Mike Rinck is an Associate Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and an Adjunct Professor at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He was trained as a cognitive psychologist; being highly interested in applied research questions. Now his main research area is experimental psychopathology: He studies biased cognitive processes such as attention, learning, memory, associations, interpretations, and approach-avoidance tendencies in various mental disorders. He applies the findings in the area of Cognitive Bias Modification, that is, the use of computerized training programs designed to re-train biased cognitive processes. His special area of expertise centers around the assessment and modification of automatic approach-avoidance tendencies in various mental disorders.