Dr. Thomas Baumgartner
Research Interests
Using a multi-method and interdisciplinary approach combining theories, paradigms, and techniques from disciplines as varied as neuroscience (e.g., functional and structural MRI, TMS, combined TMS-fMRI, EEG), developmental and social psychology (e.g., questionnaires, stress paradigms), psychobiology (e.g., hormonal and autonomic measures), and economics (e.g., game theoretic paradigms such as the ultimatum, trust and prisoner’s dilemma games), I investigate the foundations of human emotional and social behaviour. More specifically, I am interested in the study of the developmental, neural, and hormonal mechanisms underlying social and non-social decision making; emotional perception, experience and anticipation; and emotion-regulation capacities and their role in (social) decision making and their impact on emotional experience and anticipation.
Publications and Teaching
Curriculum Vitae
| Citizenship: | Swiss |
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| Education (Master and PhD Studies): | 1996-2002 | Studies of Psychology, Psychopathology and Neurophysiology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland |
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| 07.2002 | Graduation: Master in Psychology, Psychopathology and Neurophysiology (summa cum laude)Master Thesis: Social support and Oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress. |
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| 2002-2005 | PhD Studies in Neuroscience at the University of Zurich, Department of Neuropsychology (Supervisor Prof. Dr. L. Jäncke) |
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| 07.2005 | Dissertation Thesis: Neural Correlates of Higher Cognitive and Emotional Functions of the Human Brain (summa cum laude) |
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| Current | 2005- | Research assistant (Post-Doc) for Neuroeconomics at the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research |
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| Major Interests: | Affective Neurosciences, Neuroeconomics, Neural Basis of Emotional and Cognitive Decision-making, Emotional Foundations of Norm Compliance and Norm Enforcement |
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