2024
Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task
Edgar E, Waugh A, Wu J, Castagna P, Potenza M, Mayes L, Crowley M. Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task. Brain And Cognition 2024, 180: 106209. PMID: 39137602, PMCID: PMC11371477, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLevels of social anxietySocially anxious youthSocial anxietyAnxious youthAvoidance taskSocial Phobia and Anxiety InventoryLow levels of social anxietyRisk avoidanceNeural correlatesAvoidance conditioningSuccessful avoidanceTheta dynamicsAnxiety InventoryTheta powerBehavioral correlatesAnxietyTheta responseFRNAdolescentsAvoidanceConcurrent electroencephalographySlow-waveYouthOscillatory dynamicsTaskInhibitory Control in Gambling Disorder, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder/Problematic Pornography Use: a Review of the Last 5 Years
Mestre-Bach G, Potenza M. Inhibitory Control in Gambling Disorder, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder/Problematic Pornography Use: a Review of the Last 5 Years. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2024, 11: 64-77. DOI: 10.1007/s40473-024-00272-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternet gaming disorderImpaired inhibitory controlInhibitory controlGambling disorderBehavioral addictionsPornography useStudies of inhibitory controlComponents of executive functionStop-signal task performanceStop-signal taskGoal-directed behaviorTransdiagnostic factorExecutive functionIrrelevant responsesGaming disorderMental disordersTask performanceStroopDisordersAddictionHeterogeneous resultsTaskControl constructsNarrative reviewCompulsion
2023
The effects of emotional working memory training on internet use, impulsivity, risky decision-making, and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in young adults with problematic use of the internet: A preliminary randomized controlled trial study into possible mechanisms
Chashmi S, Shahrajabian F, Hasani J, Potenza M, Kuss D, Hakima F. The effects of emotional working memory training on internet use, impulsivity, risky decision-making, and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in young adults with problematic use of the internet: A preliminary randomized controlled trial study into possible mechanisms. Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2023, 12: 786-802. PMCID: PMC10562827, DOI: 10.1556/2006.2023.00022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive emotion regulation strategiesEmotion regulation strategiesMemory trainingProblematic useYoung adultsEmotional tasksRegulation strategiesParticipants' impulsivityEmotional functioningInternet useImpulsivityAdverse correlatesPlacebo conditionPromising interventionTaskTrainingSessionsAdultsInterventionTrial studyFunctioningPresent studyUnderpinningsCorrelatesIndividualsTransdiagnostic Connectome-Based Prediction of Craving
Garrison K, Sinha R, Potenza M, Gao S, Liang Q, Lacadie C, Scheinost D. Transdiagnostic Connectome-Based Prediction of Craving. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2023, 180: 445-453. PMID: 36987598, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.21121207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConnectome-based predictive modelingImagery conditionFunctional connectomeSelf-reported cravingStudy of motivationDefault mode networkFunctional connectivity dataIndependent samplesKey phenomenological featuresNeural signaturesTransdiagnostic sampleTransdiagnostic perspectiveMode networkMotivated behaviorCentral constructAddictive disordersHuman behaviorConnectivity dataPhenomenological featuresStrongest predictorCravingTaskSubstance use-related disordersConnectomeIndividuals
2019
Neural Correlates of Personalized Spiritual Experiences
Miller L, Balodis IM, McClintock CH, Xu J, Lacadie CM, Sinha R, Potenza MN. Neural Correlates of Personalized Spiritual Experiences. Cerebral Cortex 2019, 29: 2331-2338. PMID: 29846531, PMCID: PMC6519691, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior parietal lobuleNeural correlatesNeural mechanismsSpiritual experiencesLeft inferior parietal lobuleUnderlying neural mechanismsPerceptual processingEmotional processingSense of unionBrain correlatesParietal lobuleStress cuesCuesCorrelatesReduced activitySelfExperienceHuman beingsProcessingMedial thalamusTaskSpiritual conditionSenseDifferent traditionsCaudate
2018
Do individuals with problematic and non-problematic internet game use differ in cooperative behaviors with partners of different social distances? Evidence from the Prisoner's Dilemma and Chicken Game
Su W, Potenza M, Zhang Z, Hu X, Gao L, Wang Y. Do individuals with problematic and non-problematic internet game use differ in cooperative behaviors with partners of different social distances? Evidence from the Prisoner's Dilemma and Chicken Game. Computers In Human Behavior 2018, 87: 363-370. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternet game useGame useDecision-making taskSocial distanceReward-related impulsivityPotential moderating influenceReal-life friendsDifferent social distancesPrisoner's DilemmaGame taskModerating influenceFace conditionLeague of LegendsSocial interactionGroup differencesCooperative dilemmaChicken gameOnline gamingLow cooperationCooperative behaviorTaskFriendsParticipantsIndividualsImpulsivity
2017
Chapter 34 Stroop, Cocaine Dependence, and Intrinsic Connectivity
Mitchell M, Potenza M. Chapter 34 Stroop, Cocaine Dependence, and Intrinsic Connectivity. 2017, 331-339. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-803750-8.00034-8.ChaptersCognitive controlUnderlying neural mechanismsCocaine dependenceCocaine use disorderCognitive interferenceNeurocognitive tasksResponse inhibitionNeural mechanismsIntrinsic connectivityPsychopathological conditionsStroopBrain circuitryDistinct networksBody of literatureTreatment outcomesSuch topicsTaskAddictionDisordersCircuitryDifficultiesConnectivityContext