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Li J, Yang X, Zhou F, Liu C, Wei Z, Xin F, Daumann B, Daumann J, Kendrick KM, Becker B CA. (2020) Modafinil enhances cognitive, but not emotional conflict processing via enhanced inferior frontal gyrus activation and its communication with the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45(6):1026-1033. (IF = 6.75), pdf
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Zhou X, Wu R, Liu C, Kou J, Chen Y, Pontes HM, Yao D, Kendrick KM, Becker B CA, Montag, C CA. (2020) Higher levels of (Internet) gaming disorder symptoms according to the WHO and APA frameworks associate with lower striatal volume. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(3):598-605. (IF = 5.14), pdf
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Zhou X, Meng Y, Schmitt H, Montag C, Kendrick K, Becker B CA. (2020) Cognitive flexibility mediates the association between early life stress
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