Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit

Institute for Clinical, Biological and Differential Psychology
Room Number: O3.19
Liebiggasse 5, 3. Floor (left wing)
1010 Vienna, Austria

T: +43-1-4277-471 30
F: +43-1-4277-471 93
Email: claus.lamm@univie.ac.at

Teaching (summer term 2012, University of Vienna)

VVZ 

• Biologische Psychologie 2 (Vorlesung)
  
• Forschungsseminar für Fortgeschrittene (Participation only for diploma students of the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit)
• Forschungsseminar für DoktorandInnen (Participation only for Ph.D. students of the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit)
• Office hours for students: Wednesday 12.00 – 13.00 (only during semester) - Advance reservation is not necessary!

Curriculum Vitae

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Degrees - Education:  

• 27/10/2005 Postdoctoral dissertation (“Habilitation”), Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria
• 20/07/2001 Ph.D., Psychology (with distinction), University of Vienna, Austria
• 24/01/1997 M.Sc., Psychology (with distinction), University of Vienna, Austria

 Career - Work & Research Experience:

• since Sept 1st, 2010: Full Professor (Biological Psychology) and head of the Social, Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Institute for Clinical, Biological and Differential Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna
• Assistant Professor (“Oberassistent”), Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland (10/2008 - 08/2010)
• Research Associate, Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (01/2006 – 09/2008)
• Post-doctoral researcher, INSERM (French National Institute for Health and Medical Research) Unit 280 - Mental Processes and Brain Activation, Bron, France (12/2004-12/2005)
• University Lecturer, Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Vienna (03/1997-09/2002; 10/2004-11/2004) 

Peer-reviewed publications  (selection) 

• Lamm, C., Decety, J., Singer, T. (2011). Meta-analytic evidence for common and distinct neural networks associated with directly   experienced pain and empathy for pain. NeuroImage, 54, 2492-2502.
• Lamm, C., Singer, T. (2010). The role of anterior insular cortex in social emotions. Brain Structure and Function, 214(5-6), 579-91.
• Lamm, C., Meltzoff, A.N., & Decety, J. (2010). How do we empathize with someone who is not like us? A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22(2), 362-376.
• Singer, T.*, Lamm, C.* (2009). The social neuroscience of empathy. (Review). Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1156, 81-96.
• Lamm, C., Batson, C.D., & Decety, J. (2007). The neural substrate of human empathy: Effects of perspective-taking and cognitive appraisal. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 42-58.

For more information, please see the following page: Homepage Claus Lamm (external link)