2022
Computational modeling of threat learning reveals links with anxiety and neuroanatomy in humans
Abend R, Burk D, Ruiz S, Gold A, Napoli J, Britton J, Michalska K, Shechner T, Winkler A, Leibenluft E, Pine D, Averbeck B. Computational modeling of threat learning reveals links with anxiety and neuroanatomy in humans. ELife 2022, 11: e66169. PMID: 35473766, PMCID: PMC9197395, DOI: 10.7554/elife.66169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThreat learningAnxiety severitySafety learningNeuroanatomical substratesGreater anxiety severitySkin conductance dataThreat conditioningThreat extinctionThreat generalizationGray matter volumeSafe stimuliAssociative learningComputational mechanismsAnxiety symptomsAnxiety disordersInfluential theoriesSlower extinctionComputational modelLearningWhole brain anatomyAnxietyComputational modelingStructural imagingStimuliTask
2019
Combining fMRI during resting state and an attention bias task in children
Harrewijn A, Abend R, Linke J, Brotman M, Fox N, Leibenluft E, Winkler A, Pine D. Combining fMRI during resting state and an attention bias task in children. NeuroImage 2019, 205: 116301. PMID: 31639510, PMCID: PMC6911838, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDot-probe taskAttention bias taskFunctional connectivityThreat biasBias taskCognitive tasksDifferent attentional processesReconfiguration efficiencyTask-based fMRI dataAttentional processesAttention taskSocial reticenceTask performanceAttention stateAnxiety symptomsFMRI dataPattern of modulationPrior researchTaskIQFMRICurrent studyChildrenFunctional hierarchyNetwork changesStrategy-dependent modulation of cortical pain circuits for the attenuation of pain
Schulz E, Stankewitz A, Witkovský V, Winkler A, Tracey I. Strategy-dependent modulation of cortical pain circuits for the attenuation of pain. Cortex 2019, 113: 255-266. PMID: 30711854, DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive strategiesBrain activityDifferent cognitive strategiesPain attenuationUnderlying neuronal mechanismsPain-related brain activityVariability of performanceNeuroscientific techniquesNeurofeedback techniquesT fMRIPerception of painBehavioral dataBehavioral studiesTrial levelBrain regionsCortical regionsNeuronal mechanismsCortical feedbackInsular cortexDistractionTaskPain perceptionPotential predispositionAttenuation of painPerception