Cel MemoTV investigates the mechanisms through which stressful experiences shape memories in humans on epigenetic, neural and behavioural/cognitive levels. We will explore how these memories interact with cultural settings in ways that result in malfunctioning and mental suffering. Frequent exposure to the severe stressors associated with domestic and organised violence leads to the detrimental conditions associated with extreme and traumatic stress. Such exposure reorganises the functioning of the brain and mind in a lasting, self-perpetuating manner so that even very subtle cues, sometimes merely arising from imaginative processes alone, can continuously activate a corresponding stage of the defence cascade.We will investigate survivors of organised and domestic violence in different cultural settings: the German trauma clinic, Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, the townships of South Africa and a Burundian peace corps. Specifically, with regard to violence and trauma, MemoTV's ultimate goal is to identify the psycho-physiological mechanisms that lastingly alter the functional organisation of brain and mind. As means for suggesting methods to prevent and potentially reverse the consequences of maladaptive plasticity, MemoTV focuses on the exposure to and exertion of violence: (1) These extreme and intense stressors are thought to produce lasting changes. Reversing clinical symptoms and improving psychological functioning through treatment provides the detection of causal mechanisms. (2) The applicant’s group has demonstrated international leadership and expertise in field work in war-torn crisis regions. (3) The detection and influence of the mechanisms that govern the cycle of violence and adversity is a highly relevant societal topic.With its bold attempt to redefine the mind and its related functional brain organisation as interactive processes in the co-construction of humans from their genetic and socio-cultural systems, MemoTVenters an uncharted territory. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsepigenetics Program(-y) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) ERC-AG-SH4 - ERC Advanced Grant - The Human Mind and its complexity Zaproszenie do składania wniosków ERC-2012-ADG_20120411 Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Instytucja przyjmująca UNIVERSITAT KONSTANZ Wkład UE € 2 380 780,00 Adres UNIVERSITATSSTRASSE 10 78464 Konstanz Niemcy Zobacz na mapie Region Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Konstanz Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kierownik naukowy Thomas Rudolf Elbert (Prof.) Kontakt administracyjny Sabine Schiess (Ms.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Beneficjenci (1) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko UNIVERSITAT KONSTANZ Niemcy Wkład UE € 2 380 780,00 Adres UNIVERSITATSSTRASSE 10 78464 Konstanz Zobacz na mapie Region Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Konstanz Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kierownik naukowy Thomas Rudolf Elbert (Prof.) Kontakt administracyjny Sabine Schiess (Ms.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych