Dr. rer. nat. habil. Anja Kräplin
Postdoctoral Researcher
Contact information
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Technische Universität Dresden
Chemnitzer Straße 46
01187 Dresden
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-39848
E-Mail:
Research Statement
My main research focus is on the role of impaired cognitive control and maladaptive decision-making as risk factor for the development, course and cessation of Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders. Moreover, I am interested in the reliability and validity of measures to assess cognitive control and decision-making in clinical samples.
Scientific Education
| 12/2020 | Habilitation in Psychology, TU Dresden, Thesis title: Decision-making and cognitive control in addictive disorders: From dysfunctions to knowledge translation |
| 09/2014 |
Dr.rer.nat. in Psychology (summa cum laude), TU Dresden, Thesis title: Impulsivity in pathological gambling: Decomposing the construct to detect disorder-specific characteristics (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Bühringer) |
| 03/2008 | Diploma in Psychology, Technische Universität, Dresden |
Professional Experience
| Since 08/2016 | Research associate at the Work Group Addictive Behaviors, Risk Analysis and Risk Management, TU Dresden |
| 08/2016- 03/2017 | "Future Career Program: Academia” of the TU Dresden Graduate Academy |
| 08/2010 - 09/2010 | Research stay at the Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research |
| 10/2009 - 01/2011 | Participation in the European Post-Graduate School in Addiction Research (ESADD) |
| 07/2008- 08/2016 | Research associate at the Chair of Addiction Research, TU Dresden |
| 04/2008- 06/2008 | Graduate assistant at the Department of Differential and Personality Psychology, TU Dresden |
Other Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards
| Since 02/2021 | Editor of the journal SUCHT |
| Since 11/2019 | Member of the Open Science Initiative of the Faculty of Psychology |
| Since 04/2018 | Assistant Editor of Addiction |
| Since 02/2018 | Member of the German Society of Psychology (DGPs) |
| Since 05/2017 | Member of the Institute Council of the Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapie |
| 2017 |
Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the Lisbon Addiction Congress, 26.-29.10.2017 in Lisbon Scholarship of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) for the „ECNP Workshop for Junior Scientists in Europe“, 9.-12.03.2017 in Nizza |
| Since 11/2016 | Member of the Ethics Committee of the TU Dresden |
| 2016 | Funding of the Department of Psychology, TU Dresden for the pilot project “The role of cognitive dysfunctions in predicting real-life gambling behaviour” |
| Since 04/2015 | Member of the German Association for Addiction Research and Therapy (“DG Sucht”) |
| 2015 | Travel grant of the Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der TU Dresden e.V. for the 2nd International Conference on Behavioral Addictions, 16.-18.03.2015 in Budapest |
Selected Publications
Kräplin, A., Joshanloo, M., Wolff, M., Krönke, K.-M., Bühringer, G., Goschke, T., & Smolka, M. N. (2022). The relationship between executive functioning and addictive behaviors: New insights from a longitudinal community study. Psychopharmacology. https://rdcu.be/cWQO4
Kräplin, A., Scherbaum, S., Kraft, E.-M., Rehbein, F., Bühringer, G., Goschke, T. & Mößle, T. (2021). The role of inhibitory control and decision-making in the course of Internet gaming disorder. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(4), 990-1001. doi:10.1556/2006.2020.00076
Kräplin, A., Höfler, M., Pooseh, S., Wolff, M., Krönke, K.-M., Goschke, T., Bühringer, G. & Smolka, M. N. (2020). Impulsive decision-making predicts the course of substance-related and addictive disorders. Psychopharmacology. doi:10.1007/s00213-020-05567-z
Kräplin, A., Scherbaum, S., Bühringer, G. & Goschke, T. (2019). Decision-making and inhibitory control after smoking-related priming in nicotine dependent smokers and never-smokers. Addictive Behaviors, 88, 114-121. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.08.020
Kräplin, A., Scherbaum, S., Bühringer, G., Goschke, T. & Schmidt, A. (2018). Negative interpersonal scenes decrease inhibitory control in healthy individuals but not in gambling disorder patients. International Gambling Studies, 18(2), 178-194. doi:10.1080/14459795.2018.1448426
Trautmann, S., Kräplin, A., Dieterich, R., Richter, J. & Muehlhan, M. (2018). The role of childhood trauma and stress reactivity for increased alcohol craving after induced psychological trauma: an experimental analogue study. Psychopharmacology. doi:10.1007/s00213-018-4979-4
Kräplin, A., Scherbaum, S., Bühringer, G., & Goschke, T. (2016). Retest reliabilities of decision-making and cognitive control measures in addictive disorders. Sucht, 62(4), 191–202. doi:10.1024/0939-5911/a000430
Kräplin, A., Behrendt, S., Scherbaum, S., Dshemuchadse, M., Bühringer, G., & Goschke, T. (2015). Increased impulsivity in pathological gambling: Considering nicotine dependence. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 37(4), 367-378. doi:10.1080/13803395.2015.1018145
Kräplin, A., Bühringer, G., Oosterlaan, J., van den Brink, W., Goschke, T., & Goudriaan, A. E. (2014). Dimensions and disorder specificity of impulsivity in pathological gambling. Addictive Behaviors, 39(11), 1646-1651. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.05.021
Kräplin, A., Dshemuchadse, M., Behrendt, S., Scherbaum, S., Goschke, T., & Bühringer, G. (2014). Dysfunctional decision-making in pathological gambling: Pattern specificity and the role of impulsivity. Psychiatry Research, 215(3), 675–682. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.12.041