Dr Vrticka’s most recent blog posts
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Dads: The Forgotten Attachment Figures?
How 70 Years of Attachment Science Reshaped Fathers’ Role Not too long ago, I wrote the first entry of my Read more
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Why attachment is foundational for effective leadership
Introducing our new attachment-informed leadership (AIL) framework Leadership comes in many different shapes and forms. As eloquently pointed out by Read more
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Is your brain securely attached? Part I: What’s the brain got to do with it?
It’s now been about twenty years since I embarked on my scientific journey to study the Social Neuroscience of Human Attachment Read more
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Lost in Translation: Disorganised Attachment
Not too long ago, I wrote the first post of my attachment myth-busting series. In this series, I aim at providing Read more
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So happy together: Deconstructing the right brain / left brain myth
A blog post co-written by psychotherapist Dr Ana Kozomara-Lund and social neuroscientist Dr Pascal Vrticka on the pervasive “left brain versus right Read more
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On the same wavelength—Do parents and children understand each other better if their brains are “in sync”?
Humans are social beings by nature. We often (unconsciously) imitate each other’s behaviors—think of yawning or laughing. Recent research shows Read more