2023
Age-related reduction in trait anxiety: Behavioral and neural evidence of automaticity in negative facial emotion processing
Chaudhary S, Zhang S, Zhornitsky S, Chen Y, Chao H, Li C. Age-related reduction in trait anxiety: Behavioral and neural evidence of automaticity in negative facial emotion processing. NeuroImage 2023, 276: 120207. PMID: 37263454, PMCID: PMC10330646, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFaster reaction timesNegative emotionsAge-related declineEmotional stimuliTrait anxietyAge-related reductionReaction timeEmotion regulation literatureSalient emotional stimuliPositive emotional stimuliFacial emotion processingPrefrontal cortical responsesRostral anterior cingulate cortexWhole-brain regressionAnterior cingulate activityDefault mode networkAnterior cingulate cortexEmotion regulationNeural evidenceEmotion processingDorsolateral PFCStimulus registrationDiminished anxietyPsychophysiological interactionEmotional circuits
2022
Positive alcohol expectancy and resting-state functional connectivity of the insula in problem drinking
Le TM, Malone T, Li CR. Positive alcohol expectancy and resting-state functional connectivity of the insula in problem drinking. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2022, 231: 109248. PMID: 34998254, PMCID: PMC8881788, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResting-state functional connectivityPositive alcohol expectanciesAlcohol expectanciesInsular connectivityFunctional connectivityWhole-brain multiple regressionPath analysisNegative emotion processingVentromedial prefrontal cortexSuperior parietal lobuleSuperior frontal gyrusCognitive controlAlcohol stimuliEmotion processingPrefrontal structuresStimulus saliencyFrontal gyrusDrinking motivationsMotivational circuitsInsula connectivityParietal lobuleAdult drinkersPrefrontal cortexInsulaDrinking behavior
2020
Neural responses to negative facial emotions: Sex differences in the correlates of individual anger and fear traits
Li G, Zhang S, Le TM, Tang X, Li CR. Neural responses to negative facial emotions: Sex differences in the correlates of individual anger and fear traits. NeuroImage 2020, 221: 117171. PMID: 32682098, PMCID: PMC7789231, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative facial emotionsFacial emotionsMiddle frontal cortexShape targetRetrosplenial cortexEmotion processingIndividual differencesProlonged RTHigher activationRight middle frontal cortexLeft retrosplenial cortexBilateral middle frontal cortexFrontal cortexSex-specific behavioralShape identificationHuman Connectome ProjectRegional brain responsesEmotion measuresAffective traitsNeural processesBrain responsesFear traitsNeural responsesEmotional disordersIndividuals' anger
2019
Concurrent amygdalar and ventromedial prefrontal cortical responses during emotion processing: a meta-analysis of the effects of valence of emotion and passive exposure versus active regulation
Yang M, Tsai SJ, Li CR. Concurrent amygdalar and ventromedial prefrontal cortical responses during emotion processing: a meta-analysis of the effects of valence of emotion and passive exposure versus active regulation. Brain Structure And Function 2019, 225: 345-363. PMID: 31863185, PMCID: PMC6960357, DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-02007-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActivation likelihood estimationPassive exposureAmygdala activityNegative emotionsRight amygdala activityEmotion processingPosterior cingulate cortexWhole-brain analysisPrefrontal cortical responsesCortical responsesLeft amygdalaCingulate cortexVentromedial prefrontal cortexBilateral amygdalaVentral striatumPrefrontal cortexConvergent activityAmygdalaVentral precuneusEffects of valenceCortexExposureVmPFCPositive emotionsVmPFC responses