Project Details
Projekt
GRK 1253: Processing of Affective Stimuli: From the Molecular Basis to the Emotional Experience
Subject Area
Psychology
Term
from 2007 to 2015
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 968378
This Research Training Group aims at identifying important mediators and moderators influencing the processing of affective stimuli. To reach this goal, nine research groups from philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, neurology, anatomy and physiology will closely collaborate in order to develop excellent and internationally visible interdisciplinary research opportunities for doctoral students within the Affective Sciences.
The projects of the Research Training Group converge on four levels, each addressed by human or animal research: the neurobiological and molecular basis for the processing of affective stimuli, the morphology and anatomy of the involved neural systems, normal and pathological emotional behaviour on a cognitive, behavioural and physiological level and modulating self-regulation processes and contexts.
Special interests of the Research Training Group are to evaluate the role of the serotonin system and the amygdala in the processing of affective stimuli on several work levels and to identify interactions between levels. The philosophy project provides a theoretical framework for the empirical-experimental projects, and itself focuses on the epistemological, anthropological and ethical dimension of research on emotion.
The Research Training Group is integrated into the International Graduate School of the University of Würzburg and will follow its rules for the supervision of doctoral students. An interdisciplinary supervision is ensured by doctoral committees for each student with members from different research groups. The three-year curriculum is organised to allow an intensive interdisciplinary training on theories and methods of the Affective Sciences and to provide research experiences in different laboratories. Independence of students and professional academic skills will be ensured by special workshops. The integration in international networks of scientists working in the Affective Sciences will be advanced by guest scientists, summer schools with international scholars and the mandatory presentation of results at international meetings.
The projects of the Research Training Group converge on four levels, each addressed by human or animal research: the neurobiological and molecular basis for the processing of affective stimuli, the morphology and anatomy of the involved neural systems, normal and pathological emotional behaviour on a cognitive, behavioural and physiological level and modulating self-regulation processes and contexts.
Special interests of the Research Training Group are to evaluate the role of the serotonin system and the amygdala in the processing of affective stimuli on several work levels and to identify interactions between levels. The philosophy project provides a theoretical framework for the empirical-experimental projects, and itself focuses on the epistemological, anthropological and ethical dimension of research on emotion.
The Research Training Group is integrated into the International Graduate School of the University of Würzburg and will follow its rules for the supervision of doctoral students. An interdisciplinary supervision is ensured by doctoral committees for each student with members from different research groups. The three-year curriculum is organised to allow an intensive interdisciplinary training on theories and methods of the Affective Sciences and to provide research experiences in different laboratories. Independence of students and professional academic skills will be ensured by special workshops. The integration in international networks of scientists working in the Affective Sciences will be advanced by guest scientists, summer schools with international scholars and the mandatory presentation of results at international meetings.
DFG Programme
Research Training Groups
Applicant Institution
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Paul Pauli
Participating Researchers
Professorin Dr. Esther Silke Asan; Professor Dr. Jürgen Deckert; Professorin Dr. Katharina Domschke, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Martin J. Herrmann; Professorin Dr. Andrea Kübler; Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Lembeck; Professor Dr. Klaus-Peter Lesch; Professor Dr. Karl Mertens; Professorin Dr. Angelika Schmitt-Böhrer; Professorin Dr. Claudia Sommer; Professor Dr. Fritz Strack; Professor Dr. Jens Volkmann; Dr. Maruschka Weber; Professor Dr. Erhard Wischmeyer
