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Age-related topographic map of magnetic resonance diffusion metrics in neonatal brains.
Abstract Accelerated maturation of brain parenchyma close to term-equivalent age leads to rapid changes in diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics of ...
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Determinants of motivated behavior are linked to fatigue and its perturbation by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
Abstract Background Fatigue has an adaptive function and serves as a temporary signal to rest and save energy often in response to immune activation. It may, ...
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The contribution of sleep to the neuroendocrine regulation of rhythms in human leukocyte traffic
Abstract Twenty-four-hour rhythms in immune parameters and functions are robustly observed phenomena in biomedicine. Here, we summarize the important role of sleep and associated parameters ...
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Neurocomputational mechanisms of affected beliefs
We are truely excited about our new preprint on #affectedbeliefs! What are affected beliefs? Beliefs are never neutral – they always depend on the context, ...
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Assessment of reward-related brain function after a single-dose of oxytocin in autism: a randomized controlled trial
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by difficulties in social communication and interaction, which have been related to atypical neural processing of rewards, especially ...
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A psychological perspective on vicarious embarrassment and shame in the context of cringe humor
Abstract Cringe humor combines the seemingly opposite emotional experiences of amusement and embarrassment due to others’ transgressions of norms. Psychological theories and empirical studies on ...
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Editorial: The Different Faces of Sickness
Editorial on the Research Topic: The Different Faces of Sickness Sickness not only includes symptoms that classically define an infection (e.g., fever, nausea, headache), ...
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Reduced frontal cortical tracking of conflict between self-beneficial versus prosocial motives in Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Abstract Abstract Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) entails severe impairments in interpersonal functioning that are likely driven by self-beneficial and exploitative behavior. Here, we investigate the ...
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Self-beneficial belief updating as a coping mechanism for stress-induced negative affect
Abstract Being confronted with social-evaluative stress elicits a physiological and a psychological stress response. This calls for regulatory processes to manage negative affect and maintain ...
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Perceived Risk of Infection Linked to Changes in Comfort in Social Situations From Before to During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Background: Social lives have significantly changed since social distancing measures have been implemented to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aimed ...
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Randomized clinical trial shows no substantial modulation of empathy-related neural activation by intranasal oxytocin in autism
Abstract: Evidence suggests that intranasal application of oxytocin facilitates empathy and modulates its underlying neural processes, which are often impaired in individuals with autism spectrum ...
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The influence of anger on empathy and theory of mind
Social cognition allows humans to understand and predict other people’s behavior by inferring or sharing their emotions, intentions and beliefs. Few studies have investigated the ...
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The neuroscience of social feelings: mechanisms of adaptive social functioning
Abstract Social feelings have conceptual and empirical connections with affect and emotion. In this review, we discuss how they relate to cognition, emotion, behavior and ...
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Mapping social reward and punishment processing in the human brain: A voxel-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging findings using the Social Incentive Delay task
Abstract Social incentives (rewards or punishments) motivate human learning and behaviour, and alterations in the brain circuits involved in the processing social incentives have been ...
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Selective suppression of rapid eye movement sleep increases next-day negative affect and amygdala responses to social exclusion
Abstract Healthy sleep, positive general affect, and the ability to regulate emotional experiences are fundamental for well-being. In contrast, various mental disorders are associated with ...
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Cognitive, affective, and feedback-based flexibility – Disentangling shared and different aspects of three facets of psychological flexibility
Abstract Cognitive flexibility – the ability to adjust one’s behavior to changing environmental demands – is crucial for controlled behavior. However, the term ‘cognitive flexibility’ ...
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Spinach in the teeth: How ego- and allocentric perspectives modulate neural correlates of embarrassment in the face of others’ public mishaps
Abstract Humans experience vicarious embarrassment when they observe other’s mishaps in public settings, even when the protagonist is not embarrassed at all. Though neural correlates ...
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The c-index as a measure of a scientist’s efficiency and assertiveness
Abstract The Cuckoo-index (c-index) is a new index that attempts to measure both the effectivity and the savviness of a scientist. The index is based ...
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Internal control beliefs shape positive affect and associated neural dynamics during outcome valuation
Abstract Experiencing events as controllable is essential for human well-being. Based on classic psychological theory, we test how internal control beliefs impact the affective valuation ...
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Negativity-bias in forming beliefs about own abilities
Abstract During everyday interactions people constantly receive feedback on their behavior, which shapes their beliefs about themselves. While classic studies in the field of social ...
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