Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

The paper investigates how the brain decides when to use forward planning by analyzing context-dependent conflict processing in the anterior cingulate cortex using fMRI.

This study examines age differences in ERP measures of motivated attention, finding older adults show fewer transient and sustained incentive effects compared to younger adults.

The paper shows that instrumental action plans shape selective attention to reward/punishment information, which biases Pavlovian responses and improves performance.

This study identifies a neural signal during internal sampling from working memory that mirrors decision-making processes observed in external sensory sampling.

The paper distinguishes deliberate exploratory choices from random exploration and exploitation using pupil dilation and response time in a probabilistic learning task.

The paper introduces the DMCC55B dataset, a collection of fMRI data from 55 healthy young adults performing cognitive control tasks, for benchmarking and analysis of task performance and individual differences.

This study shows that a working memory task downregulates the amygdala similarly to a cognitive reappraisal task, suggesting task demand, not reappraisal itself, drives amygdala deactivation.

The paper investigates whether confidence judgments are processed similarly across different cognitive domains using behavioral and neural data from two tasks.

This study uses a race model framework to test how transient beta oscillations modulate decision thresholds during human action-stopping, finding that beta increases thresholds for the Go process more than the Stop process.

The paper extends the PRO model to explain decision-making under risk in humans and macaques, showing ACC represents outcome variance and links to mean-variance theories.

This study shows that neural activity in the anterior cingulate cortex is necessary for making effort-based decisions by using optogenetic manipulation in a mouse model.

This study investigates how motivational signals affect metacognitive signals in the VMPFC during decision-making, finding that confidence signals are disrupted in trials with negative monetary prospects.

This study investigates post-error slowing by controlling response timing, finding that cognitive processing efficacy is impaired, not just speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

The paper shows that subjective time perception affects reward choice preferences by altering value signals in the vlPFC and VS during anticipation of delayed rewards.

This study investigates how locus coeruleus noradrenergic integrity influences inhibitory control in older adults through prefrontal cortical connectivity.

The paper shows humans estimate environmental controllability by comparing actor and spectator models, with stress reducing perceived control and increasing reliance on the spectator model.

The paper shows mice trade off decision speed for safety during approach-avoidance decisions under danger by adjusting activity in the paraventricular thalamus and prefrontal cortex.

The paper shows that saccade velocity during deliberation reflects the subjective value of effortful choices, even when the movement itself does not influence the decision.

The paper investigates brain dynamics during distrust anticipation from partners with different social closeness levels using fMRI, finding AIns activity for human partners but not for high vs low closeness partners, and increased coupling with mentalizing networks during high closeness trust anticipation.

The paper develops a universal attention measure from fMRI data that predicts both task-general and task-specific attention performance and their neural mechanisms across multiple tasks.

The paper uses a computational model to show that GABAergic enhancement improves conflict adaptation but impairs response inhibition in cognitive tasks.

The paper introduces a gamified experimental task to assess error awareness by generating a high rate of undetected errors and replicates findings across two studies.

The paper uses intracranial EEG to analyze spectral features in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, revealing hemispheric specialization for valence and intensity processing and showing causal effects of stimulation on emotional face perception.

This study compares neural activity during inhibitory control tasks between people with nicotine use disorder and non-smokers, finding differences in prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex activity.

The paper investigates whether rapid attention to visual threat is controlled top-down by the DLPFC using rTMS and ERP measurements.

This study investigates the neural correlates of task processing and representation in the lateral frontal cortex using fMRI, finding distinct roles for different regions in executing tasks versus maintaining task representations.

This study examines how reward and expectancy influence neural signals during motor preparation and execution, showing increased motor preparation for larger rewards and greater motor effort when rewards are unexpected.

The paper tests the affective dial hypothesis by comparing brain regions activated during emotion up- and down-regulation, finding they target distinct circuits rather than opposing effects in the same areas.

This study shows that pupil size in mice playing a competitive game correlates with decision variables like choice, outcome, and value updating, but not action selection.

The paper examines how spontaneous eye blink rate during different phases of a visual working memory task predicts task accuracy, finding a positive correlation during the delay period.