Dr Vrticka’s most recent blog posts
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Neuronaler Gleichklang zwischen Eltern und Kindern – Warum mehr Synchronie nicht unbedingt besser ist
Pressemitteilung der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg vom 25.04.2024. Im Erwachsenenalter hat sich in uns eine Vorstellung davon etabliert, was es bedeutet in Beziehung zu anderen Menschen zu stehen und wie diese funktioniert. Dieses Modell zwischenmenschlicher Bindung basiert zu einem großen Teil auf unseren frühen Erfahrungen und beeinflusst wiederum die Qualität unserer Interaktion mit unseren Kindern, beispielsweise auch… Read more
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fNIRS Hyperscanning: An Introduction
A couple weeks ago, Dr Pascal Vrticka had the privilege to organise a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning workshop at the Department of Psychology, University of Essex (Colchester, United Kingdom). The workshop was supported by Trinh Nguyen (Italian Institute of Technology, Rome), the SoNeAt Lab & Artinis Medical Systems, and hosted by SIRG SoNeAt as… Read more
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Is your brain securely attached? A social neuroscience perspective on attachment (2)
+++ This post appeared as an article in the British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH) Newsletter in December 2022 (original post can be accessed here) and is a summary of Dr Vrticka’s keynote talk at the BACCH Annual Scientific Meeting 2022 on September 20, 2022 (talk recording can be accessed here). +++ We need… Read more
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Attachment theory: what people get wrong about pop psychology’s latest trend for explaining relationships
In his newest post for The Conversation UK, Dr Vrticka looks into the recent confusion surrounding attachment theory. Unfortunately, since its development by John Bowlby about 70 years ago, several parallel versions of attachment theory emerged within many different domains (developmental and social psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry as well as child welfare practice, etc.), with little… Read more
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Are Dads Wired Differently – The Truth About Becoming A Dad
Dr Pascal Vrticka is very happy to share his most recent blog post for Dadvengers: Are Dads Wired Differently – The Truth About Becoming A Dad. Many thanks for giving me the unique opportunity to write about this very important and timely issue. In Dr Vrticka’s blog post, he describes the most recent social neuroscience research on human fatherhood and what it means… Read more
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Why Attachment Matters in Social Neuroscience
Dr Pascal Vrticka has written a new blog post for Scottish Attachment in Action, a UK registered charity since 2015 with a Board of Trustees consisting of practitioners, parents and carers that represent their mission that ‘Attachment Matters for All’. In his blog post, Dr Vrticka explains the growing interest in better understanding the neurobiological… Read more
Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA) 