Article
Neurosciences
Bingyu Niu, Ye Li, Xianfeng Ding, Congrong Shi, Bingping Zhou, Jian Gong
Summary: Using fNIRS technology and the bribe-taking decision game, this study found that individuals face a conflict between economic self-interest and social norms when making bribe-taking decisions. If individuals are more motivated by economic interest, rejecting bribes activates the DLPFC and FPC, indicating impulse inhibition and decision evaluation; if individuals value social norms more, accepting bribes activates the DLPFC, reflecting fear of punishment. The left DLPFC is the key brain region where social norms inhibit bribery.
BRAIN AND COGNITION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Anika Nissen, Caspar Krampe
Summary: This study reveals gender-related differences in the perception of ecommerce websites, where men tend to require greater neural activity when using ecommerce websites. Additionally, websites evaluated as useful and visually aesthetic lead to significant neural activation in different brain regions for men and women.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Robert Stojan, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage
Summary: Driving is a complex cognitive-motor task that becomes increasingly challenging with age due to declining neurophysiological resources. Younger and older drivers show different patterns of brain activation and driving behavior when engaging in additional subtasks during driving.
Article
Neurosciences
Iryna Schommartz, Annika Dix, Susanne Passow, Shu-Chen Li
Summary: The study found that tDCS may enhance neural activity in the dlPFC, but did not show accompanying performance-enhancing effects at the behavioral level. Additionally, in the delayed reward condition, tDCS seemed to lead to an upregulation of hemodynamic responses in the dlPFC, which appears to be associated with faster decision speed.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yuyang Zhu, Yituo Wang, Pinhong Chen, Yu Lei, Feng Yan, Zheng Yang, Liu Yang, Lubin Wang
Summary: Decision making under acute stress is common in daily life. Neuroticism has been found to modulate risky decision-making behaviors, but the neural correlates underlying this association remain unclear.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jialin Fu, Xihang Li, Xi Zhao, Keyi Zhang, Nan Cui
Summary: This study used fNIRS to record the neural activity data of participants, and the results showed a correlation between dlPFC activation and the effectiveness of PSAs. The findings provide a new method for predicting and improving the effectiveness of public service announcements.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Michael D. Baker, Brittnie T. Owens, Rachel L. Utter, Rebecca J. Boachie, Delaney R. Keith
Summary: The study observed gender differences in risky behavior by analyzing pedestrian crossing patterns. Men were more likely to take physical risks by crossing during a 'don't walk' signal in a 'low risk' area, while gender differences weren't observed in the 'high risk' area. This suggests that situational factors play a role in moderating gender differences in risk-taking behavior.
JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Neurosciences
Yi Liu, Jiaxin Li, Qi Wang, Yarong Li
Summary: This review summarizes the existing research on parent-child inter-brain neural synchronization (INS) and provides preliminary suggestions to promote it. It also discusses inconsistent findings and unstudied questions, opening new avenues for future studies.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Sandra Chi Yiu Wong, Mary Chung Mun Ng, Joe Kwun Nam Chan, Martha Sin Ki Luk, Simon Sai Yu Lui, Eric Yu Hai Chen, Wing Chung Chang
Summary: The study revealed that early-stage bipolar disorder patients with a history of psychosis exhibit altered risk-taking behavior and increased risk aversion compared to controls. Risk-taking indices were not correlated with symptoms, self-reported impulsivity, cognitive functions, or treatment characteristics. Further research is needed to understand the longitudinal trajectory of risk-taking propensity in bipolar disorder.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Sowmya Selvaraj, Venkataram Shivakumar, Paranthaman V. Kavya, Thrinath Mullapudi, Gaurav Bhalerao, Vanteemar S. Sreeraj, Satish Suhas, Damodharan Dinakaran, Rujuta Parlikar, Harleen Chhabra, Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy, Monojit Debnath, Naren P. Rao, Kesavan Muralidharan, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian
Summary: The study found a significant positive association between BDNF gene expression and DLPFC activation during the working memory task. In addition, BDNF gene expression negatively correlated with negative symptom scores and left DLPFC fMRI activation.
ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Economics
Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux
Summary: The study shows that female students tend to balance the pursuit of highly selective programs with minimizing risks, preferring to choose fields of study over specific institutions when applying for college.
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Wenhai Zhang, Lanting Qiu, Fanggui Tang, Hong-Jin Sun
Summary: Emotion regulation is crucial for maintaining romantic relationships. Gender differences exist in cognitive engagement but not in affective engagement in couples. Male and female targets show different neural activities in response to their partners' affective engagement strategies. However, these differences are not observed in strangers.
SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Mengmeng Wang, Shunmin Zhang, Tao Suo, Tianxin Mao, Fenghua Wang, Yao Deng, Simon Eickhoff, Yu Pan, Caihong Jiang, Hengyi Rao
Summary: The Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART) has been widely used to assess risk-taking behavior and brain function. This study used activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis and functional connectivity (FC) analysis to synthesize brain networks involved in risk-taking during the BART and compared differences between adults and adolescents. The results showed that reward, salience, and executive control networks play important roles in risk-taking during the BART, and adolescents exhibit greater activation compared to adults.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Tsuyoshi Nihonsugi, Shotaro Numano, Masahiko Haruno
Summary: This study revealed that men exhibit stronger guilt aversion than women, with differences possibly rooted in underlying brain motives and consideration of social norms.
Review
Neurosciences
Tara S. Peris, Adriana Galvan
Summary: Avoidant behavior is a defining feature of pediatric anxiety disorders. While previous research focused on early information processing events, there has been less consideration of how anxious youth make avoidant decisions and reinforce their choices over time. Studies on risk taking are valuable for understanding how individuals weigh the pros and cons of their decisions and tolerate uncertainty. This review integrates risk taking into existing models of pediatric anxiety disorders and highlights its value for informing developmental psychopathology models and individual differences in outcomes. Existing behavioral and neurobiological studies on risk taking in anxious youth are reviewed, with suggestions for future research directions.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hengzhou Xu, Xiaoyan Li
Summary: Chinese-style decentralization has an impact on regional carbon emissions mainly through factor market distortion, investment bias, and environmental regulation. Under Chinese-style decentralization, the effectiveness of emission reduction policies is limited and shows significant spatial interaction. Increases in political, fiscal, and financial decentralization lead to a decrease in the effectiveness of emission reduction policies. Collaborative governance of carbon emissions between regions is the direction for future emission reduction, and emission reduction policies should be redesigned based on the degree of regional synergy.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Jiaqi Zhao, Yuanyuan An, Xiaohui Li, Jiali Huang
Summary: This study investigates the trajectories of posttraumatic growth (PTG) among adolescents who survived the Yancheng tornado in China and examines the effects of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) on these trajectories. The results reveal differentiated PTG trajectories and highlight the importance of PTSS in shaping these trajectories for improving post-disaster psychological interventions.
CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Hao Long, Xiaoxia Li, XiaoWei Liu, Wenle Wang
Summary: In this paper, an incremental algorithm called BBTA is proposed for detecting dynamic communities based on the tracking of backbones and bridges. The algorithm achieves higher accuracy and better performance by reflecting critical edges and key connections.
APPLIED INTELLIGENCE
(2023)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Fang Sun, Xiaoli Liu, Hexuan Zhang, Xunmei Zhou, Zhigang Zhao, Hongbo He, Zhencheng Yan, Yingsha Li, Qiang Li, Yaoming Li, Jun Jiang, Zhiming Zhu
Summary: This study examined the efficacy of catheter-based adrenal ablation for aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) and compared it with adrenalectomy. The results showed that adrenal ablation had a certain improvement in clinical and biochemical outcomes for APA patients, especially in terms of biochemical success rate. Compared with surgery, adrenal ablation has the advantages of shorter operating time and faster recovery of physical activity.
HYPERTENSION RESEARCH
(2023)
Editorial Material
Dermatology
Zhijun Zhou, Na Li, Huicheng Li, Luhuai Shi, Yangmin Gao, Weijun Liu, Xiaobing Wang, Hua Qian, Xiaoguang Li
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zongqi Li, Boyang Hu, Ruitao Yu, Tian Tian, Zengcai Guo, Jingbo Mu, Xiaoliang Zhang, Guangshuo Wang, Xiaoyan Liu, Aifeng Liu
Summary: Hollow CoSe2 nanospheres wrapped with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets are fabricated, which can reduce aggregation and maintain structural integrity. The wrapping of rGO nanosheets increases electrical conductivity and reduces the adsorption energy of OH- at the CoSe2/rGO interface. The hollow CoSe2/rGO nanocomposites exhibit specific capacities of 757C g-1 at 3 A/g and 552C g-1 at 20 A/g, with a capacity retention of 92% over 5000 cycles at 10 A/g.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Shuai Sun, Lichun Wei, Lijuan Zou, Tiejun Wang, Zi Liu, Jianli He, Xiaoge Sun, Wei Zhong, Fengju Zhao, Xiaomei Li, Sha Li, Hong Zhu, Zhanshu Ma, Wenhui Wang, Fuquan Zhang, Xiaorong Hou, Ke Hu
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the predictive value of preoperative serum CA125 level and age at diagnosis in early-stage endometrial cancer patients after initial treatment. The results showed that preoperative CA125 level and age at diagnosis were independent prognostic factors for 5-year overall survival. Combining CA125 with age may increase its predictive sensitivity.
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Xueyan Zhang, Jun Li, Xiaomei Li
Summary: Previous studies have shown the importance of the prefrontal cortex in decision-making tasks and the precuneus in mediating metacognition. This study further explores the metabolic correlates of metacognition using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The findings suggest that the right precuneus plays a crucial role in metacognition.
BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Weihua Jin, Fen Chen, Qiufu Fang, Genxiang Mao, Yizhong Bao
Summary: Osteoporosis is a systemic bone degenerative disease characterized by low bone mass and deteriorated bone microarchitecture. Glycans known as Gs have been found to inhibit osteoclast generation and exert anti-osteoporosis effects by modulating the IRF-8 signaling pathway.
EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
An-Qi Zhang, Xiao-Yan Li, Bo-Hao Liu, Yu-Qi Yin, Han -Lin Zhang, Ying-Hua Zhang
Summary: By introducing hydrophilic groups into zein, the interaction between zein and water can be changed, which expands its application in the food industry. This study constructed hydrophilic, amphiphilic, and hydrophobic systems of zein through modification methods, and explored the structure and properties of the modified zein. Experimental results showed that the zein-potassium oleate system is hydrophobic, enzymatic modification can obtain a hydrophilic system, and cysteine modification can obtain an amphiphilic system. Various analysis methods also confirmed the hydrophilic and hydrophobic systems obtained by different modification methods. UV, IR, and fluorescence spectra of zein after enzymatic hydrolysis and cysteine modification indicated changes in the hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity of the zein microenvironment. This study provides a feasible approach to broaden the application of zein in the food industry.
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Fangfei Liu, Yating Shen, Jiabin Li, Lixia Bi, Xiaoli Ye, Yanhong Li, Du Zhi
Summary: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of ginsenoside Rd on intestinal contractility and related mechanisms in IBS.
NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jinfang Zheng, Boyang Hu, Xinpeng Zhang, Qiwei Ge, Yuchen Yan, Jerry Akresi, Ved Piyush, Le Huang, Yanbin Yin
Summary: The updated dbCAN-seq database provides predictions of glycan substrates for CGCs from microbiomes. New features include graphical display of CGC gene compositions, alignment of query CGC and subject PUL, and a statistics page.
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Orthopedics
Shuheng Zhai, Panpan Hu, Xiao Liu, Zihe Li, Ben Wang, Hua Zhou, Zhongjun Liu, Xiaoguang Liu, Yan Li, Feng Wei
Summary: This study investigated the prognostic factors of spinal metastases of lung cancer (SMLC) after surgery-based comprehensive treatment. The results showed that surgery significantly improved neurological function and physical performance status of patients. Adjuvant targeted therapy was an independent predictor for longer survival.
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jacqueline S. Dron, Aniruddh P. Patel, Yiyi Zhang, Sean J. Jurgens, Dimitri J. Maamari, Minxian Wang, Eric Boerwinkle, Alanna C. Morrison, Paul S. de Vries, Myriam Fornage, Lifang Hou, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Bruce M. Psaty, Russell P. Tracy, Joshua C. Bis, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Daniel Levy, Nancy Heard-Costa, Stephen S. Rich, Xiuqing Guo, Kent D. Taylor, Richard A. Gibbs, Jerome I. Rotter, Cristen J. Willer, Elizabeth C. Oelsner, Andrew E. Moran, Gina M. Peloso, Pradeep Natarajan, Amit V. Khera
Summary: This study found that protein-truncating variants in APOB and PCSK9 are associated with lower LDL cholesterol levels and reduced risk of coronary heart disease. Rating: 8 points
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Zhongfeng Jiang, Xiaohui Li, Xuanxuan Zhang, Weiwei Wang, Haoliang Hou
Summary: This study proposes a water resource pollution load intensity measurement based on the SWAT model, aiming to solve the problems of high measurement time-consuming, high deviation, and small area in traditional methods. The method involves building a basic database, summarizing hydrological characteristic data, designing a water pollution output coefficient model using the SWAT model, and using the comprehensive pollution index method to measure the pollution load intensity of water resources. The experimental results demonstrate that this method reduces measurement time, improves measurement accuracy, and expands the measurable area.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Jose Sanchez-Bornot, Roberto C. Sotero, J. A. Scott Kelso, Ozguer Simsek, Damien Coyle
Summary: This study proposes a multi-penalized state-space model for analyzing unobserved dynamics, using a data-driven regularization method. Novel algorithms are developed to solve the model, and a cross-validation method is introduced to evaluate regularization parameters. The effectiveness of this method is validated through simulations and real data analysis, enabling a more accurate exploration of cognitive brain functions.
