Affective Neuroscience
Head:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Carmen Morawetz
Team:
Gaia Lapodarma, PhD, MSc
Mirna Hajric, MSc
Mi Lande, MSc
Focus
- Covering the key areas of general, biological and clinical psychology in their entirety.
- To elucidate the neuronal mechanisms involved in emotion processing and emotion regulation.
- Interaction of emotional processes and sustainable/environmentally conscious decision-making, as well as human-environment interaction and its effects on neuronal changes.
- Promotion of emotional well-being, resilience, emotion processing and emotion control
Prevention and Health Aspects
- Identification of measures to increase the ability to regulate emotions
- Research into neuronal correlates of effective emotion regulation
- Investigation of individual differences in terms of emotion processing and emotion control and links to neuronal networks
- Prediction of craving and emotional state based on neural networks in addicted patients
Lifespan Perspective
- Development of prevention and intervention programs to promote emotional well-being and emotion control
Methods
- fMRI
- Psychophysiology
- Questionnaires