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Overview

Damien Brevers is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research spans primarily within the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology, and social psychology.

The scientist's work investigates key topics including:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media

Notable recent publications of Damien Brevers include:

  • "Brain mechanisms underlying prospective thinking of sustainable behaviours," 2021, published in Nature Sustainability
  • "Delineating adaptive esports involvement from maladaptive gaming: a self-regulation perspective," 2020, published in Current Opinion in Psychology

In addition, Damien Brevers has frequently co-authored works with other researchers. Regular collaborators include:

  • Joël Billieux (16 co-authored publications)
  • Pierre Maurage (10 co-authored publications)
  • José C. Perales (10 co-authored publications)
  • Claus Vögele (8 co-authored publications)
  • Guillaume Sescousse (7 co-authored publications)

The scientist has published multiple studies in several key academic venues that include:

  • Addictive Behaviors (4 publications)
  • Addiction (2 publications)
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions (2 publications)
  • Addiction Biology (2 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)

Damien Brevers' research contributes to understanding behavioral health by exploring how technology influences adolescent behavior, examining mechanisms related to gambling, and analyzing decision-making processes through the lens of psychology and social sciences.

Best Publications

  • A neurocognitive approach to understanding the neurobiology of addiction

    Xavier Noël;Damien Brevers;Antoine Bechara

  • Iowa Gambling Task (IGT): twenty years after - gambling disorder and IGT.

    Damien Brevers;Antoine Bechara;Axel Cleeremans;Xavier Noël

  • Impulsive action but not impulsive choice determines problem gambling severity

    Damien Brevers;Axel Cleeremans;Frederick Verbruggen;Antoine Bechara;Antoine Bechara

  • A Triadic Neurocognitive Approach to Addiction for Clinical Interventions

    Xavier Noël;Damien Brevers;Damien Brevers;Antoine Bechara

  • Time distortion when users at-risk for social media addiction engage in non-social media tasks.

    Ofir Turel;Ofir Turel;Damien Brevers;Antoine Bechara

  • Impaired Decision-Making Under Risk in Individuals with Alcohol Dependence

    Damien Brevers;Damien Brevers;Antoine Bechara;Axel Cleeremans;Charles Kornreich

  • Decision making under ambiguity but not under risk is related to problem gambling severity.

    Damien Brevers;Axel Cleeremans;Anna E. Goudriaan;Antoine Bechara;Antoine Bechara;Antoine Bechara

  • Time course of attentional bias for gambling information in problem gambling.

    Damien Brevers;Axel Cleeremans;Antoine Bechara;Cédric Laloyaux

  • A taxonomy of technology design features that promote potentially addictive online behaviours

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  • Excess social media use in normal populations is associated with amygdala-striatal but not with prefrontal morphology

    Qinghua He;Qinghua He;Ofir Turel;Ofir Turel;Damien Brevers;Antoine Bechara

  • On the predictive validity of automatically activated approach/avoidance tendencies in abstaining alcohol-dependent patients

    Adriaan Spruyt;Jan De Houwer;Helen Tibboel;Bruno Verschuere

  • The contribution of executive functions deficits to impaired episodic memory in individuals with alcoholism

    Xavier Noël;Martial Van der Linden;Damien Brevers;Salvatore Campanella

  • Impaired processing of emotion in music, faces and voices supports a generalized emotional decoding deficit in alcoholism

    Charles Kornreich;Damien Brevers;Delphine Canivet;Elsa Ermer

  • Strategies for self-controlling social media use: Classification and role in preventing social media addiction symptoms

    Damien Brevers;Ofir Turel;Ofir Turel

  • Impaired metacognitive capacities in individuals with problem gambling.

    Damien Brevers;Axel Cleeremans;Antoine Bechara;Antoine Bechara;Max Greisen

  • Pathological gambling and the loss of willpower: a neurocognitive perspective.

    Damien Brevers;Xavier Noël

  • Delay discounting mediates the association between posterior insular cortex volume and social media addiction symptoms.

    Ofir Turel;Qinghua He;Damien Brevers;Antoine Bechara

  • Alcoholism and the Loss of Willpower: A Neurocognitive Perspective

    Xavier Noël;Antoine Bechara;Damien Brevers;Paul Verbanck

  • Increased ventral-striatal activity during monetary decision making is a marker of problem poker gambling severity.

    Damien Brevers;Damien Brevers;Xavier Noël;Qinghua Q He;James Ja Melrose

  • Impaired self-awareness in pathological gamblers.

    Damien Brevers;Axel Cleeremans;Antoine Bechara;Antoine Bechara;Max Greisen

  • Cognitive processes underlying impaired decision-making under uncertainty in gambling disorder.

    Damien Brevers;Damien Brevers;Gilly Koritzky;Antoine Bechara;Xavier Noël

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Noël
Xavier Noël Université Libre de Bruxelles
Antoine Bechara
Antoine Bechara University of Southern California
Paul Verbanck
Paul Verbanck Université Libre de Bruxelles
Charles Kornreich
Charles Kornreich Université Libre de Bruxelles
Ofir Turel
Ofir Turel California State University, Fullerton
Axel Cleeremans
Axel Cleeremans Université Libre de Bruxelles
Qinghua He
Qinghua He Southwest University
Joël Billieux
Joël Billieux University of Lausanne
Salvatore Campanella
Salvatore Campanella Université Libre de Bruxelles
Chris Baeken
Chris Baeken Ghent University

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