Baumanns, Lukas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6697-3994
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Article History
Received: 23 June 2025
Accepted: 16 February 2026
First Online: 17 March 2026
Declarations
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: Parental consent of all students was obtained for collecting and analyzing data, ensuring compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The collected data was handled with strict confidentiality and anonymity. This research study did not require specific ethics committee approval according to national standards. These standards state that ethical approval is necessary if participants are exposed to risks, high physical or emotional stress, if they are not fully informed about the study’s aims and procedures, if the study involves patients, the use of (f)MRI, electrical or magnetic stimulation, or psychopharmacological investigations. None of these conditions applied to our study, which involved minimal risk and fully informed participants; hence, ethics approval was not necessary.
: The author declares no competing interests.