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/

#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

#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

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#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

#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

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

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/.

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

#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

https://www.badische-zeitung.de/papa-kann-s-genauso-gut--283618930.html

#Papa kann’s genauso gut - Es hält sich hartnäckig die Vorstellung, #Frauen hätten einen biologischen Vorteil bei der Betreuung der #Kinder. Dabei kann jeder seinen Hormonhaushalt auf Pflegemodus schalten.

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2⃣Poster "Exploring the Links between #Attachment and Interpersonal Neural #Synchrony during #Stress in #Romantic Couples"

With co-authors Mathilde Gallistl, @trinhnguyen, Melanie Kungl, Veronika Engert and others.

3/3

@SoNeAtLab

1⃣Talk "Interpersonal neural #synchrony in #parent-#child #dyads: New data from #fathers and #mothers including #attachment representations"

With co-authors @trinhnguyen, Ezgi Kayhan, Hanna Schleihauf, Melanie Kungl, Lars White and Stefanie Hoehl.

2/3

@SoNeAtLab

Very happy to have two opportunities to present our
@SoNeAtLab's (#University of #Essex, #Colchester, #UK) work on #interpersonal #neural #synchrony using #fNIRS #hyperscanning in #parent-#child #dyads and #romantic #couples during fNIRS UK 2023 next week.

Thank you 🙏🏻.

➡️https://fnirs.uk

1/3

#AttachmentQandA

There already are 10 Qs & As on attachment #language, #sleep, #neurodiversity, (#ASD), #depression, #pain, #attachmentparenting etc.

Submit your question(s) to help spread #attachment #science!

➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment-qanda/
➡️https://www.instagram.com/pascalvrticka/

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#AttachmentQandA (3): #Attachment, Social Media & #SoNeAt

SHORT ANSWER SUMMARY
1⃣ Yes and no;
2⃣ SoNeAt is working towards a neurobiological explanation of human (both organised - #NAMA - and disorganised - #NAMDA) attachment.

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

@SoNeAtLab

#AttachmentQandA (4): #Attachment and #Neurodiversity

ANSWER SUMMARY
▶️Research on attachment & neurodiversity is sparse and results mixed
▶️Findings show that children with #ASD do form selective, #secure attachments (but less so)

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

@SoNeAtLab

#AttachmentQandA (5): #Attachment and Parental #Depression

ANSWER SUMMARY
▶️ There is converging evidence for a link between maternal depression and both #mother and #child attachment.
▶️There is no conclusive data on #fathers yet.

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

@SoNeAtLab

#AttachmentQandA (6): #Attachment and #Pain

ANSWER SUMMARY
▶️There is some indication for a link between attachment and pain, including #social #neuroscience data and an Attachment-#Diathesis Model of #ChronicPain (#ADMoCP)

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

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#AttachmentQandA (7): #Attachment to #romantic #partners versus #parents

ANSWER SUMMARY
▶️No #SoNeAt studies available to date
▶️ Theory supports #change in attachment & multiple, different simultaneous attachments in #adults

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

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