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Dr. Jessica Werthmann

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University of Freiburg
Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology

Junior Fellow
October 2018 – July 2019

E-Mail: werthmann@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de 

Last Update: 31.08.2019

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jessica Werthmann focuses on studying the influence of context, emotion, motivation and cognition on disordered eating behaviour and body dissatisfaction in subclinical and clinical groups with the aim to develop innovative treatment options targeting mechanisms of eating disorders. She completed her undergraduate training in psychology (BSc, MSc) at Maastricht University. For her PhD, Dr Werthmann studied the role of food-related attention bias for eating behaviour and weight. Based on this research she developed an attention-training that experimentally manipulates attention processes allowing to test causal effects of attention on eating behavior. After her PhD, Dr Werthmann pursued this research interest, funded by a Rubicon-fellowship from the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO) and translated this experimental work to a novel, clinical intervention targeting biased attention in people with Anorexia Nervosa. She also received funding by the Brain and Behaviour Foundation to extend this research line with a neuroscience focus. Moreover, her current research also concerns the methodology of attention assessment and the evaluation of novel treatment options for adults and adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa. Currently, Dr Werthmann works as post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg.

For a full list pf publications, please see:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jessica_Werthmann

Selected Publications

FRIAS Project