Elisa Berdica
Professor
Clinical and Biological Psychology and Psychotherapy
Otto-Selz-Institute of Applied Psychology
Germany
Biography
Sept. 2011 PhD Student, University of Mannheim, Germany Scholarship awarded by the Albanian Ministry of Education and Science 2008 - 2010 M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy Thesis: Personality traits and Psychological Well-being 2005 - 2008 B.Sc. in Psychology, University of Shkodra, Albania Thesis: Sexuality in Adolescence
Research Interest
Anxiety disorders (specific phobias, social phobia) Processing of emotional visual information, attention, attentional biases Methods: Eye tracking, EEG
Publications
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Berdica, E., Gerdes, A.B.M., Pittig, A., & Alpers, G.W. (2014) “Inhibition of Return in Fear of Spiders: Discrepant Eye Movement and Reaction Time Data,†Journal of Ophthalmology, Article ID 183924, 8 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/183924
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Berdica, E., Gerdes, A.B.M., & Alpers, G.W. (2017). A Comprehensive Look at Phobic Fear in Inhibition of Return: Spiders as Cues and Targets. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 54, 158-164.
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Berdica, E., White, A.J., Gerdes, A.B., Alpers, G.W., Attention to threat-related animals and faces: an eye-tracking study. Status: In preparation
