Blame and Praise Cross-culturally: An fMRI investigation into causal attribution and moral judgment
Biol Psychol. 2023 Oct 13:108713. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108713. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPeople from independent cultures are more likely to causally explain others' behaviors by their disposition [vs. situation] compared to those from interdependent cultures. However, few studies have directly examined how these differences in attribution shape individuals' moral judgment, nor the underlying neural mechanisms of this process. Aiming to address these questions, in the scanner, participants rated the blameworthiness or praiseworthiness of protagonists who did either a negative or positive behavior, respectively...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BoKyung Park Valerie Rae Smith Source Type: research
Fundamental Behavioral and Neurophysiologic Relationships Between Sensory Processing, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Autistic Traits in Children: A Hybrid Approach
Biol Psychol. 2023 Oct 13:108712. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108712. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSensory differences are common and often challenging for autistic children. Furthermore, atypical sensory processing is associated with autistic traits and other autism-related behaviors, such as intolerance of uncertainty (IU). Such traits and their relatedness vary continuously across autistic and non-autistic children alike. However, the underlying neural correlates of these continuous variables, and their associations, are not well understood. Therefore, this study examined relationships between sensory processing, IU,...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Garrett Cardon Maggie Buckhannon Don Rojas Source Type: research
N1-P2 event-related potentials and perceived intensity are associated: The effects of a weak pre-stimulus and attentional load on processing of a subsequent intense stimulus
Biol Psychol. 2023 Oct 11;184:108711. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108711. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA weak stimulus presented immediately before a more intense one reduces both the N1-P2 cortical response and the perceived intensity of the intense stimulus. The former effect is referred to as cortical prepulse inhibition (PPI), the latter as prepulse inhibition of perceived stimulus intensity (PPIPSI). Both phenomena are used to study sensory gating in clinical and non-clinical populations, however little is known about their relationship. Here, we investigated 1) the possibility that cortical PPI and PPIPSI are asso...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jaspa D Favero Camilla Luck Ottmar V Lipp An T Nguyen Welber Marinovic Source Type: research
N1-P2 event-related potentials and perceived intensity are associated: The effects of a weak pre-stimulus and attentional load on processing of a subsequent intense stimulus
Biol Psychol. 2023 Oct 11:108711. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108711. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA weak stimulus presented immediately before a more intense one reduces both the N1-P2 cortical response and the perceived intensity of the intense stimulus. The former effect is referred to as cortical prepulse inhibition (PPI), the latter as prepulse inhibition of perceived stimulus intensity (PPIPSI). Both phenomena are used to study sensory gating in clinical and non-clinical populations, however little is known about their relationship. Here, we investigated 1) the possibility that cortical PPI and PPIPSI are associat...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jaspa D Favero Camilla Luck Ottmar V Lipp An T Nguyen Welber Marinovic Source Type: research
Working memory training for reward processing in university students with subsyndromal depression: The influence of baseline severity of depression
In this study, 40 university students with subsyndromal depression were randomly assigned to a training group or a control group and completed a 20-day working memory training task and a simple memory task, respectively. All participants completed the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS) and a doors task with electroencephalogram (EEG) signals recorded simultaneously on a pre- and post-test and a 3-month follow-up. The reward-related positivity (RewP) amplitude, theta power, and their differences between conditions (i.e., ΔRewP and Δtheta power, respectively) in the doors task were the primary outcomes, and the s...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lulu Hou Fangfang Long Weiyi Zhou Renlai Zhou Source Type: research
Working memory training for reward processing in university students with subsyndromal depression: The influence of baseline severity of depression
In this study, 40 university students with subsyndromal depression were randomly assigned to a training group or a control group and completed a 20-day working memory training task and a simple memory task, respectively. All participants completed the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS) and a doors task with electroencephalogram (EEG) signals recorded simultaneously on a pre- and post-test and a 3-month follow-up. The reward-related positivity (RewP) amplitude, theta power, and their differences between conditions (i.e., ΔRewP and Δtheta power, respectively) in the doors task were the primary outcomes, and the s...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lulu Hou Fangfang Long Weiyi Zhou Renlai Zhou Source Type: research
Genetic and neural bases of the neuroticism general factor
Biol Psychol. 2023 Sep 30;184:108692. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108692. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe applied structural equation modeling to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the general factor measured by a neuroticism questionnaire administered to ∼380,000 participants in the UK Biobank. We categorized significant genetic variants as acting either through the neuroticism general factor, through other factors measured by the questionnaire, or through paths independent of any factor. Regardless of this categorization, however, significant variants tended to show concordant associations with all it...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yuri Kim Gretchen R B Saunders Alexandros Giannelis Emily A Willoughby Colin G DeYoung James J Lee Source Type: research
Genetic and neural bases of the neuroticism general factor
Biol Psychol. 2023 Sep 30;184:108692. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108692. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe applied structural equation modeling to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the general factor measured by a neuroticism questionnaire administered to ∼380,000 participants in the UK Biobank. We categorized significant genetic variants as acting either through the neuroticism general factor, through other factors measured by the questionnaire, or through paths independent of any factor. Regardless of this categorization, however, significant variants tended to show concordant associations with all it...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yuri Kim Gretchen R B Saunders Alexandros Giannelis Emily A Willoughby Colin G DeYoung James J Lee Source Type: research
Genetic and neural bases of the neuroticism general factor
Biol Psychol. 2023 Sep 30;184:108692. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108692. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe applied structural equation modeling to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the general factor measured by a neuroticism questionnaire administered to ∼380,000 participants in the UK Biobank. We categorized significant genetic variants as acting either through the neuroticism general factor, through other factors measured by the questionnaire, or through paths independent of any factor. Regardless of this categorization, however, significant variants tended to show concordant associations with all it...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yuri Kim Gretchen R B Saunders Alexandros Giannelis Emily A Willoughby Colin G DeYoung James J Lee Source Type: research
Genetic and neural bases of the neuroticism general factor
Biol Psychol. 2023 Sep 30;184:108692. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108692. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe applied structural equation modeling to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the general factor measured by a neuroticism questionnaire administered to ∼380,000 participants in the UK Biobank. We categorized significant genetic variants as acting either through the neuroticism general factor, through other factors measured by the questionnaire, or through paths independent of any factor. Regardless of this categorization, however, significant variants tended to show concordant associations with all it...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yuri Kim Gretchen R B Saunders Alexandros Giannelis Emily A Willoughby Colin G DeYoung James J Lee Source Type: research
Genetic and neural bases of the neuroticism general factor
Biol Psychol. 2023 Sep 30:108692. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108692. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe applied structural equation modeling to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the general factor measured by a neuroticism questionnaire administered to ~ 380,000 participants in the UK Biobank. We categorized significant genetic variants as acting either through the neuroticism general factor, through other factors measured by the questionnaire, or through paths independent of any factor. Regardless of this categorization, however, significant variants tended to show concordant associations with all items. ...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yuri Kim Gretchen R B Saunders Alexandros Giannelis Emily A Willoughby Colin G DeYoung James J Lee Source Type: research
Genetic and neural bases of the neuroticism general factor
Biol Psychol. 2023 Sep 30:108692. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108692. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe applied structural equation modeling to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the general factor measured by a neuroticism questionnaire administered to ~ 380,000 participants in the UK Biobank. We categorized significant genetic variants as acting either through the neuroticism general factor, through other factors measured by the questionnaire, or through paths independent of any factor. Regardless of this categorization, however, significant variants tended to show concordant associations with all items. ...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yuri Kim Gretchen R B Saunders Alexandros Giannelis Emily A Willoughby Colin G DeYoung James J Lee Source Type: research
Genetic and neural bases of the neuroticism general factor
Biol Psychol. 2023 Sep 30:108692. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108692. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe applied structural equation modeling to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the general factor measured by a neuroticism questionnaire administered to ~ 380,000 participants in the UK Biobank. We categorized significant genetic variants as acting either through the neuroticism general factor, through other factors measured by the questionnaire, or through paths independent of any factor. Regardless of this categorization, however, significant variants tended to show concordant associations with all items. ...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yuri Kim Gretchen R B Saunders Alexandros Giannelis Emily A Willoughby Colin G DeYoung James J Lee Source Type: research
Genetic and neural bases of the neuroticism general factor
Biol Psychol. 2023 Sep 30:108692. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108692. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe applied structural equation modeling to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the general factor measured by a neuroticism questionnaire administered to ~ 380,000 participants in the UK Biobank. We categorized significant genetic variants as acting either through the neuroticism general factor, through other factors measured by the questionnaire, or through paths independent of any factor. Regardless of this categorization, however, significant variants tended to show concordant associations with all items. ...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yuri Kim Gretchen R B Saunders Alexandros Giannelis Emily A Willoughby Colin G DeYoung James J Lee Source Type: research
Distinct physiological responses to social-evaluative stress in patients with major depressive disorder reporting a history of peer victimization
This study examined whether peer victimization alters physiological and affective responses to potentially threatening social stimuli. For this purpose, reactions to socially evaluative stimuli of depressive patients and healthy controls with varying histories of peer victimization were compared. In a social conditioning task, we studied heart rate responses to unconditioned socially negative and neutral evaluative video statements, followed by the heart rate reactions to conditioned stimuli, i.e. still images of the faces of the same actors. Diagnosis of depression and peer victimization were both associated with a more p...
Source: Biological Psychology - September 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Benjamin Iffland Hanna Kley Frank Neuner Source Type: research
