Welcome to the Clinical Social Neuroscience Unit
Ian Ehm
This is our Working Group
Social cognition, inter-subjectivity, social behaviours are crucial elements for successful everyday interaction and communication as well as for a mature and fulfilling quality of life.
The primary aim of the Lab is to understand from a neuroscientific point of view the mechanisms (neurochemical and neurophysiological) behind processes at the heart of what has been termed “social intelligence”, such as empathy and prosocial behaviours, in the clinical and non-clinical population. This goal is achieved by using multi-level approach that combines different methodologies: genetic, functional neuroimaging, TMS, EEG and pharmacological manipulations.
Arya Yufang Liao
Clinical Social Neuroscience Unit
Research Focus
- Basic research: focus on the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms behind social cognition, social emotions and their link to social behaviours.
- Clinical research: focus on the understanding of social behavior and processing of other people’s mental and emotional states in clinical populations and neurodivergent conditions such as autism.
- Developmental research: focus on the understanding of the development of social emotions, social intelligence and prosociality across the life span.
- Translational research: focus on bridging different theoretical and methodological approaches such as psychotherapy and neuroscience.