Raffael Kalisch

I am interested in neuro-cognitive mechanisms contributing to resilience to the effects of trauma, stress, adversity. Knowledge of these protective mechanisms will show new ways to improve the prevention and therapy of stress-related mental dysfunction and disorders like PTSD, anxiety or depression. My focus is on safety learning mechanisms (e.g., fear extinction) and on cognitive emotion regulation processes (e.g., reappraisal). German readers, see "Der resiliente Mensch" (Piper-Verlag).