2022
The effect of neuroscientific evidence on sentencing depends on how one conceives of reasons for incarceration
Perricone A, Baskin-Sommers A, Ahn W. The effect of neuroscientific evidence on sentencing depends on how one conceives of reasons for incarceration. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0276237. PMID: 36322534, PMCID: PMC9629607, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuroscientific evidenceLegal decisionsCriminal legal proceedingsCriminal legal systemLegal systemLegal proceedingsPenal philosophySentencing recommendationsDangerous peopleImprisonmentDifferent rationalesNeuroscience evidenceDefendantsSuch evidenceSentencesDecisionsSentencingWrongdoersProceedingsRetributionTestimonyIncarcerationConceivesRationalePublic
2014
Neural correlates of substance abuse: Reduced functional connectivity between areas underlying reward and cognitive control
Motzkin JC, Baskin‐Sommers A, Newman JP, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M. Neural correlates of substance abuse: Reduced functional connectivity between areas underlying reward and cognitive control. Human Brain Mapping 2014, 35: 4282-4292. PMID: 24510765, PMCID: PMC4107096, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive-behavioral controlCognitive controlSubstance use disordersFunctional connectivityFrontal cortical regionsSUD groupIndividual differencesResting-state functional connectivityCortical regionsAnterior cingulate cortexAdult male prison inmatesLower functional connectivityMale prison inmatesNeural correlatesNucleus accumbensPsychological correlatesReward processingNeurocircuitry modelsCingulate cortexGroup differencesBrain regionsSubstance abuseDorsal caudateHabit formationUse disorders