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Dr. Simon Guendelmann is a Researcher at the Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, affiliated with the Faculty of Life Sciences. He holds a Medical Doctorate (University of Chile, 2008) and a Bachelor in Social Sciences and Humanities (2001). His research focuses on contemplative neuroscience, clinical social-affective neuroscience, and mindfulness interventions.
- Key interests include emotion regulation, empathy, mentalizing, and their disruptions in psychopathology.
- Explores neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness meditation, particularly its effects on social brain functions.
His recent work examines how mindfulness modulates empathy and mentalization capacities using fMRI. The research bridges mind/body issues in clinical psychiatry and advances understanding of neuroplasticity in social-affective processes.
- Contributions span philosophy of psychotherapy, developmental trauma, and intersubjective theory.
He collaborates with the Dziobek-lab (www.dziobek-lab.org), focusing on relational psychotherapy and epistemological frameworks in contemporary psychoanalysis. No awards explicitly listed, but his work engages with interdisciplinary research at the intersection of clinical practice and neuroscience.