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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · 5d

Oh wow... ☺️! Thank you so much for your positive feedback 🙏🏻. Greatly appreciated.

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you 😊 🙏🏻. I'll get in touch!

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · 20d

Somehow, the ticket link doesn't appear to work...

Here it is again: tickets.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/event/...

Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · 20d

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.

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · 22d

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.

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · 25d

#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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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · 25d

#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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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you 🙏🏻. Such a fantastic line up of speakers. Very grateful and honoured about the invitation and the opportunity to speak. The whole #FLUX2025 conference (my first!) has been absolutely brilliant.

@fluxsociety.bsky.social

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Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · Sep 6

Looking fwd to our neural synchrony symposium today - & especially learning more from @pvrticka.bsky.social on synchrony in #fNIRS. For a preview check out an excellent 2025 review led by @saradefelice.bsky.social - join us 3pm in Hyde 1. 🧠 ⚡️ 🧠 #flux2025

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

De Felice et al 2025: relational neuroscience, insights from hyperscanning

Flux 2025 symposium - is neural synchrony a developmental mechanism?

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Sep 4

Now happening at #FLUX2025 @fluxsociety.bsky.social 👇🏻

Interested in #fNIRS #hyperscanning in #parent #child dyads & #families?

Check out our posters & talk by my @soneatlab.bsky.social !

And do let me know if you want to meet for a chat 😊.

Social Neuroscience of Human Attachment (SoNeAt) Lab @soneatlab.bsky.social · Sep 1

Come and find our SoNeAt Lab (@universityofessex.bsky.social) at this year's #FLUX2025 in #Dublin!

We are participating in 4 events, including a pre-conference workshop on #hyperscanning with @artinis.bsky.social, 2 #poster sessions by Ricky and Laura, and a symposium talk by @pvrticka.bsky.social👇🏻

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Sep 1

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 👇🏻

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Aug 16

🤔❓ 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

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Aug 15

#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

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Aug 12

#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...

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · Jul 29

Robbie Duschinsky has written an #openaccess book on #attachment research in developmental psychology. How it started, how it changed, and how differently labs measure it. Overall thesis: attachment theory is not one unified paradigm. Check out this work of deep expertise.

Developments in Attachment Research

Abstract. Developments in Attachment Research explores the contributions of several research groups in developmental science that have shaped the study of

academic.oup.com

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Carlo Schuengel @carloschuengel.bsky.social · Aug 1

@robbieduschinsky.bsky.social , who is not an active poster on BlueSky, wrote this beautiful piece about being an #attachment researcher and a father of a child with severe #disability. Sharing for other parents www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

‘Attachment research gave some indication where we could start in trying to parent our seriously unwell daughter’ | BPS

Robbie Duschinsky (University of Cambridge) reflects on parenting a profoundly unwell and disabled child whilst undertaking research and writing about attachment.

www.bps.org.uk

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Jul 24

#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

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Sara De Felice @saradefelice.bsky.social · Jul 23

How do our brains and bodies support social learning in real time?

We take an ecological and multimodal neuroscience approach to study mutual prediction and social coordination when learning with others.

It took 5 full years for this one! Full open-access pre-print: osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

osf.io

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Jul 5

Thank you very much for the kind invitation. I had a great time in Dresden 🇩🇪.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Jun 30

ResearchPlus - a new collaboration has been formed by 10 UK universities: "there is no collective voice or visibility for research-focused universities outside the Russell Group. Our collaboration seeks to address this & enable us to work better with each other & with existing groups"

ResearchPlus: a manifesto for a new collaborative of universities - HEPI

ResearchPlus unites leading research-focused UK universities to boost innovation, skills, and regional and national prosperity.

www.hepi.ac.uk

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Anna-Lena Zietlow @alzietlow.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thrilled to welcome @pvrticka.bsky.social to our #BühlerKolloquium! Looking forward to exploring his fascinating research.
Join us this Wednesday! @tudresden.bsky.social

Child and Family Mental Health Lab @cfmhlab.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 Join us for Dr. Pascal Vrticka’s talk on “Social Neuroscience of Human Attachment: From Single-Person Epigenetics to Interpersonal Neural Synchrony” at the #Bühlerkolloquium.

📅 02/07 @ 5 pm
📍 FAL Room 158 and via Zoom
🔗 tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...

@tudresden.bsky.social @pvrticka.bsky.social

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Child and Family Mental Health Lab @cfmhlab.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 Join us for Dr. Pascal Vrticka’s talk on “Social Neuroscience of Human Attachment: From Single-Person Epigenetics to Interpersonal Neural Synchrony” at the #Bühlerkolloquium.

📅 02/07 @ 5 pm
📍 FAL Room 158 and via Zoom
🔗 tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...

@tudresden.bsky.social @pvrticka.bsky.social

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Jun 26

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Tina Malti @unileipzig.bsky.social
Guy Bosmans @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
Stefanie Hoehl @univie.ac.at
Tsachi Ein-Dor, Reichman University
Lars White @unibremen.bsky.social
Yours truly @universityofessex.bsky.social

Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Jun 25

Attendance will be possible in person and remotely (as listener only). Talk recordings will be made available for asynchronous viewing.

There will be many opportunities for early career researchers to share their work and to network - #posters, #talks, panel discussion, etc.

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨 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

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