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Research Lab at the Department of #Psychology, University of #Essex (#Colchester, #UK) | Led by PI @PVrticka | Research on the social #neuroscience of human #caregiving and #attachment using #MRI, #fMRI and #fNIRS #hyperscanning in #mums, #dads & #kids | https://twitter.com/SoNeAtLab.
Website Labhttps://pvrticka.com/soneat_lab/
Babygro Book for Parentshttps://pvrticka.com/babygro-book-for-parents/
Brain & Attachmenthttps://pvrticka.com/attachment/
Essex Psychologyhttps://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/psychology

The 2nd Alliance Yufe YUFE4Postdocs call is now open - deadline 20/12/23.

Topics: Citizens Wellbeing & European Identity.

Get in touch if you have a research idea using #fNIRS #hyperscanning and wish to join my @SoNeAtLab .

https://pvrticka.com/contact-how-to-become-involved/

Apply & Contact

On this page of the Social Neuroscience of Human Attachment (SoNeAt) Lab’s website you can see our current job postings and learn how to apply for joining our team. There also is a contact fo…

Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)

#AttachmentQandA (16) - #Oxytocin and #attachment

SUMMARY
▶️Oxytocin is important for #love, #sex, #childbirth, #bonding, attachment, #caregiving
▶️But the label "love #hormone" is too simplistic
▶️Several recent & more comprehensive theories exist

➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment-qanda/

@SoNeAtLab

Attachment Q & A

Unfortunately, there is lots of confusion and misinformation about attachment theory and research circulating at the moment. Dr Vrticka has recently written about it in VICE and in The Conversation…

Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)

#AttachmentScience (4) - #Epigenetics & #Attachment

▶️Two reviews from 2021 with 11 & 13 papers, respectively
▶️Some common themes start emerging (#oxytocin, #stress, #serotonin)
▶️Too early to draw firm conclusions

➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment_science/ & https://shorturl.at/bBM89

@SoNeAtLab

Attachment Science

Unfortunately, there is lots of confusion and misinformation about attachment theory and research circulating at the moment. Dr Vrticka has recently written about it in VICE and in The Conversation…

Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)

#AttachmentScience (1)

Check my new #Instagram series on #attachment #science discussing recent #research & how it advances our understanding of human attachment.

➡️https://shorturl.at/bdhP9

First is a study by
Audrey-Anne Deneault, Sheri Madigan and colleagues (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2023.101093).

@SoNeAtLab

#AttachmentQandA (14): The #AttachmentSystem (ABS)

SUMMARY
▶️The biological function of the ABS is protection through #proximityseeking under #distress.
▶️ABS de- & hyperactivation link to #attachment #avoidance and #anxiety.

FULL ANSWER & REFS
➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment-qanda/

@SoNeAtLab

Attachment Q & A

Unfortunately, there is lots of confusion and misinformation about attachment theory and research circulating at the moment. Dr Vrticka has recently written about it in VICE and in The Conversation…

Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)

#AtatchmentQandA is still live!

Do you have a question ⁉️ about #attachmenttheory or #research? There unfortunately is lots of confusion 🤔 and misinformation ⚠️ circulating online.

Join the dialogue 🗣️ and help spreading evidence-based attachment science!

➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment-qanda/

@SoNeAtLab

Attachment Q & A

Unfortunately, there is lots of confusion and misinformation about attachment theory and research circulating at the moment. Dr Vrticka has recently written about it in VICE and in The Conversation…

Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)

Many thanks to #AutismEye Magazine for publishing our article on #biobehavioural #synchrony in their latest issue.

Article: https://pvrticka.com/press/
Full digital issue: https://shorturl.at/cklHR

This is a collaboration with the #UniversityofEssex, Department of #Psychology, @SoNeAtLab, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (#ESNEFT) and The #Synapse Centre for #Neurodevelopment (https://www.synapsecentre.co.uk/) - especially Dr Ben Marlow.

#autism #ASD

Press

Press Reports, External Blogs, etc. 2023 Dr Ben Marlow and Dr Pascal Vrticka write on bio-behavioural synchrony and how it could help in the context of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): “Togeth…

Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)

Many thanks to fNIRS UK 2023 (https://fnirs.uk/) for the chance to present our #fNIRS #hyperscanning & #attachment work at the #UniversityofEssex (#Colchester, #UK) today.

With @trinhnguyen @SoNeAtLab and many more!

Any questions or comments, please let me know!

More info: https://pvrticka.com/.

fNIRS UK |

Check out the brilliant evidence-based #professional #training #courses offered by Amanda from the #UK #Chartity #Babygro based on my @SoNeAtLab's research (Dept. of #Psychology, #University of #Essex, #Colchester) - including an online course on #brain #development in Oct. 2023:

https://babygro.org/professionals

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#AttachmentQandA (13): #BioBehaviouralSynchrony & #Attachment

SUMMARY
▶️BBS describes how #behaviour & #neurobiology of interacting individuals becomes aligned or coordinated
▶️BBS is crucial for attachment formation & maintenance

FULL ANSWER & REFS
➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment-qanda/

@SoNeAtLab

Attachment Q & A

Unfortunately, there is lots of confusion and misinformation about attachment theory and research circulating at the moment. Dr Vrticka has recently written about it in VICE and in The Conversation…

Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD, FHEA)