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Dissociation of vicarious and experienced rewards by coupling frequency within the same neural pathway
Putnam P, Chu C, Fagan N, Dal Monte O, Chang S. Dissociation of vicarious and experienced rewards by coupling frequency within the same neural pathway. Neuron 2023, 111: 2513-2522.e4. PMID: 37348507, PMCID: PMC10527039, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.05.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperienced rewardsVicarious rewardBasolateral amygdalaAlpha/beta frequencyLocal field potentialsSame neural pathwaysSelect brain regionsSocial learningNeural systemsSocial interactionDirectional influenceRewardBrain regionsBeta frequenciesNeural pathwaysGamma frequenciesShared experienceDecision makingNeuronal interactionsSocial agencyField potentialsVoluntary choiceSocial choiceGyrusAmygdalaIs There a ‘Social’ Brain? Implementations and Algorithms
Lockwood PL, Apps MAJ, Chang SWC. Is There a ‘Social’ Brain? Implementations and Algorithms. Trends In Cognitive Sciences 2020, 24: 802-813. PMID: 32736965, PMCID: PMC7501252, DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial behaviorNeural processesMotor facultiesInformation processingInfluential frameworkSocial specificitiesAlgorithmic levelGreater integrationPsychologyNeuroscienceBehaviorDifferent levelsImportant new insightsEmpirical approachMarrProcessingFundamental questionsBrainResearchMonkeysFrameworkHumans
2023
The orbitofrontal cortex: A goal-directed cognitive map framework for social and non-social behaviors
Shi W, Meisner O, Blackmore S, Jadi M, Nandy A, Chang S. The orbitofrontal cortex: A goal-directed cognitive map framework for social and non-social behaviors. Neurobiology Of Learning And Memory 2023, 203: 107793. PMID: 37353191, PMCID: PMC10527225, DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107793.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrbitofrontal cortexOFC functionCognitive mapsOFC neuronsNon-social domainCore brain areasNon-social behaviorsReward-based behaviorsValues-based behaviorSocial behaviorSocial contextBrain areasBehavioral contextSocial functionComplex representationSingle subjectCortexBehaviorTremendous knowledgeIntegrated viewContextTask spaceMAP frameworkRepresentationWide arrayBeyond Cortex: The Evolution of the Human Brain
Chin R, Chang SWC, Holmes AJ. Beyond Cortex: The Evolution of the Human Brain. Psychological Review 2023, 130: 285-307. PMID: 35420848, DOI: 10.1037/rev0000361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman brain evolutionBrain evolutionEvolutionary lineagesEvolutionary forcesEvolutionary pressureBody sizeHuman brain developmentHuman evolutionCurrent understandingBrain developmentDiverse setStudy of behaviorComprehensive viewBrain biologyLineagesEvolutionBiologyStriking increaseVast majorityCritical importanceAnimal modelsNonhuman primates
2022
Interplay between the oxytocin and opioid systems in regulating social behaviour
Putnam PT, Chang SWC. Interplay between the oxytocin and opioid systems in regulating social behaviour. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2022, 377: 20210050. PMID: 35858101, PMCID: PMC9272147, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0050.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Disentangling perceptual awareness from nonconscious processing in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
Ben-Haim MS, Dal Monte O, Fagan NA, Dunham Y, Hassin RR, Chang SWC, Santos LR. Disentangling perceptual awareness from nonconscious processing in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2017543118. PMID: 33785543, PMCID: PMC8053918, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017543118.Peer-Reviewed Original Research