Montag, Christian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-0837
Quintana, Daniel S. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2876-0004
Article History
Received: 20 April 2022
Revised: 31 August 2022
Accepted: 9 September 2022
First Online: 28 September 2022
Competing interests
: Dr. Quintana reports no conflict of interest. Dr. Montag reports no conflict of interest. However, for reasons of transparency Dr. Montag mentions that he has received (to Ulm University and earlier University of Bonn) grants from agencies such as the German Research Foundation (DFG). Dr. Montag has performed grant reviews for several agencies; has edited journal sections and articles; has given academic lectures in clinical or scientific venues or companies, and has generated books or book chapters for publishers of mental health texts. For some of these activities, he received royalties, but never from gaming or social media companies. Dr. Montag mentions that he was part of a discussion circle (Digitalität und Verantwortung: ExternalRef removed) debating ethical questions linked to social media, digitalization and society/democracy at Meta. In this context, he received no salary for his activities. Finally, he mentions that he currently functions as an independent scientist on the scientific advisory board of the Nymphenburg group (Munich, Germany). This activity is financially compensated. Moreover, he is on the scientific advisory board of Applied Cognition (Redwood City, CA, USA), an activity that is also compensated. In the context of the present commentary, Dr. Montag mentions that he is part of the developer-team of a tracking app called Insights, but he personally does not profit monetarily from this app.