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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

2021

A revised instrument for the assessment of empathy and Theory of Mind in adolescents: Introducing the EmpaToM-YBreil, C., Kanske, P., Pittig, R. & Böckler, A., Dec 2021, In: Behavior research methods. 53, 6, p. 2487-2501, 15 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Variability in Brain Structure and Function Reflects Lack of Peer SupportSchurz, M., Uddin, L. Q., Kanske, P., Lamm, C., Sallet, J., Bernhardt, B. C., Mars, R. B. & 1 others, Oct 2021, In: Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). 31, 10, p. 4612-4627, 16 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Decreased emotional reactivity after 3-month socio-affective but not attention- or meta-cognitive-based mental training: A randomized, controlled, longitudinal fMRI studyFavre, P., Kanske, P., Engen, H. & Singer, T., Aug 2021, In: NeuroImage. 237, p. 118-132, 15 p., 118132Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
The ageing of the social mind: replicating the preservation of socio-affective and the decline of socio-cognitive processes in old ageStietz, J., Pollerhoff, L., Kurtz, M., Li, S., Reiter, A. M. F. & Kanske, P., Aug 2021, In: Royal Society open science. 8, 8, 210641Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
The influence of anger on empathy and theory of mindWeiblen, R., Mairon, N., Krach, S., Buades-Rotger, M., Nahum, M., Kanske, P., Perry, A. & 1 others, 29 Jul 2021, In: PloS one. 16, 7, 22 p., e0255068Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Narcissism in independent and interdependent culturesJauk, E., Breyer, D., Kanske, P. & Wakabayashi, A., Jul 2021, In: Personality and individual differences. 177, 8 p., 110716Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Qualitative Approximations to Causality: Non-Randomizable Factors in Clinical PsychologyHöfler, M., Trautmann, S. & Kanske, P., 21 Jun 2021, In: Clinical Psychology in Europe. 3, 2, p. 1-12, 12 p., e3873Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Challenging control over emotions in borderline personality disorder: a tDCS studyWolkenstein, L., Rombold-Bruehl, F., Bingmann, T., Sommer, A., Kanske, P. & Plewnia, C., 18 Jun 2021, In: Neuropsychologia. 156, 107850Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Exploiting the plasticity of compassion to improve psychotherapyFörster, K. & Kanske, P., Jun 2021, In: Current opinion in behavioral sciences. 39, p. 64-71, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
Can neuroscience help to understand narcissism? A systematic review of an emerging fieldJauk, E. & Kanske, P., 28 May 2021, In: Personality Neuroscience. 4, p. 1-29, e3Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article