Bram Van Bockstaele

Bram Van Bockstaele is a researcher at Ghent University's Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, specifically within the Department of Experimental, Clinical and Health Psychology. His academic career spans over 15 years with consistent publication output from 2007 through 2025, demonstrating sustained scholarly activity in the field of cognitive and clinical psychology.

His research primarily focuses on cognitive processes in anxiety disorders, with particular emphasis on attentional bias, interpretation bias, and cognitive bias modification techniques. His work bridges fundamental cognitive psychology with clinical applications, examining how information processing biases contribute to anxiety disorders across different developmental stages. He has made significant contributions to understanding the intergenerational transmission of anxiety and the relationship between cognitive biases and emotional regulation.

Analysis of his recent publications (2022-2025) reveals a clear trajectory of research investigating cognitive mechanisms in anxiety disorders using sophisticated methodologies. His work spans developmental perspectives (examining parent-child transmission of anxiety), methodological innovations (developing new assessment tools like the masked-target antisaccade task), and clinical applications (testing cognitive bias modification approaches). His research consistently integrates multiple levels of analysis, from physiological measures (pupillometry) to behavioral assessments and self-report measures.

Dr. Van Bockstaele has collaborated extensively with leading researchers at Ghent University, particularly with Geert Crombez (9 co-authored papers), Bruno Verschuere (8), Jan De Houwer (7), and Ernst Koster (5), establishing himself within a robust research network focused on cognitive aspects of emotional disorders.