Pascal Vrticka

I am a social cognitive affective neuroscientist with strong ties to developmental and biological psychology. My interdisciplinary research focuses on normal as well as disturbed functioning of the human social brain. I use neuroimaging (fMRI, fNIRS, EEG), biological methods ([epi]genetics, blood and saliva samples for immune system functioning assessment and telomere length measurement), psychological questionnaires & narrative-based methods, and behavioral assessment as main research tools. My participants are adults, adolescents, as well as children, both female and male.