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Ernst H. W. Koster

Ernst H. W. Koster

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Psychology

D-Index
78
Citations
22908
World Ranking
1587
National Ranking
20

Overview

Ernst H. W. Koster is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a substantial body of research primarily within the field of psychology. Their work is particularly concentrated in experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology, with additional contributions to applied psychology and sociology and political science.

The scientist's research encompasses a broad range of topics in mental health, with a focus on anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Other notable areas of emphasis include functional brain connectivity studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, the impact of technology on adolescents, digital mental health interventions, and cognitive abilities and testing.

Among recent publications are:

  • "The relationship between Instagram use and indicators of mental health: A systematic review" (2021) in Computers in Human Behavior Reports
  • "Social media use and well-being: A prospective experience-sampling study" (2020) in Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Cognitive control training for children with anxiety and depression: A systematic review" (2022) in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "The Human Affectome" (2023) in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Bridges over Troubled Waters: Mapping the Interplay Between Anxiety, Depression and Stress Through Network Analysis of the DASS-21" (2020) in Cognitive Therapy and Research

Frequent co-authors in their work include Kristof Hoorelbeke, Rudi De Raedt, Yannick Vander Zwalmen, Eni S. Becker, and Chris Baeken, reflecting collaboration in multiple studies related to their areas of expertise.

Ernst H. W. Koster has contributed to several journals repeatedly, with notable publication venues being:

  • Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Computers in Human Behavior Reports

The scientist also has a published book titled Psychologische ondersteuning na COVID-19-klachten en opname: een behandelleidraad voor hulpverleners (2021), published by Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of attentional biases towards threat in anxiety disorders: An integrative review.

    Josh M. Cisler;Ernst H.W. Koster

  • Understanding depressive rumination from a cognitive science perspective: the impaired disengagement hypothesis.

    Ernst H.W. Koster;Evi De Lissnyder;Nazanin Derakshan;Rudi De Raedt

  • Selective attention to threat in the dot probe paradigm: differentiating vigilance and difficulty to disengage

    Ernst H.W. Koster;Geert Crombez;Bruno Verschuere;Jan De Houwer

  • Understanding vulnerability for depression from a cognitive neuroscience perspective: A reappraisal of attentional factors and a new conceptual framework

    Rudi De Raedt;Ernst H. W. Koster

  • A review of current evidence for the causal impact of attentional bias on fear and anxiety

    Bram Van Bockstaele;Bruno Verschuere;Helen Tibboel;Jan De Houwer

  • Components of attentional bias to threat in high trait anxiety: Facilitated engagement, impaired disengagement, and attentional avoidance.

    Ernst H.W. Koster;Geert Crombez;Bruno Verschuere;Stefaan Van Damme

  • Mood-congruent attentional bias in dysphoria: maintained attention to and impaired disengagement from negative information.

    Ernst H. W. Koster;Rudi De Raedt;Ellen Goeleven;Erik Franck

  • Deficient inhibition of emotional information in depression.

    Ellen Goeleven;Rudi De Raedt;Saskia Baert;Ernst H.W. Koster

  • Clinical Efficacy of Attentional Bias Modification Procedures: An Updated Meta‐Analysis

    Cristina Mogoaşe;Daniel David;Ernst H. W. Koster

  • Does Imminent Threat Capture and Hold Attention

    Ernst H. W. Koster;Geert Crombez;Stefaan Van Damme;Bruno Verschuere

  • The combined cognitive bias hypothesis in depression.

    Jonas Everaert;Ernst H.W. Koster;Nazanin Derakshan

  • Time-course of attention for threatening pictures in high and low trait anxiety.

    Ernst H.W. Koster;Bruno Verschuere;Geert Crombez;Stefaan Van Damme

  • Introduction to the Special Section on Cognitive Bias Modification in Emotional Disorders

    Ernst H. W. Koster;Elaine Fox;Colin MacLeod

  • The Default Mode Network and Recurrent Depression: A Neurobiological Model of Cognitive Risk Factors

    Igor Marchetti;Ernst H. W. Koster;Edmund J. Sonuga-Barke;Rudi De Raedt

  • Whither cognitive bias modification research? Commentary on the special section articles.

    Colin MacLeod;Ernst H. W. Koster;Elaine Fox

  • A comprehensive meta-analysis of interpretation biases in depression.

    Jonas Everaert;Jonas Everaert;Ioana R. Podina;Ernst H.W. Koster

  • Motivation and cognitive control in depression

    Ivan Grahek;Amitai Shenhav;Sebastian Musslick;Ruth M. Krebs

  • Temporal Dynamics of Attentional Bias

    Ariel Zvielli;Amit Bernstein;Ernst H. W. Koster

  • Attentional bias training in depression: Therapeutic effects depend on depression severity

    Saskia Baert;Rudi De Raedt;Rik Schacht;Ernst H.W. Koster

  • A resilience framework for promoting stable remission from depression.

    Christian E. Waugh;Ernst H.W. Koster

  • Attentional biases for angry faces in unipolar depression

    Lemke Leyman;Rudi De Raedt;Rik Schacht;Ernst H. W. Koster

  • The combined cognitive bias hypothesis in depression: a state-of-the-art

    J. Everaert;E.H.W. Koster;Nazanin Derakhshan

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudi De Raedt
Rudi De Raedt Ghent University
Geert Crombez
Geert Crombez Ghent University
Bruno Verschuere
Bruno Verschuere University of Amsterdam
Nazanin Derakshan
Nazanin Derakshan Birkbeck, University of London
Jan De Houwer
Jan De Houwer Ghent University
Stefaan Van Damme
Stefaan Van Damme Ghent University
Peter J. de Jong
Peter J. de Jong University of Groningen
Chris Baeken
Chris Baeken Ghent University
Amit Bernstein
Amit Bernstein University of Wisconsin–Madison

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