Publications of Pascal Vrticka

Puhlmann, L. M., Vrticka, P., Linz, R., Valk, S. L., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., … Singer, T. (2025). Serum BDNF increase after 9-month contemplative mental training is associated with decreased cortisol secretion and increased dentate gyrus volume: Evidence from a randomized clinical trial. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 5. doi:10.1016/j.bpsgos.2024.100414

Acil, D., Puhlmann, L. M., White, L. O., & Vrticka, P. (2024). Caregiver or playmate? Fathers' and mothers' brain responses to ball-play with children. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience. doi:10.3758/s13415-024-01237-1

Nguyen, T., Kungl, M. T., Hoehl, S., White, L. O., & Vrticka, P. (2024). Visualizing the invisible tie: Linking parent–child neural synchrony to parents' and children's attachment representations. Developmental Science, 27. doi:10.1111/desc.13504

Gallistl, M., Kungl, M., Gabler, S., Kanske, P., Vrticka, P., & Engert, V. (2024). Attachment and inter-individual differences in empathy, compassion, and theory of mind abilities. Attachment & Human Development, 26, 350–365.

Kungl, M. T., Gabler, S., White, L. O., Spangler, G., & Vrticka, P. (2024). Precursors and effects of self-reported parental reflective functioning: Links to parental attachment representations and behavioral sensitivity. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. doi:10.1007/s10578-023-01654-2

Puhlmann, L. M., Derome, M., Morosan, L., Kilicel, D., Vrticka, P., & Debbané, M. (2023). Longitudinal associations between self-reported attachment dimensions and neurostructural development from adolescence to early adulthood. Attachment & Human Development, 25, 162–180.

Hoehne, K., Vrticka, P., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2022). Plasma oxytocin is modulated by mental training, but does not mediate its stress-buffering effect. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 141. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105734

Schulz, C., von Klitzing, K., Deserno, L., Sheridan, M. A., Crowley, M. J., Schoett, M. J. S., … White, L. O. (2022). Emotional maltreatment and neglect impact neural activation upon exclusion in early and mid-adolescence: An event-related fMRI study. Development and Psychopathology, 34, 573–585.

Long, M., Puhlmann, L. M., & Vrticka, P. (2021). Hypothalamus volume in men: Investigating associations with paternal status, self-reported caregiving beliefs, and adult attachment style. Social Neuroscience, 16, 639–652.

Puhlmann, L. M., Vrticka, P., Linz, R., Stalder, T., Kirschbaum, C., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2021). Contemplative mental training reduces hair glucocorticoid levels in a randomized clinical trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83, 894–905.

Puhlmann, L. M., Linz, R., Valk, S. L., Vrticka, P., Vos de Wael, R., Bernasconi, A., … Engert, V. (2021). Association between hippocampal structure and serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in healthy adults: A registered report. NeuroImage, 236. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118011

Nguyen, T., Schleihauf, H., Kungl, M., Kayhan, E., Hoehl, S., & Vrticka, P. (2021). Interpersonal neural synchrony during father-child problem solving: An fNIRS hyperscanning study. Child Development, 92, e565–e580.

White, L. O., Bornemann, B., Crowley, M. J., Sticca, F., Vrticka, P., Stadelmann, S., … Klitzing, K. (2021). Exclusion expected? Cardiac slowing upon peer exclusion links preschool parent representations to school‐age peer relationships. Child Development, 92, 1274–1290.

Nguyen, T., Hoehl, S., & Vrticka, P. (2021). A guide to parent-child fNIRS hyperscanning data processing and analysis. Sensors, 21. doi:10.3390/s21124075

Nguyen, T., Schleihauf, H., Kayhan, E., Matthes, D., Vrticka, P., & Hoehl, S. (2021). Neural synchrony in mother-child conversation: Exploring the role of conversation patterns. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16, 93–102.

White, L. O., Schulz, C., Schoett, M. J. S., Kungl, M. T., Keil, J., Borelli, J. L., & Vrticka, P. (2020). Conceptual analysis: A social neuroscience approach to interpersonal interaction in the context of disruption and disorganization of attachment (NAMDA). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.517372

Miller, J. G., Shrestha, S., Reiss, A. L., & Vrticka, P. (2020). Neural bases of social feedback processing and self-other distinction in late childhood: The role of attachment and age. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 20, 503–520.

Long, M., Verbeke, W., Ein-Dor, T., & Vrticka, P. (2020). A functional neuro-anatomical model of human attachment (NAMA): Insights from first- and second-person social neuroscience. Cortex, 126, 281–321.

Nguyen, T., Schleihauf, H., Kayhan, E., Matthes, D., Vrticka, P., & Hoehl, S. (2020). The effects of interaction quality on neural synchrony during mother-child problem solving. Cortex, 124, 235–249.

Puhlmann, L. M., Engert, V., Apostolakou, F., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., Vrticka, P., & Singer, T. (2019). Only vulnerable adults show change in chronic low-grade inflammation after contemplative mental training: Evidence randomized clinical trial. Scientific Reports, 9. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-55250-3