Personal profile
Scientific Focus
With my research, I'd like to investigate the underlying mechanisms of self-other distinction through affective touch: Does C-fiber activating touch modulate empathetic pain? How do we regulate our own emotions in order to successfully monitor and evaluate another one's emotional state? In this regard, how do mentally distressed persons differ from healthy ones? How can research help to identify, understand and alleviate individual difficulties with emotion regulation and to foster relationships?
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Areas and Centers
- Academic Focus: Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM)
DFG Research Classification Scheme
- 1.22-05 Personality Psychology, Clinical and Medical Psychology, Methodology