Patrik Vuilleumier is a neurologist who is using brain imaging techniques (such as functional resonance magnetic imaging, fMRI) to study the cerebral mechanisms of emotion and awareness. His current research investigates neural circuits in the human brain enabling emotion signals to influence perception and guide behavior, as well as the effect of brain lesions on emotion processes and consciousness.

Current Research
Projects related to the NCCR in Affective Sciences focus the neural architecture of affective and social functions, including emotional face, body, and voice perception, in healthy and brain-damaged patients; moral emotions and motivation; as well as attentional and decisional biases in behaviour.