Bianca P. Acevedo
(Ph.D.)
Expertise
I am a social neuroscientist specializing in human attachment processes including romantic love, sexuality, and empathy; sensory processing sensitivity; and yoga/meditation.My work has been published in several widely-recognized articles on the Science of Love and being a Highly Sensitive Person, which have appeared in media outlets around the globe.
I am Editor of the Elsevier book, “The Highly Sensitive Brain” and Editor for a Frontiers Journal special edition on, “The Science of Pair-bonding”.
Discipline of research:
Social and Health Psychology
Location:
Dept of Psychology and the Neuroscience Research Institute
University of California
Santa Barbara, California
Contact:
bacevedo@ucsb.edu