Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)

Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Essex (Colchester, UK)

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Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)

  • Home
  • About
  • SoNeAt Lab
    • Apply & Contact
    • Current Lab Members & Research Topics
    • Past Lab Members & Research Topics
    • Participate
    • CARE Studies
    • TRIO Studies
    • SWITCH Project
  • SIRG SoNeAt
    • Coordinating board
    • SIRG SoNeAt Newsletters
    • Our Agenda
    • Special Issue “Towards a Social Neuroscience of Human Attachment”
    • How to become involved
    • Resources
  • SoNeAt
    • Attachment Theory – A Social Neuroscientist’s Perspective
    • Functional Neuro-Anatomical Models of Human Attachment (NAMA & NAMDA)
    • The Neural Substrates of Attachment in Adolescents
    • The Neural Substrates of Attachment & Caregiving in Children and Parents
    • Attachment & Bio-Behavioural Synchrony in Dyads
    • The Genetics and Epigenetics of Attachment
    • Longitudinal Attachment Research
    • Attachment Disruption and Disorganisation
    • Attachment, Social Connection & Allostasis
    • Attachment Insights
    • Attachment Science
    • Attachment Q & A
  • Caring Dads
  • Babygro
  • CALS
  • TEDx
  • Other Research
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    • Eye Gaze
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    • Emotion Regulation
    • The ReSource Project
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    • fNIRS Hyperscanning – An Introduction
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    • 2026 SoNeAt Lab fNIRS Hyperscanning Workshop
    • SIRG SoNeAt IAC2026 Pre-Conference
    • 2025 SoNeAt Lab fNIRS Hyperscanning Workshop
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by Pascal Vrticka December 21, 2024 Number of comments0
Attachment Brain Imaging Cooperation fNIRS Neuroscience Parent-Child Interaction Psychology

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 showsContinue Reading

by Pascal Vrticka May 21, 2024 Number of comments0
Attachment Brain Imaging Cooperation fNIRS Neuroscience Parent-Child Interaction Psychology

Synced brains: why being constantly tuned in to your child’s every need isn’t always ideal

This post first appeared in The Conversation UK on 21 May 2024. It’s crucial for healthy child development that childrenContinue Reading

by Pascal Vrticka August 17, 2022 1
Attachment Brain Imaging Epigenetics fMRI fNIRS Neuroscience Psychology

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 2015Continue Reading

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