Article
Neurosciences
Simone P. Haller, Gang Chen, Elizabeth R. Kitt, Ashley R. Smith, Joel Stoddard, Rany Abend, Sofia Cardenas, Olga Revzina, Daniel Coppersmith, Ellen Leibenluft, Melissa A. Brotman, Daniel S. Pine, David Pagliaccio
Summary: Assessing and improving test-retest reliability is critical for addressing concerns about replicability in fMRI studies. This study examined the influence of scanner and task-related factors on the reliability of neural response to face-emotion viewing. The results showed that activated regions had higher reliability than non-activated regions, and contrasts involving distinct visual stimuli and cognitive demands had greater reliability.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Ofir Shany, Netta Dunsky, Gadi Gilam, Ayam Greental, Eva Gilboa-Schechtman, Talma Hendler
Summary: This study investigates the brain activity related to threat and reward processing in the self-evaluation of power in social anxiety. The results suggest that self-evaluation of high power in social anxiety is associated with increased activity in the ventral striatum and ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Acoustics
Sun Kyung Jeon, Jeong Min Lee, Ijin Joo
Summary: This study demonstrated the clinical feasibility of QUS imaging in evaluating suspected hepatic steatosis, showing good reliability and correlation with CAP values.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Lei Hao, Lei Li, Menglu Chen, Jiahua Xu, Min Jiang, Yanpei Wang, Linhua Jiang, Xu Chen, Jiang Qiu, Shuping Tan, Jia-Hong Gao, Yong He, Sha Tao, Qi Dong, Shaozheng Qin
Summary: This study used functional MRI data from 250 children aged 7 to 12 to create age-specific brain activity maps in four domains, and developed a toolbox for researchers to visualize and download these maps. The toolbox and maps are available on the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse website, providing valuable resources for future developmental neuroimaging studies.
NEUROSCIENCE BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Neuroimaging
Natania A. Crane, Fini Chang, Kerry L. Kinney, Heide Klumpp
Summary: The study found that greater putamen activity and less amygdala activity in response to angry faces were related to greater social anxiety severity in individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder. However, there was no relationship between brain activity in response to fearful faces and social anxiety severity. Clinical features revealed that levels of anhedonia and general anxiety symptoms may contribute to social anxiety severity.
NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL
(2021)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Jun Chen, Xianyang Zhang
Summary: Due to the sparsity and high dimensionality, microbiome data are often summarized into pairwise distances to capture compositional differences and gain biological insights through analyzing the distance matrix in relation to covariates. This study extends the traditional intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) to distance measures, proposing a distance-based ICC (dICC) and demonstrating its effectiveness through the application of experimental data.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Tara M. Chaplin, Timothy W. Curby, Stefanie F. Goncalves, Mallory A. Kisner, Claire E. Niehaus, James C. Thompson
Summary: Adolescent substance use is a significant public health problem and effective preventions are needed. Neurobiological risk factors that predict increases in substance use in adolescence need to be identified, as well as potential sex differences in risk mechanisms.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Alice Pirastru, Sonia Di Tella, Marta Cazzoli, Fabrizio Esposito, Giuseppe Baselli, Francesca Baglio, Valeria Blasi
Summary: The study found that for an emotion-generation task, the reliability of fMRI signals under negative emotional valence conditions was higher than under positive conditions. Neural suppression may not be the primary cause of low signal reliability, with different neural strategies potentially playing a role instead.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Hassan Alhuzali, Sophia Ananiadou
Summary: Textual Emotion Recognition (TER) is a crucial task in NLP with significant real-world applications. Previous research focused on maximizing the probability of correct emotion classification, but ignored intra- and inter-class variations. To address this, we propose a triplet center loss as an auxiliary task for emotion classification, enabling TER models to learn compact and discriminative features. Our method also evaluates the impact of intra- and inter-class variations on each emotion class. Experimental results on three datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach compared to previous methods, improving prediction scores and producing discriminative features.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AFFECTIVE COMPUTING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Susanna Gobbi, Yoojin Lee, Istvan Homolya, Philippe N. Tobler, Todd A. Hare, Zoltan Nagy
Summary: This study evaluated the reproducibility of voxel-wise temporal signal-to-noise ratio (tSNR) on repeated scans across runs, sessions, and days, finding high variability in tSNR and similar variability on two different scanners. Despite its use in assessing fMRI data quality, a weak relationship was observed between tSNR and t-values, highlighting the need for consideration in future studies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMAGING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Xiaoping Yi, Yan Fu, Zhejia Zhang, Furong Jiang, Qian Xiao, Bihong T. Chen
Summary: This study investigated the alterations in regional homogeneity using resting-state fMRI in adolescents with borderline personality disorder and the associations with cognitive testing scores. The results showed that adolescents with borderline personality disorder had reduced regional homogeneity values in the frontal cortex and left precuneus, and increased values in several cortical regions. Regional homogeneity values in the left middle occipital gyrus, left inferior orbitofrontal cortex, and right superior frontal gyrus were associated with cognitive testing scores.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Shotaro Fujiwara, Ryo Ishibashi, Azumi Tanabe-Ishibashi, Ryuta Kawashima, Motoaki Sugiura
Summary: Sincere praise reliably conveys positive or negative feedback, while flattery always conveys positive but unreliable feedback. Neuroimaging findings suggest that sincere praise activates the nucleus accumbens and posterior cingulate cortex, indicating a rewarding effect and concern for others' evaluations. Individuals with a high praise-seeking tendency show lower activation in the inferior parietal sulcus during sincere praise, potentially reflecting self-esteem protection.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Jaroslav Hlinka, Filip Dechterenko, Jan Rydlo, Renata Androvicova, Martin Vejmelka, Lucia Jajcay, Jaroslav Tintera, Jiri Lukavsky, Jiri Horacek
Summary: Functional connectivity analysis is a common approach to studying brain function. This study investigates the reliability of functional connectivity during naturalistic viewing sessions and finds that intra-session reliability is relatively high. The study highlights the potential sources of variability and discusses the strengths and limitations of using intra-session reliability as a measure in naturalistic viewing.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Sonja Yokum, Cara Bohon, Elliot Berkman, Eric Stice
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the test-retest reliability of responses in reward-related brain regions to food receipt paradigms, food picture paradigms, a monetary reward paradigm, and a thin female model picture paradigm. Results showed poor test-retest reliability of the mentioned paradigms, highlighting the need for well-validated standardized fMRI tasks for more reliable measures of neural activation in eating- and obesity-related studies.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Cooper J. Mellema, Albert A. Montillo
Summary: This study aims to propose new measures of human brain connectivity to address gaps in the existing measures and facilitate the study of brain function, cognitive capacity, and early markers of human disease. Two new measures of functional and effective connectivity are proposed, using machine learning techniques to capture linear and nonlinear aspects of brain associations. The proposed measures demonstrate higher reproducibility and predictive power compared to traditional measures.
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Rhiannon V. McNeill, Viola Stella Palladino, Nathalie Brunkhorst-Kanaan, Oliver Grimm, Andreas Reif, Sarah Kittel-Schneider
Summary: The study found that starvation significantly decreased ADGRL3 expression, while nicotine exposure significantly increased expression. Certain ADGRL3 gene polymorphisms interacted with the environment to modulate ADGRL3 transcription. ADGRL3 SNPs were able to predict its transcription levels under baseline and starvation conditions.
WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Danai Dima, Amirhossein Modabbernia, Efstathios Papachristou, Gaelle E. Doucet, Ingrid Agartz, Moji Aghajani, Theophilus N. Akudjedu, Anton Albajes-Eizagirre, Dag Alnaes, Kathryn Alpert, Micael Andersson, Nancy C. Andreasen, Ole A. Andreassen, Philip Asherson, Tobias Banaschewski, Nuria Bargallo, Sarah Baumeister, Ramona Baur-Streubel, Alessandro Bertolino, Aurora Bonvino, Dorret Boomsma, Stefan Borgwardt, Josiane Bourque, Daniel Brandeis, Alan Breier, Henry Brodaty, Rachel M. Brouwer, Jan K. Buitelaar, Geraldo F. Busatto, Randy L. Buckner, Vincent Calhoun, Erick J. Canales-Rodriguez, Dara M. Cannon, Xavier Caseras, Francisco X. Castellanos, Simon Cervenka, Tiffany M. Chaim-Avancini, Christopher R. K. Ching, Victoria Chubar, Vincent P. Clark, Patricia Conrod, Annette Conzelmann, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Fabrice Crivello, Eveline A. Crone, Anders M. Dale, Cristopher Davey, Eco J. C. de Geus, Lieuwe de Haan, Greig de Zubicaray, Anouk den Braber, Erin W. Dickie, Annabella Di Giorgio, Nhat Trung Doan, Erlend S. Dorum, Stefan Ehrlich, Susanne Erk, Thomas Espeseth, Helena Fatouros-Bergman, Simon E. Fisher, Jean-Paul Fouche, Barbara Franke, Thomas Frodl, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, David C. Glahn, Ian H. Gotlib, Hans-Joergen Grabe, Oliver Grimm, Nynke A. Groenewold, Dominik Grotegerd, Oliver Gruber, Patricia Gruner, Rachel E. Gur, Ruben C. Gur, Ben J. Harrison, Catharine A. Hartman, Sean N. Hatton, Andreas Heinz, Dirk J. Heslenfeld, Derrek P. Hibar, Ian B. Hickie, Beng-Choon Ho, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Sarah Hohmann, Avram J. Holmes, Martine Hoogman, Norbert Hosten, Fleur M. Howells, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, Chaim Huyser, Neda Jahanshad, Anthony James, Terry L. Jernigan, Jiyang Jiang, Erik G. Jonsson, John A. Joska, Rene Kahn, Andrew Kalnin, Ryota Kanai, Marieke Klein, Tatyana P. Klyushnik, Laura Koenders, Sanne Koops, Bernd Kraemer, Jonna Kuntsi, Jim Lagopoulos, Luisa Lazaro, Irina Lebedeva, Won Hee Lee, Klaus-Peter Lesch, Christine Lochner, Marise W. J. Machielsen, Sophie Maingault, Nicholas G. Martin, Ignacio Martinez-Zalacain, David Mataix-Cols, Bernard Mazoyer, Colm McDonald, Brenna C. McDonald, Andrew M. McIntosh, Katie L. McMahon, Genevieve McPhilemy, Jose M. Menchon, Sarah E. Medland, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Jilly Naaijen, Pablo Najt, Tomohiro Nakao, Jan E. Nordvik, Lars Nyberg, Jaap Oosterlaan, Victor Ortiz-Garcia De la Foz, Yannis Paloyelis, Paul Pauli, Giulio Pergola, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, Maria J. Portella, Steven G. Potkin, Joaquim Radua, Andreas Reif, Daniel A. Rinker, Joshua L. Roffman, Pedro G. P. Rosa, Matthew D. Sacchet, Perminder S. Sachdev, Raymond Salvador, Pascual Sanchez-Juan, Salvador Sarro, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Andrew J. Saykin, Mauricio H. Serpa, Lianne Schmaal, Knut Schnell, Gunter Schumann, Kang Sim, Jordan W. Smoller, Iris Sommer, Carles Soriano-Mas, Dan J. Stein, Lachlan T. Strike, Suzanne C. Swagerman, Christian K. Tamnes, Henk S. Temmingh, Sophia Thomopoulos, Alexander S. Tomyshev, Diana Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Julian N. Trollor, Jessica A. Turner, Anne Uhlmann, Odile A. van den Heuvel, Dennis van den Meer, Nic J. A. van der Wee, Neeltje E. M. van Haren, Dennis Van't Ent, Theo G. M. van Erp, Ilya M. Veer, Dick J. Veltman, Aristotle Voineskos, Henry Voelzke, Henrik Walter, Esther Walton, Lei Wang, Yang Wang, Thomas H. Wassink, Bernd Weber, Wei Wen, John D. West, Lars T. Westlye, Heather Whalley, Lara M. Wierenga, Steven C. R. Williams, Katharina Wittfeld, Daniel H. Wolf, Amanda Worker, Margaret J. Wright, Kun Yang, Yulyia Yoncheva, Marcus Zanetti, Georg C. Ziegler, Paul M. Thompson, Sophia Frangou
Summary: Age has a significant impact on brain volume, with different regions showing varying trajectories. Basal ganglia volume decreases with age, while lateral ventricles continue to enlarge. These findings provide important insights into the functional significance of age-related morphometric patterns in the brain.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Sophia Frangou, Amirhossein Modabbernia, Steven C. R. Williams, Efstathios Papachristou, Gaelle E. Doucet, Ingrid Agartz, Moji Aghajani, Theophilus N. Akudjedu, Anton Albajes-Eizagirre, Dag Alnaes, Kathryn Alpert, Micael Andersson, Nancy C. Andreasen, Ole A. Andreassen, Philip Asherson, Tobias Banaschewski, Nuria Bargallo, Sarah Baumeister, Ramona Baur-Streubel, Alessandro Bertolino, Aurora Bonvino, Dorret Boomsma, Stefan Borgwardt, Josiane Bourque, Daniel Brandeis, Alan Breier, Henry Brodaty, Rachel M. Brouwer, Jan K. Buitelaar, Geraldo F. Busatto, Randy L. Buckner, Vincent Calhoun, Erick J. Canales-Rodriguez, Dara M. Cannon, Xavier Caseras, Francisco X. Castellanos, Simon Cervenka, Tiffany M. Chaim-Avancini, Christopher R. K. Ching, Victoria Chubar, Vincent P. Clark, Patricia Conrod, Annette Conzelmann, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Fabrice Crivello, Eveline A. Crone, Anders M. Dale, Christopher Davey, Eco J. C. de Geus, Lieuwe de Haan, Greig de Zubicaray, Anouk den Braber, Erin W. Dickie, Annabella Di Giorgio, Nhat Trung Doan, Erlend S. Dorum, Stefan Ehrlich, Susanne Erk, Thomas Espeseth, Helena Fatouros-Bergman, Simon E. Fisher, Jean-Paul Fouche, Barbara Franke, Thomas Frodl, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, David C. Glahn, Ian H. Gotlib, Hans-Joergen Grabe, Oliver Grimm, Nynke A. Groenewold, Dominik Grotegerd, Oliver Gruber, Patricia Gruner, Rachel E. Gur, Ruben C. Gur, Ben J. Harrison, Catharine A. Hartman, Sean N. Hatton, Andreas Heinz, Dirk J. Heslenfeld, Derrek P. Hibar, Ian B. Hickie, Beng-Choon Ho, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Sarah Hohmann, Avram J. Holmes, Martine Hoogman, Norbert Hosten, Fleur M. Howells, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, Chaim Huyser, Neda Jahanshad, Anthony James, Terry L. Jernigan, Jiyang Jiang, Erik G. Jonsson, John A. Joska, Rene Kahn, Andrew Kalnin, Ryota Kanai, Marieke Klein, Tatyana P. Klyushnik, Laura Koenders, Sanne Koops, Bernd Kraemer, Jonna Kuntsi, Jim Lagopoulos, Luisa Lazaro, Irina Lebedeva, Won Hee Lee, Klaus-Peter Lesch, Christine Lochner, Marise W. J. Machielsen, Sophie Maingault, Nicholas G. Martin, Ignacio Martinez-Zalacain, David Mataix-Cols, Bernard Mazoyer, Colm McDonald, Brenna C. McDonald, Andrew M. McIntosh, Katie L. McMahon, Genevieve McPhilemy, Jose M. Menchon, Sarah E. Medland, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Jilly Naaijen, Pablo Najt, Tomohiro Nakao, Jan E. Nordvik, Lars Nyberg, Jaap Oosterlaan, Victor Ortiz-Garcia de la Foz, Yannis Paloyelis, Paul Pauli, Giulio Pergola, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, Maria J. Portella, Steven G. Potkin, Joaquim Radua, Andreas Reif, Daniel A. Rinker, Joshua L. Roffman, Pedro G. P. Rosa, Matthew D. Sacchet, Perminder S. Sachdev, Raymond Salvador, Pascual Sanchez-Juan, Salvador Sarro, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Andrew J. Saykin, Mauricio H. Serpa, Lianne Schmaal, Knut Schnell, Gunter Schumann, Kang Sim, Jordan W. Smoller, Iris Sommer, Carles Soriano-Mas, Dan J. Stein, Lachlan T. Strike, Suzanne C. Swagerman, Christian K. Tamnes, Henk S. Temmingh, Sophia Thomopoulos, Alexander S. Tomyshev, Diana Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Julian N. Trollor, Jessica A. Turner, Anne Uhlmann, Odile A. van den Heuvel, Dennis van den Meer, Nic J. A. van der Wee, Neeltje E. M. van Haren, Dennis van't Ent, Theo G. M. van Erp, Ilya M. Veer, Dick J. Veltman, Aristotle Voineskos, Henry Voelzke, Henrik Walter, Esther Walton, Lei Wang, Yang Wang, Thomas H. Wassink, Bernd Weber, Wei Wen, John D. West, Lars T. Westlye, Heather Whalley, Lara M. Wierenga, Katharina Wittfeld, Daniel H. Wolf, Amanda Worker, Margaret J. Wright, Kun Yang, Yulyia Yoncheva, Marcus Zanetti, Georg C. Ziegler, Paul M. Thompson, Danai Dima
Summary: The study used data from the ENIGMA Consortium to explore the relationship between age and cortical thickness, finding that most regions peak in cortical thickness during childhood, with a negative association between age and cortical thickness where the slope is steeper before the age of 30 and more gradual afterwards.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jutta S. Mayer, Geva A. Brandt, Juliane Medda, Ulrike Basten, Oliver Grimm, Andreas Reif, Christine M. Freitag
Summary: Youth with ADHD show alterations in cognitive emotion regulation strategies, with more frequent use of maladaptive strategies and less frequent use of adaptive strategies. These alterations are associated with the severity of depressive symptoms in patients.
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Sadjad Sadeghi, Stephanie N. L. Schmidt, Daniela Mier, Joachim Hass
Summary: This study used dynamic causal modeling (DCM) to determine the effective connectivity of the human mirror neuron system (MNS) during different social cognition tasks. The results showed that there were effective connections from the superior temporal sulcus (STS) to the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) and Brodmann area 44 (BA44) in all social cognition processes. Additional mutual connections were found in the imitation task.
SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Maria Bretzke, Nora C. Vetter, Gregor Kohls, Hannes Wahl, Veit Roessner, Michael M. Plichta, Judith Buse
Summary: This study investigates the role of uncertainty in loss processing and avoidance. The results show slower response times in adolescents compared to adults when it comes to avoiding loss, and adults show higher brain activation during the anticipation of potential monetary loss compared to adolescents.
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Elena D. Koch, Christine M. Freitag, Jutta S. Mayer, Juliane Medda, Andreas Reif, Oliver Grimm, Josep A. Ramos-Quiroga, Judit Palacio Sanchez, Philip Asherson, Jonna Kuntsi, Adam D. Pawley, Jan K. Buitelaar, Douwe Bergsma, Francisco B. Ortega, Adria Muntaner-Mas, Iris Reinhard, Markus Reichert, Marco Giurgiu, Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer
Summary: This study used an mHealth approach to assess the relationship between physical activity and affect processes in individuals with ADHD and controls. The results showed a positive association between physical activity and positive affect, with individuals with a combined presentation of ADHD showing the strongest association. However, a negative association was found only in individuals with a combined presentation for negative affect. Further research is needed to clarify whether this pronounced association in individuals with more hyperactivity reinforces the symptoms.
EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Florian Freudenberg, Heike Althen, Kim Falk, Robert A. Bittner, Andreas Reif, Michael M. Plichta
Summary: This study confirms the high test-retest reliability of the prepulse inhibition (PPI) in humans and validates its correlation with working memory (WM) performance. Detailed analysis suggests that PPI is regulated by cross-conditional processes such as attention, and there is a specific and significant correlation between 76 dB PPI condition and WM.
ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATRICA
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Oliver Grimm, Lara Thomae, Thorsten M. Kranz, Andreas Reif
Summary: Recent research has shown that polygenic risk scores for ADHD can be calculated using GWAS. Additionally, resting-state fMRI analyses have provided insights into changes in connectivity patterns in ADHD patients. However, no study has attempted to combine these two levels of investigation. In this study, a dopaminergic challenge fMRI study was conducted to compare the changes in reward-system-related functional connectivity (FC) based on individual polygenic risk scores for ADHD, MDD, schizophrenia, and body height. The results showed decreased FC between the putamen and parietal lobe in ADHD patients, and lower FC between the same regions in healthy participants with higher genetic risk for ADHD. These findings suggest that FC in the dorsal attention network is altered in adult ADHD and healthy controls with higher genetic risk.
TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Social
Matthias Burghart, Daniela Mier
Summary: Psychopathy is associated with deficits in empathy and alexithymia. This study found negative relationships between psychopathy and various aspects of empathy, as well as positive relationships with alexithymia. The results varied by psychopathy factors and were moderated by gender. These findings suggest that psychopathy is characterized by impairments in empathic processes and an impaired perception of one's own emotions.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Ulrich Dettweiler, Martin Gerchen, Christoph Mall, Perikles Simon, Peter Kirsch
Summary: This study experimentally explored the effects of autonomy support and physical activity on the biological stress responses and brain development of students in education outside the classroom (EOtC). The results showed that EOtC students exhibited more efficient regulation of biological stress-reactivity and a reduction of cortisol associated with light physical activity in the forest. Additionally, the maturation of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) was positively influenced by autonomy support, especially in EOtC.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Kira F. Ahrens, Rebecca J. Neumann, Nina M. von Werthern, Thorsten M. Kranz, Bianca Kollmann, Bjoern Mattes, Lara M. C. Puhlmann, Danuta Weichert, Beat Lutz, Ulrike Basten, Christian J. Fiebach, Michele Wessa, Raffael Kalisch, Klaus Lieb, Andreas G. Chiocchetti, Oliver Tuscher, Andreas Reif, Michael M. Plichta
Summary: This study analyzed the relationship between risk scores for psychiatric phenotypes, hair cortisol concentrations (HCC), and mental health trajectories during the first COVID lockdown in Germany. The results indicated a significant association between risk scores and allocation to the acute dysfunction class. Elevated HCC was also found to be associated with childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorders. These findings suggest the potential for future studies on risk prediction.
TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Daan van Rooij, Yanli Zhang-James, Jan Buitelaar, Stephen V. Faraone, Andreas Reif, Oliver Grimm
Summary: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that can be associated with other disorders. This study used machine learning algorithms to analyze the brain morphology of individuals with ADHD and comorbid depression, substance use disorder (SUD), and obesity. The results suggest that the current methods cannot differentiate between ADHD with or without comorbidities.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Matthias Burghart, Alexander H. J. Sahm, Daniela Mier
Summary: This study examined the measurement invariance of the ERQ-8 in different countries and cultures using data from the COVIDiSTRESS survey. The results revealed configural and metric invariance of the ERQ-8 in 14 countries. This suggests that emotion regulation strategies may not readily converge across all cultures, highlighting the importance of testing measurement invariance before interpreting cross-cultural differences and similarities.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Daniel Huth, Anne-Kathrin Braescher, Sarah Tholl, Johanna Fiess, Gunnar Birke, Christoph Herrmann, Michael Joebges, Daniela Mier, Michael Witthoeft
Summary: This study examined the feasibility and effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral group intervention for individuals with post-COVID-19 condition in a neurological rehabilitation setting. The results support the acceptability and positive outcomes of the program in reducing fatigue and improving disease coping.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)