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Prof. Dr. Philipp Kanske

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Philipp Kanske is Professor for Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at Technische Universität Dresden. He explores the emotional and cognitive processes that enable social behavior and their alterations in psychopathology. In his work he uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) to describe the underlying neuronal mechanisms.

I support the Open Science Initiative of the Faculty of Psychology.

Academic experience

since 2017	Professor for Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Technische Universität Dresden
2012 – 2017	Group Leader „Psychopathology of the Social Brain” at the Department of Social Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
2011 – 2012	Research staff at Heidelberg University, Department of Psychiatry, Section of Experimental Psychopathology and Neuroimaging, Heidelberg
2009 – 2011	PostDoc at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Mannheim

Education

2014	Habilitation at Heidelberg University
2011	Licensed Psychotherapist (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT)
2008	Dr. rer. nat. at the University of Leipzig (summa cum laude)
2005	Dipl.-Psych. at Technische Universität Dresden (funded by ev. Studienwerk Villigst)
2004	M.Sc. at the University of Oregon, USA (funded by Fulbright)

Honors and awards

2023	ERC consolidator grant "INTERACT - The interplay of neural networks enabling social interaction"
2017	Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Award of the German Research Foundation
2015 - 2020	Member of the Young Academy at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2019 - 2020 Speaker, 2018 - 2020 Member of the Board)
2013	Lilly Young Investigator Fellowship in Bipolar Disorder at the International Conference on Bipolar Disorder
2013	Young Investigator Award of the European Brain and Behaviour Society
2013	„Rising Star” of the Association for Psychological Science
2012	Young Investigator Award of the German Society for Psychophysiology and its Application
2008	Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society
2006	Werner Straub Award of the Department of Psychology at Technische Universität Dresden

Publications

157 Entries

2025

Functional neural plasticity after compassion-based interventions: A scoping review of longitudinal neuroimaging studiesMekelburg, A., Maliske, L. Z., Kirby, J. N., Kanske, P. & Förster, K., 5 May 2025, In: Journal of Affective DisordersResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Neural correlates of social affect and social cognition as risk markers of bipolar disorderChoi, D., Förster, K., Hildebrandt, M. K., Maliske, L. Z., Lehmann, K., Kanske, P. & Jauk, E., 30 Apr 2025, In: The British journal of psychiatry : BJPsych. 2025, p. 1-7, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Adult age differences in the integration of values for self and otherPollerhoff, L., Saulin, A., Kurtz, M., Stietz, J., Peng, X., Hein, G., Tusche, A. & 3 others, 14 Apr 2025, In: Scientific reports. 15, 1, 12776Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
A computational framework to study the etiology of grandiose narcissismLöschner, D. M., Schoemann, M., Jauk, E., Herchenhahn, L., Schwöbel, S., Kanske, P. & Scherbaum, S., 18 Feb 2025, In: Scientific reports. 15, 1, 5897Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2024

An Active-Inference Approach to Second-Person NeuroscienceLehmann, K., Bolis, D., Friston, K. J., Schilbach, L., Ramstead, M. J. & Kanske, P., Nov 2024, In: Perspectives on psychological science. 19, 6, p. 931-951, 21 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Witnessing their mother's acute and prolonged stress affects executive functioning in childrenLashani, E., Larsen, I. G., Kanske, P., Rosendahl, J., Blasberg, J. U. & Engert, V., 23 Oct 2024, In: Communications psychology. 2, 1, 13 p., 98Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Age differences in prosociality across the adult lifespan: A meta-analysisPollerhoff, L., Reindel, D. F., Kanske, P., Li, S. C. & Reiter, A. M., Oct 2024, In: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 165, 105843Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
An fMRI study on alexithymia and affective state recognition in the Reading the Mind in the Eyes TestGosch, S., Puhlmann, L. M., Lauckner, M. E., Förster, K., Kanske, P., Wiesmann, C. G. & Preckel, K., 2 Sep 2024, In: Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. 19 (2024), 1, 13 p., nsae058Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Attachment and inter-individual differences in empathy, compassion, and theory of mind abilitiesGallistl, M., Kungl, M., Gabler, S., Kanske, P., Vrticka, P. & Engert, V., 15 Jul 2024, In: Attachment & human development. 26, 4, p. 350-365, 16 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
White and gray matter alterations in bipolar I and bipolar II disorder subtypes compared with healthy controls: exploring associations with disease course and polygenic riskThiel, K., Lemke, H., Winter, A., Flinkenflügel, K., Waltemate, L., Bonnekoh, L., Grotegerd, D. & 26 others, Apr 2024, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 49 (2024), 5, p. 814–823, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article