Wolfgang Chacher
psychology
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Germany
Biography
Born in Hohengehren, Germany, studied psychology at Tübingen University, Germany where he received his Ph.D. in 1990. Psychotherapy training in systemic therapy at the Institute of Family Therapy, Munich. Habilitation in psychology and venia legendi 1996 at University of Bern, Switzerland, professorship in 2002. He currently works at the University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.
Research Interest
His main interests are in quantitative psychotherapy research, time-series methods and experimental psychopathology, with an emphasis on dynamic systems, complexity science, embodied cognition, and phenomena of cognitive self-organization. Organizer of the series of 'Herbstakademie' Conferences on system theory in psychology and philosophy of mind.
Publications
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Chach W, Rees GM & Ramseyer F (2014). Nonverbal synchrony and affect in dyadic interactions. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1323. doi: 10.3389 / fpsyg.2014.01323
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Chach W, Ramseyer F, & Koole SL (in press). Sharing the now in the social world: Duration of nonverbal synchrony is linked with personality. Journal of Personality, x, xx-xx. doi: 10.1111 / jopy.12298
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Chach W, Giersch F, & Friston K (2017). Embodiment and schizophrenia: A review of implications and applications. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43, 745-753.
