Pascal Vrticka

How deep do AI relationships really go? An expert in #attachment theory explains 👉🏻 theconversation.com/how-deep-do-...

New #Attachment Insights post #42 and accompanying in-depth Substack post on yhe use of attachment science as part of child custody and child protection decisions pvrticka.substack.com/p/what-happe...?

An Attachment Researcher Speaks to Parents Part 3 myfertilebrain.substack.com/p/an-attachm... 💡Part 1: pvrticka.substack.com/cp/215348091 💡Part 2: pvrticka.substack.com/cp/216256341 #attachment #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #fNIRS #parenting @universityofessex.bsky.social

My written evidence to the House of Commons #Education Committee on the White Paper "Every Child Achieving and Thriving" has now been published. 👉🏻 committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide... @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

An #Attachment Researcher Speaks to #Parents – Part 1 myfertilebrain.substack.com/p/an-attachm...

#Attachment Insights Nr 38: Does the body really "keep the score"? An "updated reframing". 👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-i... @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

For those with healthy enough boundaries to avoid bluesky over the weekend, here's a thread on my new preprint formalising the Allostatic Theory of Oxytocin (and what it taught me about theory-building in psychology)

#AttachmentInsights #37: The nighttime parenting gap Why it likely isn't just 'light sleeping': A fresh look at the nighttime #parenting gap 👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-i... @soneatlab.bsky.social

Very happy to announce my @soneatlab.bsky.social 's 2026 #fNIRS #hyperscanning workshop. 📍 @universityofessex.bsky.social in #Colchester (UK); September 01-02, 2026. 🎓 Mainly for beginners & new users of fNIRS hyperscanning 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April 2026 👉🏻 pvrticka.com/2026-soneat-... Please share 🙏🏻

The " #Caring Advantage": #Parenting as #Leadership Training - Using #Attachment #Science to Bridge the Gap Between Home & #Work Our latest attachment-informed leadership #AIL post: 👉🏻 attachmentinformedleadership.substack.com/p/the-caring... @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

Very cool feature to add your neuroscience methods as badge to your handle! ⬇️ Tagging #fNIRS 🧠🔦 folks here to spread the word @pvrticka.bsky.social @nirx-nirs.bsky.social @artinis.bsky.social @kathlingelbach.bsky.social @katharinastute.bsky.social

#PolyvagalTheory (#PVT), #Attachment & #Trauma: An Update And Alternative Account 👉🏻 pvrticka.substack.com/p/polyvagal-...

Why are ‘hallucinated #citations’ and ‘phantom #references’ a real problem for scientific #accuracy and #integrity - including #attachment #science? More in my latest #Substack post. 👉🏻 pvrticka.substack.com/p/hallucinat...

Un nouvel article sur l' #attachement, les soins et le #cerveau #parental, destiné en particulier à notre public francophone. 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1016/j.sa... @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

#Dads: The forgotten #attachment figures? How 70 years of attachment science reshaped fathers' role open.substack.com/pub/pvrticka...

Why is #attachment foundational for effective #leadership? Because leadership is first and foremost a #relationship. And it’s not just any kind of relationship, it’s an attachment-based relationship. 👉🏻 attachmentinformedleadership.substack.com/p/why-attach...

Check out my new series on #Substack: Is your #brain securely #attached? Part I: What’s the brain got to do with it? #attachment #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #fNIRS @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

#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

Heute etwas Kurzes für das deutschsprachige Publikum: #Beziehungsstress #Bindungstypen: Wir können ändern, wie wir lieben Beitrag von Deutschlandfunk Nova vom 09. Oktober 2025 www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/wie-... @universityofessex.bsky.social @soneatlab.bsky.social #Bindung #Attachment

Somehow, the ticket link doesn't appear to work... Here it is again: tickets.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/event/...

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.

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.

#Attachment #MythBusting #34: Attachment between #humans and #pets - is this a real thing? 👉 pvrticka.com/attachment-m... @universityofessex.bsky.social @soneatlab.bsky.social

#Attachment #MythBusting #34: Attachment between #humans and #pets - is this a real thing? 👉 pvrticka.com/attachment-m... @universityofessex.bsky.social @soneatlab.bsky.social

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...

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 😊.

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 👇🏻

🤔❓ 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

#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

#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...

@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 #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

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...

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"

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

📢 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

🎉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.... 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

🎉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.... 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

🚨 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