Pascal Vrticka
@pvrticka.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Psychology @universityofessex.bsky.social (Colchester, UK) | PI of @soneatlab.bsky.social | fNIRS hyperscanning & structural and functional MRI | Attachment & caregiving in families & couples | TEDx speaker | https://pvrticka.com | 🇨🇭
#Attachment #MythBusting #35: "Rewiring" our #brain to become more #secure
Yes, this is a thing, but it's not a "quick fix". The key is to enable our brain to build a (new) predictive model of #safety.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social
Yes, this is a thing, but it's not a "quick fix". The key is to enable our brain to build a (new) predictive model of #safety.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#Attachment #MythBusting #35: "Rewiring" our #brain to become more #secure
Yes, this is a thing, but it's not a "quick fix". The key is to enable our brain to build a (new) predictive model of #safety.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social
Yes, this is a thing, but it's not a "quick fix". The key is to enable our brain to build a (new) predictive model of #safety.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social
I am very much looking forward to my @oxpip.bsky.social online lecture on #Attachment and #Child #Development: From #Myths to Modern #Neuroscience.
📅 03 October 2025, 13:00-15:00
🎟️ Tickets are still available: tickets.sheepcrm.com/.../67ee7a6a...
It would be a great pleasure to see you there.
📅 03 October 2025, 13:00-15:00
🎟️ Tickets are still available: tickets.sheepcrm.com/.../67ee7a6a...
It would be a great pleasure to see you there.
September 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I am very much looking forward to my @oxpip.bsky.social online lecture on #Attachment and #Child #Development: From #Myths to Modern #Neuroscience.
📅 03 October 2025, 13:00-15:00
🎟️ Tickets are still available: tickets.sheepcrm.com/.../67ee7a6a...
It would be a great pleasure to see you there.
📅 03 October 2025, 13:00-15:00
🎟️ Tickets are still available: tickets.sheepcrm.com/.../67ee7a6a...
It would be a great pleasure to see you there.
New study from the @soneatlab.bsky.social:
Securely stressed: association between #attachment and empathic #stress in romantic couples
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Secure attachment can be both a ✅ resilience and a potential ⚠️ risk factor within romantic relationships under stress.
Securely stressed: association between #attachment and empathic #stress in romantic couples
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Secure attachment can be both a ✅ resilience and a potential ⚠️ risk factor within romantic relationships under stress.
September 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New study from the @soneatlab.bsky.social:
Securely stressed: association between #attachment and empathic #stress in romantic couples
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Secure attachment can be both a ✅ resilience and a potential ⚠️ risk factor within romantic relationships under stress.
Securely stressed: association between #attachment and empathic #stress in romantic couples
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Secure attachment can be both a ✅ resilience and a potential ⚠️ risk factor within romantic relationships under stress.
#Attachment #MythBusting #34: Attachment between #humans and #pets - is this a real thing?
👉 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
@soneatlab.bsky.social
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@universityofessex.bsky.social
@soneatlab.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#Attachment #MythBusting #34: Attachment between #humans and #pets - is this a real thing?
👉 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
@soneatlab.bsky.social
👉 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
@soneatlab.bsky.social
Come and find my @soneatlab.bsky.social (@universityofessex.bsky.social) at this years #FLUX2025 in #Dublin!
We are participating in 4 events, including a pre-conference workshop on #hyperscanning with @artinis.bsky.social, two #poster sessions by Ricky and Laura, and a symposium talk 👇🏻
We are participating in 4 events, including a pre-conference workshop on #hyperscanning with @artinis.bsky.social, two #poster sessions by Ricky and Laura, and a symposium talk 👇🏻
September 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Come and find my @soneatlab.bsky.social (@universityofessex.bsky.social) at this years #FLUX2025 in #Dublin!
We are participating in 4 events, including a pre-conference workshop on #hyperscanning with @artinis.bsky.social, two #poster sessions by Ricky and Laura, and a symposium talk 👇🏻
We are participating in 4 events, including a pre-conference workshop on #hyperscanning with @artinis.bsky.social, two #poster sessions by Ricky and Laura, and a symposium talk 👇🏻
🤔❓ How good is #AI when asked about the neurobiological basis of #attachment?
👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 Very bad!
Don't rely on AI for such a complex and nuanced question. Instead, use resources based on real & recent scientific evidence - like my #Attachment #MythBusting series or #NAMA & #NAMDA.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com
👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 Very bad!
Don't rely on AI for such a complex and nuanced question. Instead, use resources based on real & recent scientific evidence - like my #Attachment #MythBusting series or #NAMA & #NAMDA.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🤔❓ How good is #AI when asked about the neurobiological basis of #attachment?
👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 Very bad!
Don't rely on AI for such a complex and nuanced question. Instead, use resources based on real & recent scientific evidence - like my #Attachment #MythBusting series or #NAMA & #NAMDA.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com
👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 Very bad!
Don't rely on AI for such a complex and nuanced question. Instead, use resources based on real & recent scientific evidence - like my #Attachment #MythBusting series or #NAMA & #NAMDA.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com
#Attachment MythBusting #33: #SexDifferences in Attachment
Yes, there are sex differences in attachment. But they are more complex than #PopPsychology suggests.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
@soneatlab.bsky.social
Yes, there are sex differences in attachment. But they are more complex than #PopPsychology suggests.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
@soneatlab.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#Attachment MythBusting #33: #SexDifferences in Attachment
Yes, there are sex differences in attachment. But they are more complex than #PopPsychology suggests.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
@soneatlab.bsky.social
Yes, there are sex differences in attachment. But they are more complex than #PopPsychology suggests.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
@soneatlab.bsky.social
#Attachment #MythBusting #32: The "Anxious-Avoidant Trap"
The internet is full of posts mentioning this trap, apparently one of the most common and challenging attachment combinations within close relationships. But what’s science telling us? Let’s have a closer look!
pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
The internet is full of posts mentioning this trap, apparently one of the most common and challenging attachment combinations within close relationships. But what’s science telling us? Let’s have a closer look!
pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
August 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#Attachment #MythBusting #32: The "Anxious-Avoidant Trap"
The internet is full of posts mentioning this trap, apparently one of the most common and challenging attachment combinations within close relationships. But what’s science telling us? Let’s have a closer look!
pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
The internet is full of posts mentioning this trap, apparently one of the most common and challenging attachment combinations within close relationships. But what’s science telling us? Let’s have a closer look!
pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#Attachment #MythBusting #31 – #AttachmentTheory versus #Nonattachment in #Buddhism
Attachment theory and Buddhism - calling for “nonattachment” - don’t have anything in common. Or do they...?
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
Attachment theory and Buddhism - calling for “nonattachment” - don’t have anything in common. Or do they...?
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#Attachment #MythBusting #31 – #AttachmentTheory versus #Nonattachment in #Buddhism
Attachment theory and Buddhism - calling for “nonattachment” - don’t have anything in common. Or do they...?
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
Attachment theory and Buddhism - calling for “nonattachment” - don’t have anything in common. Or do they...?
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
@universityofessex.bsky.social
🚨 Join us at the 5th #SocialNeuroscience of Human #Relationships, #Attachment and #Caregiving #Conference (#SNRAC2025) this summer! 🚨
TOPIC: #Trauma & #Resilience
👉 www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
Abstracts: 04/07. Register: 15/07.
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #fNIRS
TOPIC: #Trauma & #Resilience
👉 www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
Abstracts: 04/07. Register: 15/07.
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #fNIRS
June 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 Join us at the 5th #SocialNeuroscience of Human #Relationships, #Attachment and #Caregiving #Conference (#SNRAC2025) this summer! 🚨
TOPIC: #Trauma & #Resilience
👉 www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
Abstracts: 04/07. Register: 15/07.
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #fNIRS
TOPIC: #Trauma & #Resilience
👉 www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
Abstracts: 04/07. Register: 15/07.
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #fNIRS
🎉Celebrating 30 #Attachment #MythBusting posts🎉
Which ones are your favourites? How did they change your view of attachment and how you use it? And what do you wish to read about next?
Let me know in the comments or in the Q & A Form at the bottom of my website: pvrticka.com/attachment-m....
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Which ones are your favourites? How did they change your view of attachment and how you use it? And what do you wish to read about next?
Let me know in the comments or in the Q & A Form at the bottom of my website: pvrticka.com/attachment-m....
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
June 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🎉Celebrating 30 #Attachment #MythBusting posts🎉
Which ones are your favourites? How did they change your view of attachment and how you use it? And what do you wish to read about next?
Let me know in the comments or in the Q & A Form at the bottom of my website: pvrticka.com/attachment-m....
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Which ones are your favourites? How did they change your view of attachment and how you use it? And what do you wish to read about next?
Let me know in the comments or in the Q & A Form at the bottom of my website: pvrticka.com/attachment-m....
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
🚨 Join us at the 5th #SocialNeuroscience of #Human #Relationships, #Attachment and #Caregiving #Conference - #SNRAC2025 - this summer! 🚨
Where: @unibremen.bsky.social
When: August 20-21, 2025
More information: www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
#Abstract submission & #registration by 04.07.2025
Where: @unibremen.bsky.social
When: August 20-21, 2025
More information: www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
#Abstract submission & #registration by 04.07.2025
June 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 Join us at the 5th #SocialNeuroscience of #Human #Relationships, #Attachment and #Caregiving #Conference - #SNRAC2025 - this summer! 🚨
Where: @unibremen.bsky.social
When: August 20-21, 2025
More information: www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
#Abstract submission & #registration by 04.07.2025
Where: @unibremen.bsky.social
When: August 20-21, 2025
More information: www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
#Abstract submission & #registration by 04.07.2025
#Attachment #MythBusting #30
#MirrorNeurons, #Empathy and Attachment: Looking beyond "cells that read minds"
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
#MirrorNeurons, #Empathy and Attachment: Looking beyond "cells that read minds"
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
June 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#Attachment #MythBusting #30
#MirrorNeurons, #Empathy and Attachment: Looking beyond "cells that read minds"
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
#MirrorNeurons, #Empathy and Attachment: Looking beyond "cells that read minds"
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
#Attachment #MythBusting #29: Getting stuck in certain “brain or nervous system states” - especially in relation to #insecure #attachment and #trauma.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
May 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#Attachment #MythBusting #29: Getting stuck in certain “brain or nervous system states” - especially in relation to #insecure #attachment and #trauma.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
It has been a great pleasure and honour to attend the #ParentalBrain Meeting 2025 in #Barcelona to talk about my @soneatlab.bsky.social's research on #CaringDads: The #Social #Neuroscience of #Attachment and #Caregiving in #Fathers (pvrticka.com/dads/). Thank you again for the kind invitation 🙏🏻☺️.
May 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It has been a great pleasure and honour to attend the #ParentalBrain Meeting 2025 in #Barcelona to talk about my @soneatlab.bsky.social's research on #CaringDads: The #Social #Neuroscience of #Attachment and #Caregiving in #Fathers (pvrticka.com/dads/). Thank you again for the kind invitation 🙏🏻☺️.
📣 Save the Date: SNRAC Conference 2025 – Coming to Bremen on August 20 & 21!
This year's topic is: The #Social Origins or #Trauma and #Resilience.
Abstract submission deadline: 15.06.2025.
www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
Please share widely!
This year's topic is: The #Social Origins or #Trauma and #Resilience.
Abstract submission deadline: 15.06.2025.
www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
Please share widely!
May 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
📣 Save the Date: SNRAC Conference 2025 – Coming to Bremen on August 20 & 21!
This year's topic is: The #Social Origins or #Trauma and #Resilience.
Abstract submission deadline: 15.06.2025.
www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
Please share widely!
This year's topic is: The #Social Origins or #Trauma and #Resilience.
Abstract submission deadline: 15.06.2025.
www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci
Please share widely!
#Attachment #MythBusting #28: #Neurobollocks
Adding a #neuroscience element to claims about attachment can be helpful, but often results in "neurobollocks".
👉🏻https://pvrticka.com/attachment-myth-busting/#28
h/t @ananeurogeek.bsky.social - www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/feed
Adding a #neuroscience element to claims about attachment can be helpful, but often results in "neurobollocks".
👉🏻https://pvrticka.com/attachment-myth-busting/#28
h/t @ananeurogeek.bsky.social - www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/feed
April 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#Attachment #MythBusting #28: #Neurobollocks
Adding a #neuroscience element to claims about attachment can be helpful, but often results in "neurobollocks".
👉🏻https://pvrticka.com/attachment-myth-busting/#28
h/t @ananeurogeek.bsky.social - www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/feed
Adding a #neuroscience element to claims about attachment can be helpful, but often results in "neurobollocks".
👉🏻https://pvrticka.com/attachment-myth-busting/#28
h/t @ananeurogeek.bsky.social - www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/feed
I recently spoke about #Attachment and #ChildDevelopment, including #CHATS developed with #Babygro, at 2 events organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Thank you so much again for the kind invitation.
The second talk was recorded and is freely available here: pvrticka.com/presentations/.
The second talk was recorded and is freely available here: pvrticka.com/presentations/.
April 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I recently spoke about #Attachment and #ChildDevelopment, including #CHATS developed with #Babygro, at 2 events organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Thank you so much again for the kind invitation.
The second talk was recorded and is freely available here: pvrticka.com/presentations/.
The second talk was recorded and is freely available here: pvrticka.com/presentations/.
#Attachment #MythBusting #27: Can I really inherit my mother's or grandfather's #trauma?
pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #attachment #psychology #fNIRS #synchrony #neuroimaging
@universityofessex.bsky.social @soneatlab.bsky.social
pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #attachment #psychology #fNIRS #synchrony #neuroimaging
@universityofessex.bsky.social @soneatlab.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#Attachment #MythBusting #27: Can I really inherit my mother's or grandfather's #trauma?
pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #attachment #psychology #fNIRS #synchrony #neuroimaging
@universityofessex.bsky.social @soneatlab.bsky.social
pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #attachment #psychology #fNIRS #synchrony #neuroimaging
@universityofessex.bsky.social @soneatlab.bsky.social
I am thrilled to announce that my @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social is now accepting attendance requests & abstract submissions for our 2025 #fNIRS #hyperscanning workshop (May 19-20) in collaboration with @artinis.bsky.social. Deadline 28 February.
pvrticka.com/2025-soneat-...
pvrticka.com/2025-soneat-...
January 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I am thrilled to announce that my @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social is now accepting attendance requests & abstract submissions for our 2025 #fNIRS #hyperscanning workshop (May 19-20) in collaboration with @artinis.bsky.social. Deadline 28 February.
pvrticka.com/2025-soneat-...
pvrticka.com/2025-soneat-...
We also say that multimodal and dynamic approaches are essential for future progress.
Interactive signals come from different modalities, giving rise to convergence across physiological/endocrinological, behavioural, neural signals, and high-level cognitive systems, such as beliefs.
Interactive signals come from different modalities, giving rise to convergence across physiological/endocrinological, behavioural, neural signals, and high-level cognitive systems, such as beliefs.
December 27, 2024 at 10:36 AM
We also say that multimodal and dynamic approaches are essential for future progress.
Interactive signals come from different modalities, giving rise to convergence across physiological/endocrinological, behavioural, neural signals, and high-level cognitive systems, such as beliefs.
Interactive signals come from different modalities, giving rise to convergence across physiological/endocrinological, behavioural, neural signals, and high-level cognitive systems, such as beliefs.
We say that the #hyperscanning effect varies as a function of interactivity and social closeness of interactants.
The closeness and interactivity dimensions are depicted as orthogonal for illustration purposes, but these can (and often do) overlap - although they don’t have to overlap.
The closeness and interactivity dimensions are depicted as orthogonal for illustration purposes, but these can (and often do) overlap - although they don’t have to overlap.
December 27, 2024 at 10:36 AM
We say that the #hyperscanning effect varies as a function of interactivity and social closeness of interactants.
The closeness and interactivity dimensions are depicted as orthogonal for illustration purposes, but these can (and often do) overlap - although they don’t have to overlap.
The closeness and interactivity dimensions are depicted as orthogonal for illustration purposes, but these can (and often do) overlap - although they don’t have to overlap.
We call inter-brain dynamics beyond common-input processing the “hyperscanning effect”.
We differentiate #hyperscanning from sequential scanning, and show that hyperscanning can be achieved during co-presence, two-way interaction and group interaction.
We differentiate #hyperscanning from sequential scanning, and show that hyperscanning can be achieved during co-presence, two-way interaction and group interaction.
December 27, 2024 at 10:36 AM
We call inter-brain dynamics beyond common-input processing the “hyperscanning effect”.
We differentiate #hyperscanning from sequential scanning, and show that hyperscanning can be achieved during co-presence, two-way interaction and group interaction.
We differentiate #hyperscanning from sequential scanning, and show that hyperscanning can be achieved during co-presence, two-way interaction and group interaction.
🎄 Happy Holidays 🎄
(All credit to @pedromics on X)
(All credit to @pedromics on X)
December 18, 2024 at 10:50 AM
🎄 Happy Holidays 🎄
(All credit to @pedromics on X)
(All credit to @pedromics on X)
Yes, I absolutely agree. Much more work on #attachment and #neurodivergence (e.g., #autism) needs to be done. Including the question whether the usual attachment measures remain valid and meaningful. I discussed some of this in my Attachment Myth-Busting post #19: pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
November 24, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Yes, I absolutely agree. Much more work on #attachment and #neurodivergence (e.g., #autism) needs to be done. Including the question whether the usual attachment measures remain valid and meaningful. I discussed some of this in my Attachment Myth-Busting post #19: pvrticka.com/attachment-m...