Patrick Falk

Patrick Falk serves as an Associate Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Skövde's School of Bioscience, where he coordinates bachelor's-level education courses and manages research initiatives from Room G1247A. His work bridges theoretical neuroscience with empirical studies of human social behavior.

His research centers on Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Neuroscience, specifically investigating interpersonal coordination mechanisms, body representation in gaze perception, affective properties of touch, and implicit social attention. These interests stem from his active projects analyzing natural social interactions through motion tracking and eye-tracking methodologies.

Current projects include:

• 'Social signals in dyadic social interactions – a corpus project' (2024-2026) examining conversational coordination patterns
• 'Exploration of body representations in the brain for self-perception of gaze direction' (2023-2025) quantifying gaze perception accuracy
• 'The social softness illusion' (2024-2025) studying emotional aspects of interpersonal touch

These studies employ ecological experimental setups to decode fundamental social cognition processes.