Our paper in which we investigated the role of mental imagery vividness on the occurrence of positive involuntary memories is now got (online) published. This work was with @blackwellse.bsky.social, @marcellawoud.bsky.social, and Prof. Jürgen Margraf. Here is the link to the paper: rdcu.be/etPvl

In this study we used a novel paradigm to induce involuntary mental imagery. Happy reading!

Simon Blackwell@blackwellse.bsky.social · last yr.

Great to see the final version of this work led by @mbagheri.bsky.social and with @marcellawoud.bsky.social now out online in the Journal of Emotion and Psychopathology! emotionandpsychopathology.org/journal/arti...

Now out in memory - more involuntary memories of thinking in images than thinking verbally and more involuntary memories of daily photos than other photos in daily life, with @blackwellse.bsky.social, Prof. Jürgen Margraf, and @marcellawoud.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Inducing positive involuntary mental imagery in daily life using personalized photograph stimuli

Most people experience positive involuntary mental imagery (IMI) frequently in daily life; however, evidence for the importance and effects of positive IMI is largely indirect. The current study ad...

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After almost 5 years–completing PhD under supervision of @blackwellse.bsky.social and Jürgen Margraf, developing an imagery-based means, and analysing data of several studies with @marcellawoud.bsky.social-my work at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de ends. I am excited to start my post-doc at @uniulm.bsky.social!

New pre-print to finish off the academic year! "The relationship between vividness of positive future-oriented mental imagery, anhedonia, and positive affect", with @marcellawoud.bsky.social, Katharina Westermann, and Jürgen Margraf osf.io/preprints/ps...

Thanks a lot Dr. Simon Blackwell @blackwellse.bsky.social.It has been a great honour to do my PHD under your supervision!

Simon Blackwell@blackwellse.bsky.social · 2y ago

Congratulations to Dr. Mahdi Bagheri @mbagheri.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD thesis yesterday!

Very pleased to share this new article “Using the ‘Leapfrog’ Design as a Simple Form of Adaptive Platform Trial to Develop, Test, and Implement Treatment Personalization Methods in Routine Practice” link.springer.com/article/10.1... /1

Using the ‘Leapfrog’ Design as a Simple Form of Adaptive Platform Trial to Develop, Test, and Im...

The route for the development, evaluation and dissemination of personalized psychological therapies is complex and challenging. In particular, the large sample sizes needed to provide adequately power...

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New Preprint (from last study of my PhD)! “Inducing Positive Involuntary Mental Imagery in Daily Life Using Personalized Photograph Stimuli” – with @blackwellse.bsky.social, @marcellawoud.bsky.social , Jürgen Margraf, & more not Bluesky.

New Preprint! "The Effect of Positive Mental Imagery versus Positive Verbal Thoughts on Anhedonia" - with Angela Rölver, Jürgen Margraf, & @marcellawoud.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

Interesting qualitative study exploring mental imagery in acute suicidal episodes: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...