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# Acknowledgments {-}

First of all, I would like to say an enormous thank you to my supervisor **Sara Bengtsson** for taking me on as your PhD student. You have always had an open ear and door for me throughout this whole PhD and I am very grateful for that!

Thank you also to my two co-supervisors, **Martin Ingvar** and **Peter Fransson**. **Martin**, I sincerely respect your scientific rigour and enthusiasm. **Peter**, I was very thankful for being able to pick your brain on various methodological questions related to neuroimaging.

To **Granville**, **Lieke**, **Nina**, **Pontus**, and **William**, my closest support group during the PhD: Our collaborations, journal clubs and activities outside of work made my sceptical mind curious about science again when it was needed the most. Thank you so much for everything!

To **Pär** and **Alva**, you have given me a better welcome in Stockholm than I could have wished for and were a constant source of encouragement, particularly in the difficult phases at the beginning of the PhD.

**Anaïs**, thank you for being a great roommate for almost the entire PhD time and **Fanny**, thank you for the tennis matches and the culinary support of our corridor!

To **Mimmi**, with your positive spirit you always managed to turn big administrative hassles into minor inconveniences.

A special thanks to **Rita** for great statistical aid (often with short deadlines) and to **Karin** for long discussions about the newest artful TV series and the support towards the end of the PhD.

To all the other people in the old and new corridor who have made life at KI so much more enjoyable: **Frida**, **Sofia**, **Christoph**, **Eleni**, **Jonathan**, **Aisha**, **Jeanette**, **Sandra**, **Gustav**, **Nathalie**, **Isabel**, **Eva**, **Predrag**, **Angelica**, **Mikkel**, **Lau**, **Cassia**, **Daniel**, **Annelie**, **Orestis**, **Miriam**, **Diana**, **Emilia**, and **Patrik**.

Thank you also to the other members in the various journal clubs from whom I have learnt a lot, particularly **Philip** and **Ida**.

To my Stockholm friends **Benji**, **Gustaf** & **Elsa**, **Anirudh**, and my family away from home: **Margareta** & **Per-Olov**.

Thank you to my friends back in Germany who have been with me for a long time: **Markus S.**, **Markus H.**, **Thorsten**, and **Andi**.

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Zum Schluss vielen lieben Dank an meine Eltern **Helga** und **Helmut** und meinen Bruder **Max** für eure Unterstützung über die Jahre!