2013
A pilot study linking reduced fronto–Striatal recruitment during reward processing to persistent bingeing following treatment for binge‐eating disorder
Balodis IM, Grilo CM, Kober H, Worhunsky PD, White MA, Stevens MC, Pearlson GD, Potenza MN. A pilot study linking reduced fronto–Striatal recruitment during reward processing to persistent bingeing following treatment for binge‐eating disorder. International Journal Of Eating Disorders 2013, 47: 376-384. PMID: 24729034, PMCID: PMC3986812, DOI: 10.1002/eat.22204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBinge-eating disorderFunctional magnetic resonance imagingReward processingMonetary incentive delay taskInferior frontal gyrusIncentive delay taskBinge-eating statusMedial prefrontal cortexBrain reward circuitryNeural correlatesDelay taskSpecific brain regionsFrontal gyrusNeurobiological underpinningsOutcome phasePrefrontal cortexReward circuitryVentral striatumAnticipatory phaseBrain regionsTreatment outcomesDiminished recruitmentProcessingMagnetic resonance imagingIndividualsMonetary Reward Processing in Obese Individuals With and Without Binge Eating Disorder
Balodis IM, Kober H, Worhunsky PD, White MA, Stevens MC, Pearlson GD, Sinha R, Grilo CM, Potenza MN. Monetary Reward Processing in Obese Individuals With and Without Binge Eating Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2013, 73: 877-886. PMID: 23462319, PMCID: PMC3686098, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReward/loss processingReward processingLoss processingVentromedial prefrontal cortex activityFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMonetary reward processingPrefrontal cortex activityBinge Eating DisorderVentral striatal activityNeural differencesNeural correlatesLoss taskLoss prospectsNeurobiological underpinningsCortex activityEating DisordersRegional activationVentral striatumBED groupAnticipatory phaseStriatal activityProcessingIndividualsOB groupObese individuals
2009
Double dissociation between perspective-taking and empathic-concern as predictors of hemodynamic response to another's mistakes
Shane MS, Stevens MC, Harenski CL, Kiehl KA. Double dissociation between perspective-taking and empathic-concern as predictors of hemodynamic response to another's mistakes. Social Cognitive And Affective Neuroscience 2009, 4: 111-118. PMID: 19244454, PMCID: PMC2686223, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsn043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-reported empathic concernParticipants' levelInferior parietal cortexSense of agencyEmpathic concernDouble dissociationFunctional dissociationHemodynamic responseParietal cortexAction patternsBasic representationVACCObserved errorsMistakesSelfCortexStrong evidenceProcessingSeparate rolesDissociationRecognitionPredictorsUnderstanding
2008
Neural correlates of the processing of another’s mistakes: A possible underpinning for social and observational learning
Shane MS, Stevens M, Harenski CL, Kiehl KA. Neural correlates of the processing of another’s mistakes: A possible underpinning for social and observational learning. NeuroImage 2008, 42: 450-459. PMID: 18534868, PMCID: PMC2593145, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.12.067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGoal-directed behaviorCommon neural circuitryComplex social actionsDorsal anterior cingulateInferior parietal cortexSupplementary motor regionsError monitoringNeural correlatesGo taskObservational learningGo/Possible underpinningsOrbitofrontal cortexAnterior cingulateNeural circuitryParietal cortexSame taskMotor regionsSocial actionDistributed networkPotential importTaskCortexObserved errorsProcessing