He also has a linguistic and special-education background (Master, PhD) and was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley in the Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences. His research program is titled embodied psychology and consists of three main components: 1) systematic theory building, 2) embodiment research, and 3) neurocognition research. PD Dr. Stocker is involved in both basic and clinical psychological research. He teaches psychology and cognitive-science courses at various universities (University of Bern, ETH, University of Fribourg, and the Swiss Distance Learning University Brig). His journal activities involve being an associate editor, an editorial-board member, and a peer reviewer.