
About ACBM
The Association for Cognitive Bias Modification (ACBM) is committed to improving CBM research and application in a manner that reflects scientific rigour, clinical integrity, and dissemination of evidence-based assessment and therapeutics.
Mission
- Refining assessments of cognitive biases associated with dysfunctional psychological processes.
- Optimizing training procedures to modify cognitive biases.
- Leveraging the understanding of mechanisms to maximise their therapeutic benefits.
Consistent with this mission, the Association engages in the following three key activities:
- Developing guidelines and software resources to promote the adoption of reliable and valid approaches for assessing cognitive biases.
- Designing and evaluating methods of delivering cognitive bias modification procedures that maximise their capacity to engage their targets.
- Translating the resulting scientific advances into empirically-validated CBM interventions that are accessible, scalable, and sustainable within the clinical setting.
History of ACBM
A description of ACBM’s founding process, preliminary meetings in London, Washington DC, Amsterdam, and Berlin will appear soon.
Leadership

Yair Bar-Haim, PhD
President
Board Term 2022-2026
Professor Bar-Haim is based at Tel Aviv University’s, School of Psychological Science and Sagol School of Neuroscience. He is the Director of the Adler Center for Development and Psychopathology and the Israeli National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience (NC-TSR). Professor Bar-Haim’s research focuses on cognitive, neural, and genetic mechanisms underlying stress-related disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. The primary effort of his research is translation of basic science into effective evidence-supported CBM therapies. Professor Bar-Haim’s group developed and tested various mechanized treatments for anxiety and stress-related disorders as well as largescale CBM prevention programs for combat-related PTSD.

Eni Becker, PhD
President Elect
Board Term 2023-2024

Colin MacLeod, PhD
Immediate Past President
Board Term 2022-2024
Board

Jennifer Lau, PhD
Secretary
Board Term 2022-2025

Mike Rinck, PhD
Treasurer
Board Term 2022-2025

Elske Salemink, PhD
Science Director
Board Term 2022-2024

Jeremy Pettit, PhD
Membership Secretary
Board Term 2022-2024

Daniel S. Pine, MD
Public Engagement Director
Board Term 2022-2024

Nader Amir, PhD
Director
Board Term 2022-2024

Reinout Wiers, PhD
Director
Board Term 2022-2024

Amit Lazarov, PhD
Director
Board Term 2022-2024

Marcella Woud, PhD
Director
Board Term 2022-2024

Julie Ji, PhD
Social Media Director
Board Term 2022-2024