Marengo, Davide
Davis, Kenneth L.
Gradwohl, Gökçe Özkarar
Montag, Christian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Ulm
Article History
Received: 20 October 2020
Accepted: 10 February 2021
First Online: 2 April 2021
Competing interests
: None. Nevertheless for reasons of transparancy, Christian Montag mentions that he has received (to Ulm University and earlier University of Bonn) grants from agencies such as the German Research Foundation (DFG). Christian 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 the gaming or social media industry. Christian Montag mentions that he is part of a discussion circle (Digitalität und Verantwortung:ExternalRef removed) debating ethical questions linked to social media, digitalization and society/democracy at Facebook. In this context, he receives no salary for his activities. Finally, he mentions that he currently functions as independent scientist on the scientific advisory board of the Nymphenburg group. This activity is financially compensated. Both Kenneth L. Davis and Christian Montag co-author the German manual for the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales at Hogrefe (publishing house).