New project
The role of working memory capacity and emotion regulation on binge eating in individuals with a binge eating disorder (BED)
19.09.2023
A key criterion for the diagnosis of a binge eating disorder (BED) is recurring binge eating. Due to these binges, individuals affected by BED are strongly impaired and experience, besides health-related…
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Contest
Viviana Leupin in the national finals of "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" (MT180)
07.08.2023
"Ma thèse en 180 secondes" (MT180) is an international competition where PhD students have to condense many years of work into 180 seconds to communicate the work of their PhD in a simple, comprehensible,…
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Article
Eating disorder treatment in routine clinical care
07.08.2023
A descriptive study examining treatment characteristics and short-term treatment outcomes among patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in Germany and Switzerland.
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Article : Baby Sleep Lab
Could Infant Sleep Behavior Hold the Key to Brain Activity and Healthy Development?
24.05.2023
Adequate sleep is crucial for development and promotes brain maturation. Numerous studies have shown that chronic sleep problems in early life are associated with later cognitive, psychosocial, and physical…
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Prof. P.Vetter has been awarded a SNSF Consolidator Grant
28.03.2023
Prof. P.Vetter has been awarded a prestigious SNSF Consolidator Grant (out of 182 applications), a tool that funds the 5-year projects of researchers whose impact on their field can already be felt at…
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Can Netflix keep you awake at night?
21.02.2023
Binge-watching suspenseful TV series with cliffhangers before sleep has only minor effects on sleep. This has been shown by researchers from the University of Fribourg. The study shows what happens in…
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Nomination
Prof. Martin Sölch was elected as member of the executive board of EACLIPT
29.11.2022
Prof. Martin Sölch was elected as member of the executive board of the European Association of Clinical Psychology and Clinical Interventions (EACLIPT). The Association promotes empirical and theoretical…
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Collaborative projects
Transformations: Social and Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age
29.11.2022
New European Project on Time perception related to the use of digital technologies at the Department of Psychology! Prof. Martin Soelch and Prof. Abou Khaled (HEIA-FR) are one of the 4 Swiss consortiums…
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Article
Multi-lab test of the facial feedback hypothesis
25.10.2022
The PPSA research team (Pascal Gygax) has just published, in the prestigious journal Nature Human Behavior, along with 22 other laboratories in 19 countries, a "multi-lab test" on the famous pen-in-mouth…
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