Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer at Dept. of #Psychology, University of #Essex (#Colchester, #UK) | Research on the social #neuroscience of human #caregiving and #attachment using #MRI, #fMRI and #fNIRS #hyperscanning | PI of https://mastodon.online/@SoNeAtLab | SIRG #SoNeAt president | #TEDx speaker | He/him |🇨🇭| pvrticka.bsky.social.
Thank you very much to NIRx for inviting me to lead two webinars on #fNIRS #hyperscanning (25.01. & 01.02.2024): https://nirx.net/webinars. Register now!
For a quick overview of the topic, check out in my website "fNIRS hyperscanning - an introduction": https://pvrticka.com/fnirs-hyperscanning-an-introduction/.
Happy #InternationalMensDay #IMD2023
#Men play many important roles, but an especially important one is being #fathers, #caregivers & #attachment figures for their #children.
Interested in the #SocialNeuroscience of #fatherhood?
Then check my website: https://pvrticka.com/dads/
How #PaternityLeave Helps #Dads’ #Brains Adapt to #Parenting
"Research has shown that the more hours alone with an #infant, the greater the functional neural changes. This enables #fathers to become more effective, instinctual #caregivers for their #children."
https://hbr.org/2023/11/how-paternity-leave-helps-dads-brains-adapt-to-parenting
Are you a new #parent - #mum or #dad - and interested in learning about #bonding, #attachment, #caregiving & how this all affects #baby #brain development?
▶️Check out our free #evidence-based #BabygroBook: https://pvrticka.com/babygro-book-for-parents/
Questions? Please get in touch!
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 .
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 .
#AttachmentQandA (17) - #ACEs & #Attachment
▶️ACEs leave neurobiological scars
▶️We need to differentiate between ACE type: #abuse vs #neglect & #emotional vs #physical #maltreatment
▶️Age of onset/chronicity matters, too
➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment-qanda/ & https://shorturl.at/guzCN
▶️#Disorganised #attachment has seen widespread interest in recent years.
▶️Unfortunately, some of this interest is based on false & misleading assumptions.
➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment_science/ & https://shorturl.at/exyBD
#AttachmentScience (6) - #Attachment & #Adoption
SUMMARY
▶️#Insecurity & #disorganisation are higher in adopted children
▶️#Age at adoption matters
▶️Beneficial effects of adoption visible for insecurity & disorganisation
➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment_science/ & https://shorturl.at/mnpu7
#AttachmentScience (5) - #Attachment & #ParentalSensitivity
SUMMARY
▶️Parental #sensitivity is reliably associated with (#secure) #child #attachment & #development
➡️There are only small differences btw. #mums & #dads
➡️https://shorturl.at/vwBDH & https://pvrticka.com/attachment_science/
Very happy to that the new Mommy Brain Revisited podcast on #attachment and neural #synchrony is now out:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MKrXdDla9qb1WSrvAmwZW?si=qyiGaZdvTBG5hi9Z1aQx0A&nd=1
Many thanks to fabulous host Dr Jodi Pawluski.
We talk about attachment, #brains, #dads, #mums, synchrony and much more!
#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
#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
Check my new #Instagram series on #attachment #science discussing recent #research & how it advances our understanding of human attachment.
First is a study by
Audrey-Anne Deneault, Sheri Madigan and colleagues (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2023.101093).
#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/
#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!
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.
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/.
More information about the underlying #attachment and #caregiving #science (#blog posts, detailed summaries, #press reports, original #publications) can be found on my website summarising the #social #neuroscience of #human #attachment:
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:
