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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

2017

Structural plasticity of the social brain: Differential change after socio-affective and cognitive mental trainingValk, S. L., Bernhardt, B. C., Trautwein, F., Böckler, A., Kanske, P., Guizard, N., Collins, D. L. & 1 others, 4 Oct 2017, In: Science advances. 3, 10, 11 p., e1700489Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Large-scale network functional interactions during distraction and reappraisal in remitted bipolar and unipolar patientsLois, G., Gerchen, M. F., Kirsch, P., Kanske, P., Schönfelder, S. & Wessa, M., 27 Sep 2017, In: Bipolar disorders. 19, 6, p. 487-495Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
The Aging of the Social Mind - Differential Effects on Components of Social UnderstandingReiter, A. M. F., Kanske, P., Eppinger, B. & Li, S., 8 Sep 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 1, 8 p., 11046Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Where the Narcissistic Mind Wanders: Increased Self-Related Thoughts are More Positive and Future OrientedKanske, P., Sharifi, M., Smallwood, J., Dziobek, I. & Singer, T., 31 Aug 2017, In: Journal of personality disorders. 31, 4, p. 553-566, 14 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Study protocol of the ASD-Net, the German research consortium for the study of Autism Spectrum Disorder across the lifespan: from a better etiological understanding, through valid diagnosis, to more effective health careKamp-Becker, I., Poustka, L., Bachmann, C., Ehrlich, S., Hoffmann, F., Kanske, P., Kirsch, P. & 10 others, 2 Jun 2017, In: BMC Psychiatry. 17, 1, 14 p., 206Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Mindfulness meditation regulates anterior insula activity during empathy for social painLaneri, D., Krach, S., Paulus, F. M., Kanske, P., Schuster, V., Sommer, J. & Müller-Pinzler, L., 15 May 2017, In: Human brain mapping. 38, 8, p. 4034-4046, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Impaired cognitive control over emotional material in euthymic bipolar disorderWolkenstein, L., Kanske, P., Bailer, J., Wessa, M., Hautzinger, M. & Joormann, J., 1 May 2017, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 214, p. 108-114, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Social cognition in aggressive offenders: Impaired empathy, but intact theory of mindWinter, K., Spengler, S., Bermpohl, F., Singer, T. & Kanske, P., 6 Apr 2017, In: Scientific reports. 7, 670Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Positive emotion impedes emotional but not cognitive conflict processingZinchenko, A., Obermeier, C., Kanske, P., Schröger, E. & Kotz, S. A., 20 Mar 2017, In: Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience. 17, 3, p. 665-677, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
The neural component-process architecture of endogenously generated emotionEngen, H., Kanske, P. & Singer, T., Feb 2017, In: Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. 12, 2, p. 197–211, 15 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article