Article
Neurosciences
Kyeong-Jin Tark, Min-Suk Kang, Sang Chul Chong, Won Mok Shim
Summary: The study found that the human visual system is able to extract summary statistics from sets of similar items, but the underlying neural mechanism is still poorly understood. The neural representation of ensemble coding is gradually increased in response to the mean orientation of multiple stimuli, especially when the orientations are task-relevant, and can co-exist with task-relevant individual feature representation. It is suggested that the neural representation of ensemble percept is formed by pooling signals at multiple levels of the visual processing stream.
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Anatomy & Morphology
Dorothea Metzen, Erhan Genc, Stephan Getzmann, Mauro F. Larra, Edmund Wascher, Sebastian Ocklenburg
Summary: The study presents the first large-scale short-term reliability study of frontal and parietal EEG resting-state alpha asymmetry, showing good reliability of alpha power and alpha asymmetry on both systems for electrode pairs. It also found that alpha power asymmetry reliability is higher in the eyes-closed condition than in the eyes-open condition, and that the frontomedial electrode pair showed weaker reliability compared to the frontolateral and parietal electrode pairs.
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
I-Mei Lin, Ting-Chun Chen, Hsin-Yi Lin, San-Yu Wang, Jia-Li Sung, Chen-Wen Yen
Summary: This study investigated EEG patterns among patients with MDD comorbid with anxiety symptoms. Results showed that the MDD group had higher beta activity in the entire brain region, supporting the role of brain hyperactivity as a trait marker in these patients. The findings suggest the potential development of a neurofeedback protocol based on brain hyperactivity.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Murat Sakir Eksi, Mustafa Guduk, Murat Imre Usseli
Summary: The study found gender differences in skull bone thickness and frontal sinus size, with women having thicker frontal bones and men having larger frontal sinuses.
JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Betty Wutzl, Kenji Leibnitz, Daichi Kominami, Yuichi Ohsita, Michiko Kaihotsu, Masayuki Murata
Summary: This study found a positive correlation between frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) and subjective well-being (SWB) through two experiments. The researchers also determined that the best results were obtained when using a 10-second time interval before recording the SWB score.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jin Li, Mei Li, Yu Sun, Wei Fan, Yiping Zhong
Summary: This study examined the impact of interpersonal relationships on moral evaluations. The results revealed that participants rated their friends' altruistic and selfish behavior towards strangers as less morally acceptable compared to when the behavior was directed towards themselves. The brain activity also indicated a more negative response towards friends' behavior towards strangers. However, interpersonal relationships did not affect moral evaluations in the later stages of processing.
COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Katherine M. Ryan, David L. Neumann, Allison M. Waters
Summary: The type and number of dependent measures assessed vary between fear conditioning and extinction experiments, and it is unclear whether methodological differences influence results. Different combinations of within-phase subjective ratings may affect the experimental results.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Vasileios Aspiotis, Andreas Miltiadous, Konstantinos Kalafatakis, Katerina D. Tzimourta, Nikolaos Giannakeas, Markos G. Tsipouras, Dimitrios Peschos, Euripidis Glavas, Alexandros T. Tzallas
Summary: In recent years, the development of virtual reality (VR) technology has allowed researchers to simulate experimental scenarios using head-mounted display (HMD) immersive technologies, which are risky or infeasible in real life. This study combines the latest EEG wearable device, electrocardiography (ECG) sensor, and VR headset to provoke stress in participants in high-altitude scenarios while monitoring EEG and ECG biomarkers in real time. The findings suggest that stress and brain activation related to height can lead to changes in occipital-region band power and occipital asymmetry.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Yifan Zhang, Yafeng Li, Zhenyu Shi, Elizabeth Franz
Summary: This study examined the impact of negative affect on cognition and the effects of acute exercise in alleviating emotional interference. Results showed that negative affect significantly influenced cognition, but acute exercise helped mitigate these effects.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Tatiana Meza-Cervera, Jungmeen Kim-Spoon, Martha Ann Bell
Summary: This study aimed to understand how executive function and frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry during late childhood affect cognitive reappraisal and depressive symptoms in adolescence. The results showed that lower inhibitory control was associated with lower cognitive reappraisal in children with right frontal EEG asymmetry. Lower cognitive reappraisal, in turn, was linked to higher depressive symptoms in children with right frontal EEG asymmetry. Working memory and cognitive flexibility were not significant indicators. These findings suggest the potential of targeting inhibitory control and cognitive reappraisal to reduce depressive symptoms, particularly among adolescents with right frontal EEG asymmetry.
RESEARCH ON CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Joanna Kisker, Leon Lange, Kira Flinkenfluegel, Michael Kaup, Nils Labersweiler, Falk Tetenborg, Paula Ott, Christopher Gundler, Thomas Gruber, Roman Osinsky, Benjamin Schoene
Summary: Fear is an evolutionary adaption to a hazardous environment, linked to complex behavioral responses. Virtual reality (VR) enables realistic behavioral responses and increases the ecological validity of scientific findings.
FRONTIERS IN VIRTUAL REALITY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yu-Dan Ding, Ru Yang, Chao-Gan Yan, Xiao Chen, Tong-Jian Bai, Qi-Jing Bo, Guan-Mao Chen, Ning-Xuan Chen, Tao-Lin Chen, Wei Chen, Chang Cheng, Yu-Qi Cheng, Xi-Long Cui, Jia Duan, Yi-Ru Fang, Qi-Yong Gong, Zheng-Hua Hou, Lan Hu, Li Kuang, Feng Li, Tao Li, Yan-Song Liu, Zhe-Ning Liu, Yi-Cheng Long, Qing-Hua Luo, Hua-Qing Meng, Dai-Hui Peng, Hai-Tang Qiu, Jiang Qiu, Yue-Di Shen, Yu-Shu Shi, Yanqing Tang, Chuan-Yue Wang, Fei Wang, Kai Wang, Li Wang, Xiang Wang, Ying Wang, Xiao-Ping Wu, Xin-Ran Wu, Chun-Ming Xie, Guang-Rong Xie, Hai-Yan Xie, Peng Xie, Xiu-Feng Xu, Hong Yang, Jian Yang, Jia-Shu Yao, Shu-Qiao Yao, Ying-Ying Yin, Yong-Gui Yuan, Ai-Xia Zhang, Hong Zhang, Ke-Rang Zhang, Lei Zhang, Zhi-Jun Zhang, Ru-Bai Zhou, Yi-Ting Zhou, Jun-Juan Zhu, Chao-Jie Zou, Tian-Mei Si, Yu-Feng Zang, Jing-Ping Zhao, Wen-Bin Guo
Summary: The study suggests that inter-hemispheric functional connectivity in MDD should be further studied. Patients with MDD showed increased hemispheric specialization in the default mode network, control network, attention network, and some other regions. Demographic characteristics and clinical variables significantly affected these abnormalities.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
H. Sigmundsson, B. H. Dybendal, J. M. Loftesnes, B. Olafsson, S. Grassini
Summary: This study investigated the differences in passion, grit, and mindset between different levels of football competence in elite and junior football teams. The results showed that the groups with higher football competence scored significantly higher on the passion scale, indicating the important role of passion in achieving success and becoming a good football player. However, there were no differences between the groups in terms of grit and mindset total scores.
NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Pilleriin Sikka, Jonathan Stenberg, Victor Vorobyev, James J. Gross
Summary: This systematic review examines the neural basis and influencing factors of expressive suppression. The results show that expressive suppression increases activation in the frontoparietal regions, reduces activation in the temporo-occipital regions, and shows inconsistent findings regarding the involvement of the insula and amygdala. These findings highlight the importance of distinguishing expressive suppression from other forms of suppression and emphasize the need for more attention to experimental design and neuroimaging data analysis procedures.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Simone Grassini, Giulia Virginia Segurini, Mika Koivisto
Summary: Evidence suggests that nature exposure has positive effects on cognitive and emotional well-being, but establishing a cause-effect relationship has been challenging. This study used psychophysiological methods to explore the biological correlates of natural environment exposure and found that experiencing natural environments virtually can generate measurable brain activity markers related to restorative processes.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Mika Koivisto, Simone Grassini
Summary: The study found that humans may have an innate tendency to respond with positive emotions to nature, while individual factors have a greater influence on the affective responses to urban scenes.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Mika Koivisto, Enni Jalava, Lina Kuusisto, Henry Railo, Simone Grassini
Summary: Exposure to natural environments has a positive impact on psychology, and people's preference for nature can be explained by evolution. The study found that when an ambiguous sound was attributed to nature rather than industry, participants had more pleasant and relaxed subjective experiences. Additionally, nature exposure also affected individuals' physiological measures.
ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Pilleriin Sikka, Hilda Engelbrektsson, Jinxiao Zhang, James J. Gross
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between negative affect experienced in dreams and next-day waking affect level, affect reactivity, and affect regulation. The results showed that the more negative affect people experienced in their dreams, the more negative affect and the less positive affect they reported the next morning. However, negative dream affect was not associated with affect reactivity to pictures or the ability to down-regulate negative affect in response to these pictures.
FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Angelique M. Blackburn, Sara Vestergren, Thao P. Tran, Sabrina Stockli, Siobhan M. Griffin, Evangelos Ntontis, Alma Jeftic, Stavroula Chrona, Gozde Ikizer, Hyemin Han, Taciano L. Milfont, Douglas Parry, Grace Byrne, Mercedes Gomez-Lopez, Alida Acosta, Marta Kowal, Gabriel De Leon, Aranza Gallegos, Miles Perez, Mohamed Abdelrahman, Elayne Ahern, Ahmad Wali Ahmad Yar, Oli Ahmed, Nael H. Alami, Rizwana Amin, Lykke E. Andersen, Braulio Oliveira Araujo, Norah Aziamin Asongu, Fabian Bartsch, Jozef Bavolar, Khem Raj Bhatta, Tuba Bircan, Shalani Bita, Hasitha Bombuwala, Tymofii Brik, Huseyin Cakal, Marjolein Caniels, Marcela Carballo, Nathalia M. Carvalho, Laura Cely, Sophie Chang, Maria Chayinska, Fang-Yu Chen, Brendan Ch'ng, JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji, Ana Raquel Costa, Vidijah Ligalaba Dalizu, Eliane Deschrijver, Ilknur Dilekler Aldemir, Anne M. Doherty, Rianne Doller, Dmitrii Dubrov, Salem Elegbede, Jefferson Elizalde, Eda Ermagan-Caglar, Regina Fernandez-Morales, Juan Diego Garcia-Castro, Rebekah Gelpi, Shagofah Ghafori, Ximena Goldberg, Catalina Gonzalez-Uribe, Harlen Alpizar-Rojas, Christian Andres Palacios Haugestad, Diana Higuera, Kristof Hoorelbeke, Evgeniya Hristova, Barbora Hubena, Hamidul Huq, Keiko Ihaya, Gosith Jayathilake, Enyi Jen, Amaani Jinadasa, Jelena Joksimovic, Pavol Kacmar, Veselina Kadreva, Kalina Kalinova, Huda Anter Abdallah Kandeel, Blerina Kellezi, Sammyh Khan, Maria Kontogianni, Karolina Koszalkowska, Krzysztof Hanusz, David Lacko, Miguel Landa-Blanco, Yookyung Lee, Andreas Lieberoth, Samuel Lins, Liudmila Liutsko, Amanda Londero-Santos, Anne Lundahl Mauritsen, Maria Andree Maegli, Patience Magidie, Roji Maharjan, Tsvetelina Makaveeva, Malose Makhubela, Maria Galvis Malagon, Sergey Malykh, Salome Mamede, Samuel Mandillah, Mohammad Sabbir Mansoor, Silvia Mari, Inmaculada Marin-Lopez, Tiago A. Marot, Sandra Martinez, Juma Mauka, Sigrun Marie Moss, Asia Mushtaq, Arian Musliu, Daniel Mususa, Arooj Najmussaqib, Aishath Nasheeda, Ramona Nasr, Natalia Nino Machado, Jean Carlos Natividade, Honest Prosper Ngowi, Carolyne Nyarangi, Charles Ogunbode, Charles Onyutha, K. Padmakumar, Walter Paniagua, Maria Caridad Pena, Martin Pirko, Mayda Portela, Hamidreza Pouretemad, Nikolay Rachev, Muhamad Ratodi, Jason Reifler, Saeid Sadeghi, Harishanth Samuel Sahayanathan, Eva Sanchez, Ella Marie Sandbakken, Dhakal Sandesh, Shrestha Sanjesh, Jana Schrotter, Sabarjah Shanthakumar, Pilleriin Sikka, Konstantina Slaveykova, Anna Studzinska, Fadelia Deby Subandi, Namita Subedi, Gavin Brent Sullivan, Benjamin Tag, Takem Ebangha Agbor Delphine, William Tamayo-Agudelo, Giovanni A. Travaglino, Jarno Tuominen, Tugba Turk-Kurtca, Matutu Vakai, Tatiana Volkodav, Austin Horng-En Wang Wang, Alphonsus Williams, Charles Wu, Yuki Yamada, Teodora Yaneva, Nicolas Yanez, Yao-Yuan Yeh, Emina Zoletic
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Sebastian Oltedal Thorp, Lars Morten Rimol, Simone Grassini
Summary: Virtual reality (VR) offers possibilities for realistic training scenarios, but few studies have examined how personality traits can affect training effectiveness in VR. This study investigates the relationship between Big Five personality traits, training effectiveness, sense of presence, and cybersickness. Results show that high agreeableness and low conscientiousness predict better transfer of training from VR to the real world, and higher levels of cybersickness lead to worse training outcomes.
MULTIMODAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERACTION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Angelique M. Blackburn, Hyemin A. Han, Rebekah A. Gelpi, Sabrina Stockli, Alma Jeftic, Brendan Ch'ng, Karolina Koszalkowska, David Lacko, Taciano Milfont, Yookyung Lee, Sara Vestergren
Summary: This study analyzed data from a large, cross-country survey conducted in 43 countries to investigate the roles of trust in government and science in shaping vaccine attitudes. The results showed that trust in government and science were associated with a higher willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, while conspiratorial thinking and anti-expert sentiments predicted reduced trust in government and science. These findings can inform policymakers in developing interventions to increase trust in the institutions involved in the vaccination process.
Article
Clinical Neurology
David A. Preece, Ashish Mehta, Kate Petrova, Pilleriin Sikka, Johan Bjureberg, Wai Chen, Rodrigo Becerra, Alfred Allan, Ken Robinson, James J. Gross
Summary: This paper introduces a brief 6-item version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ-S) as a measure of an important transdiagnostic risk factor for psychopathologies. The PAQ-S shows good psychometric properties in terms of factor structure, reliability, and concurrent/criterion validity. It can serve as a quick and robust measure of overall alexithymia levels.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Pilleriin Sikka, Jarno Tuominen, Alejandro Ezquerro Nassar, Manuela Kirberg, Ville Loukola, Antti Revonsuo, Katja Valli, Jennifer Windt, Tristan A. A. Bekinschtein, Valdas Noreika
Summary: Despite numerous studies on the impact of COVID-19 on well-being, little is known about how the pandemic affects people's spontaneous thoughts and experiences, such as mind-wandering and dreaming. This study investigates the association between COVID-19-related concerns and the affective quality of mind-wandering and dreaming, as well as the role of sleep quality. The findings suggest that daily worry and poor sleep quality are associated with negative affect during mind-wandering and dreaming. However, individual differences in affective processing play a stronger role in the continuity between daily and nightly experiences.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Marta Kowal, Piotr Sorokowski, Bojana M. Dinic, Katarzyna Pisanski, Biljana Gjoneska, David A. Frederick, Gerit Pfuhl, Taciano L. Milfont, Adam Bode, Leonardo Aguilar, Felipe E. Garcia, S. Craig Roberts, Beatriz Abad-Villaverde, Tina Kavcic, Kirill G. Miroshnik, Izuchukwu L. G. Ndukaihe, Katarina Safarova, Jaroslava V. Valentova, Toivo Aavik, Angelique M. Blackburn, Hakan Cetinkaya, Izzet Duyar, Farida Guemaz, Tatsunori Ishii, Pavol Kacmar, Jean C. Natividade, Ravit Nussinson, Mohd Sofian B. Omar-Fauzee, Ma. Criselda T. Pacquing, Koen Ponnet, Austin H. Wang, Gyesook Yoo, Rizwana Amin, Ekaterine Pirtskhalava, Reza Afhami, Alexios Arvanitis, Derya Atamturk Duyar, Theo Besson, Mahmoud Boussena, Seda Can, Ali R. Can, Joao Carneiro, Rita Castro, Dimitri Chubinidze, Ksenija Cunichina, Yahya Don, Seda Dural, Edgardo Etchezahar, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Tomasz Frackowiak, Nasim Ghahraman Moharrampour, Talia Gomez Yepes, Simone Grassini, Marija Jovic, Kevin S. Kertechian, Farah Khan, Aleksander Kobylarek, Valerija Krizanic, Samuel Lins, Tetyana Mandzyk, Efisio Manunta, Tamara Martinac Dorcic, Kavitha N. Muthu, Arooj Najmussaqib, Tobias Otterbring, Ju Hee Park, Irena Pavela Banai, Mariia Perun, Marc Eric S. Reyes, Jan P. Roer, Aysegul Sahin, Fatima Zahra Sahli, Dusana Sakan, Sangeeta Singh, Sanja Smojver-Azic, Sinem Soylemez, Ognen Spasovski, Anna Studzinska, Ezgi Toplu-Demirtas, Arkadiusz Urbanek, Tatiana Volkodav, Anna Wlodarczyk, Mohd Faiz Mohd Y. Yaakob, Mat Rahimi Yusof, Marcos Zumarraga-Espinosa, Maja Zupancic, Robert J. Sternberg
Summary: This article examines the measurement of love experiences and the use of Sternberg's Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45). The researchers developed a shorter version of the scale, TLS-15, and conducted several studies to validate its reliability, validity, and cross-cultural invariance. The overall results support the use of TLS-15 as a measure of love components.
ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Simone Grassini
Summary: Technological advancements, especially AI, have significantly transformed educational practices in the last decade. The development and adoption of GPT, especially OpenAI's ChatGPT, have generated considerable interest. These models have unprecedented capabilities and broad implications, but concerns about their widespread use and transparency have been raised.
EDUCATION SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Psychology
Pilleriin Sikka, James J. Gross
Summary: Affective scientists have primarily studied emotional responses during active wakefulness but have overlooked periods of mind-wandering and dreaming during wakefulness and sleep. This article suggests that integrating research on mind-wandering, sleep, and dreaming can provide a more comprehensive understanding of affect across the entire wake-sleep cycle. The authors address affect variation and the benefits of studying affect throughout the wake-sleep cycle, highlighting the methodological and clinical implications for affective science.
Article
Linguistics
Henry Railo, Anni Varjonen, Minna Lehtonen, Pilleriin Sikka
Summary: Learning to pronounce foreign phonemes requires acquiring a motor program for reproducing new target sounds. Early auditory responses are involved in automatic error detection and adaptation, while a late slow wave may reflect higher-level monitoring processes during the learning of new speech targets.
NEUROBIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE
(2022)