Pedro Montoya, PhD
Department of
Psychology
University of the Balearic Islands
Ed. IUNICS
(Room #015)
Carretera de Valldemossa km 7.5
07122 Palma de Mallorca
SPAIN
Phone: +34
971172646
Fax: +34 971172309
Email: pedro.montoya@uib.es
Web: http://www.unidoc.es
Present Position
Full Professor (Catedrático) of Biological Psychology
Education
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Oct 1988 – May 1993 |
PhD at the Institute of Psychology of the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany |
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Oct 1981 – June 1986 |
Study of Psychology at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain |
Academic Appointments
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Dec 1997 – present |
Professor at the Department of Psychology, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain |
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Aug 2006 – July 2007 |
Visiting Scholar at the Department of Physiology (Prof. A. Vania Apkarian), Northwestern University (Chicago), USA |
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Oct 1997 – Dec 1997 |
Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychology, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain |
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May 1993 – Sep 1997 |
Associate Professor at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology (Prof. Niels Birbaumer), Karl-Eberhards Universitaet, Tuebingen, Germany |
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May 1991 – Apr 1993 |
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Clinical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet, Munich, Germany |
Memberships
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2007 – present |
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2004 – present |
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2001 – present |
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1996 – present |
European Neuroscience Association |
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1996 – present |
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1991 – present |
Fellowships and Awards
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July – Sep 2001 |
Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - DAAD (Germany) |
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Oct 1997 |
Award of the German Society for the Study of Pain |
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July 1996 – Apr 1997 |
Postdoctoral Fellowship of the European Science Foundation (European Neuroscience Programme) |
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Oct 1988 – Jul 1992 |
Postgraduate Fellowship of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - DAAD (Germany) |
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Oct – Dec 1987 |
Postgraduate Fellowship of the Max-Planck Gesellschaft (Germany) |
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Jan – June 1987 |
Postgraduate Fellowship of the Comunidad de Madrid (Spain) |
Other Relevant Academic Activities
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May – June 2001 |
Organisation of the II International Workshop on Emotion and the Brain (Palma, Spain) |
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Oct 1999 – June 2004 |
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain) |
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Jan 2001 – present |
Academic tutor of the Erasmus Exchange Programme at the Faculty of Psychology, Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain) |
Short Invited Visits to other Institutions
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Aug 2006 - July 2007 |
Visiting Scholar, Department of Physiology, Feinberg Medical School, Northwestern University, Chicago (USA) |
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July – Sep 2001 |
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Eberhard-Karls Universitaet Tuebingen (Germany) |
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July 1996 – Apr 1997 |
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Neurology (Prof. Dr. L. Deecke), Vienna General Hospital (Austria) |
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July – Aug 1991 |
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook (USA) |
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Jan – Dec 1987 |
Visiting Post Graduate Fellow, Department of Psychology (Prof. J. Brengelmann), Max-Planck Institut für Psychiatrie, Munich (Germany) |
Publications
[2012]
Cifre, I., Sitges, C., Fraiman, D., Muñoz, M.A., Balenzuela, P., Gonzalez-Roldan, A.M., Martinez-Jauand, M., Birbaumer, N., Chialvo, D.R., & Montoya, P. (2012). Increased resting-state functional connectivity within sensory and affective components of the pain network in fibromyalgia. Psychosom Med, 74, 55-62.
[2011]
Aguirre, I., Carretero, B., Ibarra, O., Kuhalainen, J., Martínez, J., Ferrer, A., Salva, J., Roca, M., Gili, M., Montoya, P., & Garcia-Toro, M. (2011). Age predicts low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation efficacy in major depression. J Affect Disord, 130, 466-469.
Campos Bueno, J.J., Montoya, P., & Birbaumer, N. (2011). Naturalistic observation in the Hispanic world and its contribution to the development of Comparative Psychology. Psychologia Latina, 2, 1-10.
Gonzalez-Roldan, A.M., Martinez-Jauand, M., Muñoz-García, M.A., Sitges, C., Cifre, I., & Montoya, P. (2011). Temporal dissociation in the brain processing of pain and anger faces with different intensities of emotional expression. Pain, 152, 853-9.
Muñoz, M.A., Anllo-Vento, L., Fernández-Santaella, M.C., Montoya, P., & Vila J. (2011). Modulation of the outcome related negativity associated with nicotine abstinence. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol (in press).
Muñoz, M.A., Sanjuan, R., Fernandez-Santaella, M.C., Vila, J., & Montoya, P. (2011). Aspectos neuropsicológicos del craving por la nicotina. Adicciones, 23, 111-123.
Muñoz, M.A., Viedma-Del-Jesús, M.I., Rosselló, F., Sánchez-Nácher, N., Montoya, P., & Vila, J. (2011). The emotional impact of European tobacco-warning images. Tob Control (in press).
Riquelme, I., Cifre, I., & Montoya, P. (2011). Age-related changes of pain experience in cerebral palsy and healthy individuals. Pain Medicine, 12, 535-45.
Sanchez-Nacher, N., Campos-Bueno, J.J., Sitges, C., & Montoya, P. (2011). Event-related brain responses as correlates of changes in predictive and affective values of conditioned stimuli. Brain Research, 1414C, 77-84.
Tagliazucchi, E., Balenzuela, P., Fraiman, D., Montoya, P., & Chialvo, D.R. (2011). Spontaneous BOLD event triggered averages for estimating functional connectivity at resting state. Neurosci Let, 488, 158-163.
Walteros, C., Sánchez-Navarro, J.P., Muñoz, M.A., Martínez-Selva, J.M., Chialvo, D.R., & Montoya, P. (2011). Altered associative learning and emotional decision-making in fibromyalgia. J Psychosom Res, 70, 294-301.
[2010]
Balenzuela, P., Chernomoretz, A., Fraiman, D., Cifre, I., Sitges, I., Montoya, P., & Chialvo, D.R. (2010). Modular organization of brain resting state networks in chronic back pain patients. Front Neurosci, 4, 1-16.
Bornas, X., Noguera, M., Tortella-Feliu, M., Llabrés, J., Montoya, P., Sitges, C., & Tur, I. (2010). Exposure induced changes in EEG phase synchrony and entropy: A snake phobia case report. International Journal of Clinical Health Psychology, 10, 167-179.
Montoya, P. (2010). La estética del dolor crónico. In: Martín-Aragúz, A., Campos-Bueno, J.J., Fernández-Armayor Ajo, V., & de Juan Ayala, O. (Eds), Neuroestética. Madrid: Saned.
Riquelme, I., & Montoya, P. (2010). Developmental changes in somatosensory processing in cerebral palsy and healthy individuals. Clin Neurophysiol, 121, 1314-1320.
Sitges, C., Bornas, X., Llabrés, J., Noguera, M., & Montoya, P. (2010). Linear and nonlinear EEG dynamics in chronic pain patients. Int J Psychophysiol, 77, 176-183.
[2009]
Birbaumer, N., Murguialday, A.R., Weber, C., & Montoya, P. (2009). Neurofeedback and Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI): clinical applications. Int Rev Neurobiol, 86, 107-17. (+info)
Campos Bueno, J.J., Montoya, P., & Birbaumer, N. (2009). La observación naturalista en el mundo hispánico y su contribución al desarrollo de la Psicología Comparada. Revista de Historia de la Psicología, 30, 2-3, 57-64.
Carretero, B., Martín, M.J.., Juan, A., Pradana, M.L., Martín, B., Carral, M., Jimeno, T., Pareja, A., Montoya, P., Aguirre, I., Salva, J., Roca, M., Gili, M., & Garcia-Toro, M. (2009). Low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with fibromyalgia and major depression. Pain Medicine, 10, 748-53.
De Juan, O., Rosselló, X., Montoya, P., Campos Bueno, J.J., & Birbaumer, N. (2009). De Darwin a la música y pintura a través de la emoción. Neurologia, 24, 775-6.
Gu, Y., Farina, D., Murguialday, A.R., Dremstrup, K., Montoya, P., & Birbaumer, N. (2009). Imagined speed of wrist movements in paralysed ALS patients can be classified with high accuracy from EEG data. Front Neurosci, 3, 62.
Salgueiro , M., Buesa , I., Aira , Z., Montoya , P., Bilbao , J., & Azkue , J.J. (2009). Valoración de factores sociales y clínicos en el síndrome de fibromialgia. Rev Soc Esp Dolor, 16, 323-329.
[2008]
Montoya, P., & Sitges, C. (2008). Aspectos prácticos de la intervención en pacientes con dolor desde una perspectiva psicobiológica. In: Aguilera, L., & Azkue, J.J. (Eds.), Adquisiciones recientes en el tratamiento del dolor. Barcelona: Editorial C. Barutell, pp. 257-280.
[2007]
Alorda, C., Serrano-Pedraza, I., Campos-Bueno, J.J., Sierra-Vazquez, V., & Montoya, P. (2007). Low spatial frequency filtering modulates early brain processing of affective complex pictures. Neuropsychologia, 45, 3223-3233.
Bornas, X., Llabrés, J., Tortella-Feliu, M., Sullana, M.A., Montoya, P., López, A., Noguera, M., & Gelabert, J.M. (2007). Vagally mediated heart rate variability and heart rate entropy as predictors of treatment outcome in flight phobia. Biological Psychology, 76, 188-195.
Sitges, C., Garcia-Herrera, M., Pericas, M., Collado, D., Truyols, M., & Montoya, P. (2007). Abnormal brain processing of affective and sensory pain descriptors in chronic pain patients. J Affect Disord, 104, 73-82.
[2006]
Bornas, X., Llabres, J., Noguera, M., Lopez, A.M., Tortella-Feliu, M., Fullana, M.A., Montoya, P., Gelabert, J.M., & Vila, I. (2006). Changes in heart rate variability of flight phobics during a paced breathing task and exposure to fearful stimuli. Int J Clin Health Psychol, 6, 549-563.
Larbig, W., Montoya, P., Braun, C., & Birbaumer, N. (2006). Abnormal reactivity of the primary somatosensory cortex during physical load in complex regional pain syndrome: a magnetoencephalogaphic case study. Neurocase, 12, 280-285.
Montoya, P., & Larbig, W. (2006). Abnormal somatosensory brain processing in fibromyalgia: neurophysiological and behavioral evidence. In: Pederson, J.A. (Ed.). New research on fibromyalgia. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers Inc, pp. 129-156.
Montoya, P., & Sitges, C. (2006). Affective modulation of somatosensory evoked potentials elicited by tactile stimulation. Brain Research, 1068, 205-212.
Montoya, P., Sitges, C., Garcia-Herrera, M., Izquierdo, R., Truyols, M., & Collado, D. (2006). Consideraciones sobre las alteraciones de la actividad cerebral en pacientes con fibromialgia. Reumatología Clínica, 2, 251-260.
Montoya, P., Sitges, C., Garcia-Herrera, M., Rodriguez-Cotes, A., Izquierdo, R., Truyols, M., & Collado, D. (2006). Reduced brain habituation to somatosensory stimulation in patients with fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum, 54, 1995-2003.
[2005]
Campos Bueno, J.J., Serrano, I., Alorda, T., Sierra Vázquez, V., & Montoya, P. (2005). Obtención de datos experimentales sobre imágenes con contenido emocional en el campus virtual UCM. In: II Jornada Campus Virtual UCM: cómo integrar investigación y docencia en el CV-UCM. Madrid: Editorial Complutense, pp. 359-369.
Montoya, P. (2005). Miembros fantasmas. In: Morgado, I. (Ed.). Psicobiología: De los Genes a la Cognición y el Comportamiento. Barcelona: Ariel Neurociencia, pp. 69-78.
Montoya, P. (2005). Neurobiología del efecto placebo. In: Torres Pinar, I., Lázaro Ferreruela, M., & Rojo Arias, M.A. (Eds.). La prescripción farmacológica: ética y racionalidad clínica. Palma de Mallorca.
Montoya, P., Campos, J.J., & Schandry, R. (2005). See red? Turn pale? Unveiling emotions through cardiovascular and hemodynamic changes. Span J Psychol, 8, 79-85.
Montoya, P., Pauli, P., Batra, A., & Wiedemann, G. (2005). Altered processing of pain-related information in patients with fibromyalgia. Eur J Pain, 9, 293-303.
Montoya, P., Sitges, C., Garcia-Herrera, M., Izquierdo, R., Truyols, M., Blay, N. & Collado, D. (2005). Abnormal affective modulation of somatosensory brain processing among fibromyalgia patients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 957-963.
[2004]
Montoya, P. (2004). El síndrome de la fibromialgia desde una perspectiva biopsicosocial. In: Lázaro Ferreruela, M., & Torres Pinar, I. (Eds.). La salut mental i la dona. Palma de Mallorca, pp. 220-231.
Montoya, P., Larbig, W., Braun, C., Preissl, H., & Birbaumer, N. (2004). Influence of social support and emotional context on pain processing and magnetic brain responses in fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum, 50, 4035-44.
[2001]
Pauli, P., Montoya, P., & Martz, G.-E. (2001). On-line and a posteriori covariation estimates in panic-prone individuals: effects of a high contingency of shocks following fear-irrelevant stimuli. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 25, 103-116.
[1999]
Lotze, M., Montoya, P., Erb, M., Hülsmann, E., Flor, H., Klose, U., Birbaumer, N. & Grodd, W. (1999). Activation of cortical and cerebellar motor areas during executed and imagined hand movements: an fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 11, 491-501.
[1998]
Montoya, P. (1998). Fundamentos neurobiológicos del dolor en el miembro fantasma. IberPsicología, 3. 1. 3.
Montoya, P., Ritter, K., Huse, E., Larbig, W., Töpfner, S., Lutzenberger, W., Grodd, W., Flor, H., & Birbaumer, N. (1998). The cortical somatotopic map and phantom phenomena in subjects with congenital limb atrophy and traumatic amputees with phantom limb pain. European Journal of Neuroscience, 10, 1095-1102.
Pauli, P., Wiedemann, G., & Montoya, P. (1998). Covariation bias in flight phobics. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 12, 555-565.
[1997]
Birbaumer, N., Lutzenberger, W., Montoya, P., Larbig, W., Unertl, K., Grodd, W., Taub, E., & Flor, H. (1997). Effects of regional anaesthesia on phantom limb pain are mirrored in changes in cortical reorganization. Journal of Neuroscience, 17, 5503-5508.
Montoya, P., Brody, S., Beck, K., Veit, R., & Rau, H. (1997). Differential beta- and alpha-adrenergic activation under psychological stress. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 75, 256-262.
Montoya, P., Larbig, W., Grulke, N., Flor, H., Taub, E., & Birbaumer, N. (1997). The relationship of phantom limb pain with other phantom limb phenomena in upper limb amputees. Pain, 72, 87-93.
Pauli, P., Dengler, W., Wiedemann, G., Montoya, P., Birbaumer, N., Flor, H., & Buchkremer, G. (1997). Behavioral and neurophysiological evidence for altered processing of anxiety-related words in panic disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106, 213-220.
[1996]
Larbig, W., Montoya, P., Flor, H., Bilow, H., Weller, S., & Birbaumer, N. (1996). Evidence for a change in neural processing after amputation. Pain, 67, 275-283.
Montoya, P., Larbig, W., Pulvermüller, F., Flor, H., & Birbaumer, N. (1996). Cortical correlates of classical semantic conditioning. Psychophysiology, 33, 644-649.
Pauli, P., Montoya, P., & Martz, G-E. (1996). Covariation bias in panic-prone individuals. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 658-662.
Rau, H., Weitkunat, R., Brody, S., Bührer, M., Jonak, M., & Montoya, P. (1996). Biofeedback of R-wave to pulse interval produces differential learning of blood pressure control. Scandinavian Journal of Behavior Therapy, 25, 17-25.
Schandry, R., & Montoya, P. (1996). Event-related brain potentials and the processing of cardiac activity. Biological Psychology, 42, 75-85.
[1995]
Mini, A., Rau, H., Montoya, P., Palomba, D., & Birbaumer, N. (1995). Baroreceptor cortical effects, emotions, and pain. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 19, 67-77.
Montoya, P., Campos, J.J., & Schandry, R. (1995). Aspectos psicofisiológicos de la autopercepción cardíaca. Psicologica, 16, 27-48.
[1994]
Brody, S., Maier, C., Montoya, P., & Rau, H. (1994). Speaking from the heart: cardiovascular components of stress rating changes and the relative reactivity of physiological and psychological variables. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 69, 277-280.
Montoya, P. (1994). Herzwahrnehmung und hirnelektrische Aktivitaet - Eine Analyse der topographischen Verteilung von herzschlag-synchron evozierten Potentialen (HEP) [Cardiac awareness and event-related potentials: an analysis of topographical distribution of heartbeat-evoked potentials]. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH.
Montoya, P., & Schandry, R. (1994). Emotional experience and heartbeat perception in patients with spinal cord injury and control subjects. Journal of Psychophysiology, 8, 289-296.
Müller, A., Montoya, P., Schandry, R., & Hartl. L. (1994). Changes in physical symptoms, blood pressure and quality of life over 30 days. Behavior Research and Therapy, 32, 593-603.
[1993]
Montoya, P., Schandry, R., & Müller, A. (1993). Heartbeat evoked potentials (HEP): topography and influence of cardiac awareness and focus of attention. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 88, 163-172.
Schandry, R., Bestler, M., & Montoya, P. (1993). On the relation between cardiodynamics and heartbeat perception. Psychophysiology, 30, 467-474.
[1992]
Bestler, M., Alt, E., Montoya, P., & Schandry, R. (1992) Einfluß von Körperposition auf Herzfrequenz und kardiozirkulatorische Parameter unter Belastung - Implikationen für frequenzadaptierende Schrittmachersysteme. Zeitschrift für Kardiologie, 81, 25-29.
Gsellhofer, B., Montoya, P., Müller, A., Piesbergen, C., & Schandry, R. (1992). Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Streßbewältigung und Blutdruckreaktion. Zeitschrift für experimentelle und angewandte Psychologie, 39, 419-433.
Müller, A., Schandry, R., Montoya, P., & Gsellhofer, B. (1992) Differential effects of two stressors on heart rate, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and T-wave amplitude. Journal of Psychophysiology, 6, 252-259.
[1988]
Montoya, P. (1988). Stress experimental y psicofisiología del sistema gastrointestinal. Revista Española de Terapia del Comportamiento, 6, 69-80.
[submitted]
Larbig, W., Huse, E., Stahl, D., Montoya, P., Birbaumer, N., & Flor, H. Preoperative predictors of phantom limb pain, residual limb pain and phantom limb sensation in limb amputees (submitted).
Martinez-Jauand, M., Muñoz, M.A., Gonzalez-Roldan, A.M., Sanchez-Nacher, N., Sitges, C., Cifre, I., & Montoya, P. Somatosensory activity modulation during observation of other´s pain and touch (submitted).
Montoya, P., Apkarian, A.V., & Chialvo, D.R. Long-term statistical properties of pain and daily activity fluctuations in chronic pain patients (submitted).
Montoya, P., Sitges, C., Calvo, O., & Chialvo, D.R. Brain activity changes in response to pain after repetitive Aδ stimulation (submitted).
Muñoz, M.A., Tagliazucchi, E., Hess, L., Fraiman, D., Balenzuela, P., Montoya, P., & Chialvo, D.R. Functional connectivity in fibromyalgia: a rBeta analysis (submitted).
Last update: July 24, 2011