Auto select layer after making visble

Hi,
Could someone tell me if it's possible to have Photoshop auto select the layer or group after making the layer visible, so clicking the eye. This bugs me every time I make a layer visible, since I end up moving the layer right after making it visible around 90% of the time (and it end up moving the last layer I had selected).
I'm on OS X 10.8.3 and CS6.
I apologise if I'm the only one with this tiny bugbear.
Thanks,
James

@ c.pfaffenbichler
When I tried your solution I found out that using Ctrl the appropriate layer ia selected, Alt copies the layer, Ctrl+Alt behaves the same as just Alt.
But using the Ctrl key is an easy way to accomplish what I wanted, too.

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