Brunna Tuschen-Caffier

Biographic Data

ID	4029778
NAME	Brunna Tuschen-Caffier
GIVEN NAMES	Brunna
FAMILY NAME	Tuschen-Caffier
SIGNATURE	TUSCHEN-CAFFIER B
AFFILIATIONS	University of Freiburg
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	23
TOTAL CITATIONS	61
AUTHOR COUNT	23
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	6

Effects of cognitive load on food approach bias in individuals with binge eating disorder
Open AccessDustin Werle, Lynn Sablottny et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 59
While the hierarchical model of approach-avoidance motivation suggests a heightened food-specific approach behavior for individuals with binge eating disorder (BED), empirical evidence does not confirm the postulated food approach bias. This discrepancy may be related to the studied samples, which were partially in treatment, but also to the fact that previous studies tested for an approach bias under low cognitive load. Therefore, the present st…
Effects of acute psychosocial stress on attentional bias toward food, food craving, and intake in binge eating
Open AccessLynn Sablottny, Jessica Werthmann et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 87
Stress significantly influences eating behavior, yet individual responses vary. Binge eating - a core feature of Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa - is frequently triggered by acute stress. One proposed mechanism is that stress increases the motivational salience of food cues, which could promote craving and food intake. To test this idea experimentally, this study examined how stress affects attentional bias toward food, and how such cha…
Maternal Expectations and Overinvolvement, and Child Emotion Regulation in Children with and Without Anxiety Disorders
Open AccessEva-Maria Fassot, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025
This study explores how child emotion regulation (ER) and maternal overinvolvement contribute to the maintenance of anxiety disorders (ADs) in children. Building on the tripartite model on the impact of the family on children's emotion regulation and adjustment, it experimentally examines the impact of maternal expectations on overinvolvement and child distress. 65 children with ADs (ages 8-15) and 64 healthy controls (HCs) and their mothers part…
Attention to food stimuli in binge eating disorder
Open AccessDustin Werle, Lynn Sablottny et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 2References: 99
Attentional biases towards food play an important role in the pathology of binge eating disorder (BED). Later stage electrophysiological potentials (P300, late positive potential) present promising markers of motivated attention with high temporal, albeit low spatial resolution. Complementing this, the N2pc is an earlier-latency component providing the possibility of more directly analyzing visuospatial attention. Therefore, we tested a group wit…
Modifying biased attention towards food stimuli in binge eating disorder
Open AccessDustin Werle, Lynn Sablottny et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 2References: 66
Individuals with binge eating disorder (BED) exhibit a biased attention towards food stimuli. Against this backdrop, the present study with pre-registered design (ID: DRKS00012984) tested whether (a) a training designed to reduce attentional food processing indeed modifies this bias, (b) this reduction is evident in several measures of food-related attention and (c) this is associated with reductions in craving, binge frequency over the past 28 d…
Healthy cravings? Impact of imagined healthy food consumption on craving for healthy foods and motivation to eat healthily - Results of an initial experimental study
Open AccessJessica Werthmann, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023Cited by: 1References: 37
Taking a Closer Look at Social Performance in Childhood Social Anxiety Disorder
Open AccessJulia Asbrand, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEChildren2022
Models of social anxiety disorder (SAD) describe shortfalls in child social performance, whereas empirically, children often show a deficit only in subjective and not objective performance. We examined social performance in relation to possible changes (before and after cognitive behavior therapy [CBT] including social skills training) and to an objective parameter (vocal arousal). Children with SAD were expected to subjectively judge their behav…
Effects of Cognitive Reappraisal on Subjective and Neural Reactivity to Angry Faces in Children with Social Anxiety Disorder, Clinical Controls with Mixed Anxiety Disorders and Healthy Children
Open AccessVerena Keil, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2021
Cognitive models of social anxiety suggest that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by both enhanced emotional reactivity and deficits in emotion regulation. Emotional reactivity to socially threatening children's faces and their modulation through reappraisal were measured via subjective ratings and electrocortical responses in children (age 10-13) with SAD (n = 28), clinical controls with mixed anxiety disorders (n = 28), and healthy…
Does physiological arousal lead to increased catastrophic misinterpretation? An experiment based on the concept of a fear memory
Open AccessBarnabas Ohst, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2020
Our study provides evidence that experimentally induced physiological arousal can predict catastrophic misinterpretation. The findings support the concept of a fear memory. With the BSIQ-FR, a German questionnaire measuring catastrophic misinterpretation was introduced. Further research on the relationship between physiological arousal and catastrophic misinterpretation with clinical samples is recommended
Experience Versus Report
Open AccessJulia Asbrand, Nina Heinrichs et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2020
A considerable number of children and adolescents with social anxiety disorder (SAD) do not benefit from treatment as much as expected. However, treatment success should not be measured with social anxiety reports alone; the cognitive, behavioral, and physiological components of social stress should also be assessed. The authors examined an exposure-based SAD-specific group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in a randomized controlled trial (N = …
Cognitive-Emotional Involvement During Mirror Exposure Is Not Accompanied by Physiological Activation in Binge Eating Disorder
Open AccessJulia Baur, Kerstin Krohmer et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019
Body image interventions have been shown to reduce self-reported cognitive-emotional facets of body image disturbance in binge eating disorder (BED). However, more objective assessment methods are required to evaluate the effects of these interventions. Therefore, the present study aimed at investigating the usefulness of vocally encoded emotional arousal as physiological correlate of body dissatisfaction during mirror exposure in women with BED.…
Emotion Regulation Strategies in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth
Open AccessJohanna Özlem Schäfer, Johanna Schäfer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2017
Emotional Awareness in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth
Open AccessLena Sendzik, Johanna Ö Schäfer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2017
Effects of two cognitive regulation strategies on the processing of food cues in high restrained eaters. An event-related potential study
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEAppetite2015Cited by: 8References: 52
Cognitive interference and a food-related memory bias in binge eating disorder
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Florian Schmitz et al.ARTICLEAppetite2014Cited by: 6References: 41
The effects of emotion regulation on the desire to overeat in restrained eaters
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEAppetite2012Cited by: 6References: 48
Electrocortical Processing of Food and Emotional Pictures in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
Jens Blechert, Bernd Feige et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011
Objective: To compare the electrocortical processing of food pictures in participants with anorexia nervosa (n = 21), bulimia nervosa (n = 22), and healthy controls (HCs) (n = 32) by measuring the early posterior negativity, an event-related potential that reflects stimulus salience and selective attention. Methods: We exposed these three groups to a rapid stream of high- and low-calorie food pictures, as well as standard emotional and neutral pi…
Emotion regulation and vulnerability to depression
Thomas Ehring, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEEmotion2010
Emotion dysregulation has long been thought to be a vulnerability factor for mood disorders. However, there have been few empirical tests of this idea. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that depression vulnerability is related to difficulties with emotion regulation by comparing recovered-depressed and never-depressed participants (N = 73). In the first phase, participants completed questionnaires assessing their typical use of emotion regu…
Information processing of food pictures in binge eating disorder
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEAppetite2010Cited by: 15References: 73
Decision-making impairments in women with binge eating disorder
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Matthias Brand et al.ARTICLEAppetite2010Cited by: 6References: 118
To eat or not to eat? Availability of food modulates the electrocortical response to food pictures in restrained eaters
Open AccessJens Blechert, Bernd Feige et al.ARTICLEAppetite2010Cited by: 14References: 36
Social Comparison and Its Relation to Body Dissatisfaction in Bulimia Nervosa
Jens Blechert, Till Nickert et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2009
OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of social comparison for body dissatisfaction in bulimia nervosa (BN). Previous research suggested that exposure to media content idealizing thin body shape decreases body satisfaction, particularly in women with eating disorder symptoms. This might be due to the negative outcome of social comparisons with media models, and women with eating disorders might be particularly susceptible because they engage in upward…
Mirror exposure reduces body dissatisfaction and anxiety in obese adolescents
Open AccessAnita T M Jansen, Anita Jansen et al.ARTICLEAppetite2008Cited by: 1References: 7

Mirror exposure reduces body dissatisfaction and anxiety in obese adolescents
Open AccessAnita T M Jansen, Anita Jansen et al.ARTICLEAppetite2008Cited by: 1References: 7
Social Comparison and Its Relation to Body Dissatisfaction in Bulimia Nervosa
Jens Blechert, Till Nickert et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2009
OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of social comparison for body dissatisfaction in bulimia nervosa (BN). Previous research suggested that exposure to media content idealizing thin body shape decreases body satisfaction, particularly in women with eating disorder symptoms. This might be due to the negative outcome of social comparisons with media models, and women with eating disorders might be particularly susceptible because they engage in upward…
Emotion regulation and vulnerability to depression
Thomas Ehring, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEEmotion2010
Emotion dysregulation has long been thought to be a vulnerability factor for mood disorders. However, there have been few empirical tests of this idea. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that depression vulnerability is related to difficulties with emotion regulation by comparing recovered-depressed and never-depressed participants (N = 73). In the first phase, participants completed questionnaires assessing their typical use of emotion regu…
Information processing of food pictures in binge eating disorder
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEAppetite2010Cited by: 15References: 73
Decision-making impairments in women with binge eating disorder
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Matthias Brand et al.ARTICLEAppetite2010Cited by: 6References: 118
To eat or not to eat? Availability of food modulates the electrocortical response to food pictures in restrained eaters
Open AccessJens Blechert, Bernd Feige et al.ARTICLEAppetite2010Cited by: 14References: 36
Electrocortical Processing of Food and Emotional Pictures in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
Jens Blechert, Bernd Feige et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011
Objective: To compare the electrocortical processing of food pictures in participants with anorexia nervosa (n = 21), bulimia nervosa (n = 22), and healthy controls (HCs) (n = 32) by measuring the early posterior negativity, an event-related potential that reflects stimulus salience and selective attention. Methods: We exposed these three groups to a rapid stream of high- and low-calorie food pictures, as well as standard emotional and neutral pi…
The effects of emotion regulation on the desire to overeat in restrained eaters
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEAppetite2012Cited by: 6References: 48
Cognitive interference and a food-related memory bias in binge eating disorder
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Florian Schmitz et al.ARTICLEAppetite2014Cited by: 6References: 41
Effects of two cognitive regulation strategies on the processing of food cues in high restrained eaters. An event-related potential study
Open AccessJennifer Svaldi, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEAppetite2015Cited by: 8References: 52
Emotion Regulation Strategies in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth
Open AccessJohanna Özlem Schäfer, Johanna Schäfer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2017
Emotional Awareness in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth
Open AccessLena Sendzik, Johanna Ö Schäfer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2017
Cognitive-Emotional Involvement During Mirror Exposure Is Not Accompanied by Physiological Activation in Binge Eating Disorder
Open AccessJulia Baur, Kerstin Krohmer et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019
Body image interventions have been shown to reduce self-reported cognitive-emotional facets of body image disturbance in binge eating disorder (BED). However, more objective assessment methods are required to evaluate the effects of these interventions. Therefore, the present study aimed at investigating the usefulness of vocally encoded emotional arousal as physiological correlate of body dissatisfaction during mirror exposure in women with BED.…
Does physiological arousal lead to increased catastrophic misinterpretation? An experiment based on the concept of a fear memory
Open AccessBarnabas Ohst, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2020
Our study provides evidence that experimentally induced physiological arousal can predict catastrophic misinterpretation. The findings support the concept of a fear memory. With the BSIQ-FR, a German questionnaire measuring catastrophic misinterpretation was introduced. Further research on the relationship between physiological arousal and catastrophic misinterpretation with clinical samples is recommended
Experience Versus Report
Open AccessJulia Asbrand, Nina Heinrichs et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2020
A considerable number of children and adolescents with social anxiety disorder (SAD) do not benefit from treatment as much as expected. However, treatment success should not be measured with social anxiety reports alone; the cognitive, behavioral, and physiological components of social stress should also be assessed. The authors examined an exposure-based SAD-specific group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in a randomized controlled trial (N = …
Effects of Cognitive Reappraisal on Subjective and Neural Reactivity to Angry Faces in Children with Social Anxiety Disorder, Clinical Controls with Mixed Anxiety Disorders and Healthy Children
Open AccessVerena Keil, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2021
Cognitive models of social anxiety suggest that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by both enhanced emotional reactivity and deficits in emotion regulation. Emotional reactivity to socially threatening children's faces and their modulation through reappraisal were measured via subjective ratings and electrocortical responses in children (age 10-13) with SAD (n = 28), clinical controls with mixed anxiety disorders (n = 28), and healthy…
Taking a Closer Look at Social Performance in Childhood Social Anxiety Disorder
Open AccessJulia Asbrand, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEChildren2022
Models of social anxiety disorder (SAD) describe shortfalls in child social performance, whereas empirically, children often show a deficit only in subjective and not objective performance. We examined social performance in relation to possible changes (before and after cognitive behavior therapy [CBT] including social skills training) and to an objective parameter (vocal arousal). Children with SAD were expected to subjectively judge their behav…
Healthy cravings? Impact of imagined healthy food consumption on craving for healthy foods and motivation to eat healthily - Results of an initial experimental study
Open AccessJessica Werthmann, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023Cited by: 1References: 37
Attention to food stimuli in binge eating disorder
Open AccessDustin Werle, Lynn Sablottny et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 2References: 99
Attentional biases towards food play an important role in the pathology of binge eating disorder (BED). Later stage electrophysiological potentials (P300, late positive potential) present promising markers of motivated attention with high temporal, albeit low spatial resolution. Complementing this, the N2pc is an earlier-latency component providing the possibility of more directly analyzing visuospatial attention. Therefore, we tested a group wit…
Modifying biased attention towards food stimuli in binge eating disorder
Open AccessDustin Werle, Lynn Sablottny et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Cited by: 2References: 66
Individuals with binge eating disorder (BED) exhibit a biased attention towards food stimuli. Against this backdrop, the present study with pre-registered design (ID: DRKS00012984) tested whether (a) a training designed to reduce attentional food processing indeed modifies this bias, (b) this reduction is evident in several measures of food-related attention and (c) this is associated with reductions in craving, binge frequency over the past 28 d…
Maternal Expectations and Overinvolvement, and Child Emotion Regulation in Children with and Without Anxiety Disorders
Open AccessEva-Maria Fassot, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025
This study explores how child emotion regulation (ER) and maternal overinvolvement contribute to the maintenance of anxiety disorders (ADs) in children. Building on the tripartite model on the impact of the family on children's emotion regulation and adjustment, it experimentally examines the impact of maternal expectations on overinvolvement and child distress. 65 children with ADs (ages 8-15) and 64 healthy controls (HCs) and their mothers part…
Effects of cognitive load on food approach bias in individuals with binge eating disorder
Open AccessDustin Werle, Lynn Sablottny et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 59
While the hierarchical model of approach-avoidance motivation suggests a heightened food-specific approach behavior for individuals with binge eating disorder (BED), empirical evidence does not confirm the postulated food approach bias. This discrepancy may be related to the studied samples, which were partially in treatment, but also to the fact that previous studies tested for an approach bias under low cognitive load. Therefore, the present st…
Effects of acute psychosocial stress on attentional bias toward food, food craving, and intake in binge eating
Open AccessLynn Sablottny, Jessica Werthmann et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 87
Stress significantly influences eating behavior, yet individual responses vary. Binge eating - a core feature of Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa - is frequently triggered by acute stress. One proposed mechanism is that stress increases the motivational salience of food cues, which could promote craving and food intake. To test this idea experimentally, this study examined how stress affects attentional bias toward food, and how such cha…