Publications of Pascal Vrticka
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Journal Article (8)
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Journal Article
Plasma oxytocin is modulated by mental training, but does not mediate its stress-buffering effect. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 105734 (2022)
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Journal Article
83 (8), pp. 894 - 905 (2021)
Contemplative mental training reduces hairglucocortovcoid levels in a randomized clinical trial. Psychosomatic Medicine 3.
Journal Article
236, 118011 (2021)
Association between hippocampal structure and serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in healthy adults: A registered report. NeuroImage 4.
Journal Article
9, 19323 (2019)
Only vulnerable adults show change in chronic low-grade inflammation after contemplative mental training: evidence from a randomized clinical trial. Scientific Reports 5.
Journal Article
2 (9), e199687 (2019)
Association of Short-Term Change in Telomere Length with Cortical Thickness Changes and Effects of Mental Training Among Healthy Adults: A randomised clinical trial. JAMA Network Open 6.
Journal Article
26 (7-8), pp. 95 - 129 (2019)
Loving-Kindness Meditation - A Queen of Hearts? Journal of Consciousness Studies 7.
Journal Article
8 (4), e00940 (2018)
Change in emotional self-concept following socio-cognitive training relates to structural plasticity of the prefrontal cortex. Brain and Behavior 8.
Journal Article
16 (5), pp. 607 - 628 (2017)
Who am I? Differential effects of three contemplative mental trainings on emotional word use in self-descriptions. Self and Identity Book Chapter (1)
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Book Chapter
Compassion and the brain. In: Compassion: Concepts, research and applications, pp. 135 - 150 (Ed. Gilbert, P.). Routledge, London, UK (2017)
Poster (2)
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Poster
Measuring levels of the circulating inflammatory proteins IL-6 and CRP over the course of a 9-month contemplative mental training study. 6th IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School, Leipzig, Germany (2016)
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Poster
Pain analgesia induced by three meditation-based instructions: Effects of a 9-month mental training. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Geneva, Switzerland (2016)