with Obesity and Active Binge Eating Disorder

Author(s): Georgios Paslakis, Simone Kühn, Sebastian Grunert, Yesim Erim
Published in: Nutrients, Issue 9/10, 2017, Page(s) 1068, ISSN 2072-6643
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/nu9101068

Fighting Depression: Action Video Game Play May Reduce Rumination and Increase Subjective and Objective Cognition in Depressed Patients

Author(s): Simone Kühn, Fabrice Berna, Thies Lüdtke, Jürgen Gallinat, Steffen Moritz
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue 9, 2018, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00129

The Myth of Blunted Gamers: No Evidence for Desensitization in Empathy for Pain after a Violent Video Game Intervention in a Longitudinal fMRI Study on Non-Gamers

Author(s): Simone Kühn, Dimitrij Kugler, Katharina Schmalen, Markus Weichenberger, Charlotte Witt, Jürgen Gallinat
Published in: Neurosignals, 2018, Page(s) 22-30, ISSN 1424-862X
Publisher: S. Karger AG
DOI: 10.1159/000487217

Imaginal retraining reduces alcohol craving in problem drinkers: A randomized controlled trial

Author(s): Steffen Moritz, Alia Marie Paulus, Birgit Hottenrott, Roland Weierstall, Jürgen Gallinat, Simone Kühn
Published in: Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Issue 64, 2019, Page(s) 158-166, ISSN 0005-7916
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2019.04.001

Imaginal retraining decreases craving for high-calorie food in overweight and obese women: A randomized controlled trial

Author(s): Steffen Moritz, Anja S. Göritz, Stella Schmotz, Roland Weierstall-Pust, Josefine Gehlenborg, Jürgen Gallinat, Simone Kühn
Published in: Translational Psychiatry, Issue 9/1, 2019, Page(s) 319, ISSN 2158-3188
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41398-019-0655-7

Predicting development of adolescent drinking behaviour from whole brain structure at 14 years of age

Author(s): Simone Kühn, Anna Mascharek, Tobias Banaschewski, Arun Bodke, Uli Bromberg, Christian Büchel, Erin Burke Quinlan, Sylvane Desrivieres, Herta Flor, Antoine Grigis, Hugh Garavan, Penny A Gowland, Andreas Heinz, Bernd Ittermann, Jean-Luc Martinot, Frauke Nees, Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos, Tomas Paus, Luise Poustka, Sabina Millenet, Juliane H Fröhner, Michael N Smolka, Henrik Walter, Robert Whelan
Published in: eLife, Issue 8, 2019, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.44056

Imaginal Retraining Reduces Cigarette Smoking: A Randomized Controlled Study

Author(s): Steffen Moritz, Anja S. Göritz, Moana Kraj, Josefine Gehlenborg, Birgit Hottenrott, Peter Tonn, Leonie Ascone, Anya Pedersen, Simone Kühn
Published in: European Addiction Research, Issue 26/6, 2020, Page(s) 355-364, ISSN 1022-6877
Publisher: Karger AG
DOI: 10.1159/000509823

Stereoscopic Rendering via Goggles Elicits Higher Functional Connectivity During Virtual Reality Gaming

Author(s): Caroline Garcia Forlim, Lukas Bittner, Fariba Mostajeran, Frank Steinicke, Jürgen Gallinat, Simone Kühn
Published in: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Issue 13, 2019, ISSN 1662-5161
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00365

Dual n-back training improves functional connectivity of the right inferior frontal gyrus at rest

Author(s): Tiina Salminen, Caroline Garcia Forlim, Torsten Schubert, Simone Kühn
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77310-9

Cognitive enhancement effects of stimulants: a randomized controlled trial testing methylphenidate, modafinil, and caffeine

Author(s): Dimitris Repantis; Leonore Bovy; Kathrin Ohla; Simone Kühn; Simone Kühn; Martin Dresler
Published in: Psychopharmacology, Issue 2, 2021, Page(s) 441–451, ISSN 1432-2072
Publisher: Springer Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-020-05691-w

Imaginal Retraining Reduces Craving for Tobacco in 1-Year Controlled Follow-Up Study

Author(s): Josefine Gehlenborg, Anja S. Göritz, Steffen Moritz, Thies Lüdtke, Simone Kühn
Published in: European Addiction Research, 2021, Page(s) 1-12, ISSN 1022-6877
Publisher: Karger AG
DOI: 10.1159/000518678

Other (4)

Construct Validation of a German Version of the Word Completion Task for Aggression

Author(s): Dimitrij Kugler, Leonie Ascone, Kira Pohlmann, Markus Weichenberger, Simone Kühn
Published in: PsyArXiv Preprint, 2022
Publisher: PsyArXiv
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/3dh5r

Transferring the Approach Avoidance Task into Virtual Reality: A Study in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder vs. Healthy Controls

Author(s): Janina Wirtz, Leonie Ascone, Angelina Isabella Mellentin, Dimitrij Kugler, Thomas Bremer, Friedrich Schadow, Stine Hoppe, Charlotte Jebens, Simone Kühn
Published in: PsyArXiv Preprint, 2022
Publisher: PsyArXiv
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/fkcxd

No Effect of Ego Depletion on Cognitive Control and Implicit Aggression

Author(s): Dimitrij Kugler, Simone Kühn
Published in: PsyArXiv Preprint, 2022
Publisher: PsyArXiv
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/j3qra

The Role of Response Inhibition in the Approach and Avoidance Task: No Evidence for Approach and Avoidance Task-training effects in Inpatients with Alcohol-Use Disorder

Author(s): Dimitrij Kugler, Deborah Scholz-Hehn, Ingo Schäfer, Peter Strate, Jürgen Gallinat, Simone Kühn
Published in: PsyArXiv Preprint, 2022
Publisher: PsyArXiv
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/8mj34