Pascal Vrticka
Academic Appointments
- Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
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Professional Education
| Master of Science: | Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH Zurich) (2005) |
| Doctor of Philosophy: | Universite De Geneve (2009) |
Stanford Advisors
| Allan Reiss: | Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor |
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Current Research Interests
My research focuses on the normal as well as disturbed functioning of the human social brain, both in adults as well as in children / adolescents. I am investigating many different aspects of social emotion processing, including elicitation, perception, expression, as well as regulation. Moreover, I am particularly interested in individual differences and how they shape social emotion processing. In so doing, I mainly refer to the developmental psychological framework of attachment theory.
Publications
- Interpersonal closeness and social reward processing. J Neurosci. 2012; (37): 12649-50
- Neuroscience of Human Social Interactions and Adult Attachment Style (Review) Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2012; (212)
- Individual attachment style modulates human amygdala and striatum activation during social appraisal. PLoS One. 2008; (8): e2868
- Lateralized Interactive Social Content and Valence Processing within the Human Amygdala. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2013
- Neural Substrates of Social Emotion Regulation: A fMRI study on Imitation and Expressive Suppression to Dynamic Facial Signals Frontiers in Psychology - Emotion Science. 2013; (95)
- Sex Differences during Humor Appreciation in Child-Sibling Pairs Social Neuroscience. 2013; (May 14)
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