Publications of Pascal Vrticka

Gallistl, M.; Hamann, J. E.; Croy, I.; Vrticka, P.; Engert, V.: Support or stress? How attachment and relationship dynamics associate with acute psychosocial stress in the presence of the romantic partner. Social Science & Medicine, 118275 (2025)

Acil, D.; Puhlmann, L. M.; White, L. O.; Vrticka, P.: Caregiver or playmate? Fathers' and mothers' brain responses to ball-play with children. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience 25 (2), pp. 434 - 453 (2025)

Puhlmann, L. M.; Vrticka, P.; Linz, R.; Valk, S. L.; Papassotiriou, I.; Chrousos, G. P.; Engert, V.; Singer, T.: 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 (2), 100414 (2025)

Nguyen, T.; Kungl, M. T.; Hoehl, S.; White, L. O.; Vrticka, P.: Visualizing the invisible tie: Linking parent–child neural synchrony to parents' and children's attachment representations. Developmental Science 27 (6), e13504 (2024)

Gallistl, M.; Kungl, M.; Gabler, S.; Kanske, P.; Vrticka, P.; Engert, V.: Attachment and inter-individual differences in empathy, compassion, and theory of mind abilities. Attachment & Human Development 26 (4), pp. 350 - 365 (2024)

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

Puhlmann, L. M.; Derome, M.; Morosan, L.; Kilicel, D.; Vrticka, P.; Debbané, M.: Longitudinal associations between self-reported attachment dimensions and neurostructural development from adolescence to early adulthood. Attachment & Human Development 25 (1), pp. 162 - 180 (2023)

Hoehne, K.; Vrticka, P.; Engert, V.; Singer, T.: Plasma oxytocin is modulated by mental training, but does not mediate its stress-buffering effect. Psychoneuroendocrinology 141, 105734 (2022)

Schulz, C.; von Klitzing, K.; Deserno, L.; Sheridan, M. A.; Crowley, M. J.; Schoett, M. J. S.; Hoffmann, F.; Villringer, A.; Vrticka, P.; White, L. O.: Emotional maltreatment and neglect impact neural activation upon exclusion in early and mid-adolescence: An event-related fMRI study. Development and Psychopathology 34 (2), pp. 573 - 585 (2022)

Long, M.; Puhlmann, L. M.; Vrticka, P.: Hypothalamus volume in men: Investigating associations with paternal status, self-reported caregiving beliefs, and adult attachment style. Social Neuroscience 16 (6), pp. 639 - 652 (2021)

Puhlmann, L. M.; Vrticka, P.; Linz, R.; Stalder, T.; Kirschbaum, C.; Engert, V.; Singer, T.: Contemplative mental training reduces hair glucocorticoid levels in a randomized clinical trial. Psychosomatic Medicine 83 (8), pp. 894 - 905 (2021)

Puhlmann, L. M.; Linz, R.; Valk, S. L.; Vrticka, P.; Vos de Wael, R.; Bernasconi, A.; Bernasconi, N.; Caldairou, B.; Papassotiriou, I.; Chrousos, G. P. et al.; Bernhardt, B. C.; Singer, T.; Engert, V.: Association between hippocampal structure and serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in healthy adults: A registered report. NeuroImage 236, 118011 (2021)

Nguyen, T.; Schleihauf, H.; Kungl, M.; Kayhan, E.; Hoehl, S.; Vrticka, P.: Interpersonal neural synchrony during father-child problem solving: An fNIRS hyperscanning study. Child Development 92 (4), pp. e565 - e580 (2021)

White, L. O.; Bornemann, B.; Crowley, M. J.; Sticca, F.; Vrticka, P.; Stadelmann, S.; Otto, Y.; Klein, A. M.; Klitzing, K.: Exclusion expected? Cardiac slowing upon peer exclusion links preschool parent representations to school‐age peer relationships. Child Development 92 (4), pp. 1274 - 1290 (2021)

Nguyen, T.; Hoehl, S.; Vrticka, P.: A guide to parent-child fNIRS hyperscanning data processing and analysis. Sensors 21 (12), 4075 (2021)

Nguyen, T.; Schleihauf, H.; Kayhan, E.; Matthes, D.; Vrticka, P.; Hoehl, S.: Neural synchrony in mother-child conversation: Exploring the role of conversation patterns. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 16 (1-2), pp. 93 - 102 (2021)

White, L. O.; Schulz, C.; Schoett, M. J. S.; Kungl, M. T.; Keil, J.; Borelli, J. L.; Vrticka, P.: Conceptual analysis: A social neuroscience approach to interpersonal interaction in the context of disruption and disorganization of attachment (NAMDA). Frontiers in Psychiatry 11, 517372 (2020)

Miller, J. G.; Shrestha, S.; Reiss, A. L.; Vrticka, P.: 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 (3), pp. 503 - 520 (2020)

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

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