Sören Krach, Prof. Dr.
University of Lübeck; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Associate Professor (W2)
Professional Experience
2015 – today Associate Professor; Head of the ‘Social Neuroscience Lab’ at the Department of Psychiatry, Lübeck University
2014-2015 Head of Research Group ‘Social Neuroscience’, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg
2012-2013 Head of Research Group ‘Social Neuroscience’, Department of Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg
2009-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Research Group ‘BrainImaging’, Department of Psychiatry, Philipps-University Marburg
2006-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Central Service Facility ‘Functional Imaging’ at the IZKF-BIOMAT, RWTH Aachen University Hospital
Education
2006 PhD-thesis in Clinical Neuropsychology at Bielefeld University
1998-2004 Study of Psychology at the Bielefeld University and City University of New York
PI of four DFG-funded projects with an overall volume of 750T €.
Young Investigator Prize of the von Behring-Röntgen- Stiftung 2012
Award of the Marburg Research Foundation at the Faculty of Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg (2010).
Young Scientists Award of the West European Society of Biological Psychiatry, Strasbourg (2007).
Award for ‘Outstanding Dissertation’, Bielefeld University (2007).
Scholarship for Studies Abroad (New York City, USA), Westfälisch-Lippische University Society (2001)
- Stolz DS, Müller-Pinzler L, Krach S, Paulus FM. Internal control beliefs shape positive affect and associated neural dynamics during outcome valuation. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):1230.
- Müller-Pinzler L, […] Krach S. Negativity-bias in forming beliefs about own abilities. Sci Rep. 2019;9:14416.
- Krach S, et al. Evidence from pupillometry and fMRI indicates reduced neural response during vicarious social pain but not physical pain in autism. Hum Brain Mapp. 2015;36(11):4730-44.
- Müller-Pinzler L, […] Paulus FM, Krach S. Neural pathways of embarrassment and their modulation by social anxiety. Neuroimage 2015;119: 252-261.
- *Spreckelmeyer KN, *Krach S, et al. Anticipation of monetary and social reward differently activates mesolimbic brain structures in men and women. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2009 Jun;4(2):158-65. (shared first authorship)