2023
Neural mechanisms for emotional contagion and spontaneous mimicry of live facial expressions
Hirsch J, Zhang X, Noah J, Bhattacharya A. Neural mechanisms for emotional contagion and spontaneous mimicry of live facial expressions. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2023, 378: 20210472. PMID: 36871593, PMCID: PMC9985973, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional contagionFacial expressionsFacial mimicryNeural correlatesAffect ratingsDyadic partnersFace processing areasRatings of emotionDistinct neural componentsShort movie clipsTwo-person paradigmFacial action unitsSpontaneous mimicryNeural underpinningsEmotional experienceNeural mechanismsSupramarginal gyrusNatural facial expressionsAction unitsRest blocksMovie clipsSocial interactionFacial classificationMovie watchersDyadic role
2018
Communication of emotion via drumming: dual-brain imaging with functional near-infrared spectroscopy
Rojiani R, Zhang X, Noah A, Hirsch J. Communication of emotion via drumming: dual-brain imaging with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Social Cognitive And Affective Neuroscience 2018, 13: 1047-1057. PMID: 30215809, PMCID: PMC6204489, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsy076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational Affective Picture SystemCommunication of emotionsTemporoparietal junction (TPJ) activationExpression of emotionsSocial neuroscienceNeuroimaging paradigmEmotional contentRight TPJHigh arousalPicture SystemValence measuresNeural responsesNonverbal communicationEmotionsNatural communicationNeural activityCommunication modalitiesJunction activationHuman interactionUnderstudied topicDrummingHemodynamic signalsEffective clinical approachContrast comparisonsTPJ
2012
Cortical functional connectivity decodes subconscious, task-irrelevant threat-related emotion processing
Pantazatos SP, Talati A, Pavlidis P, Hirsch J. Cortical functional connectivity decodes subconscious, task-irrelevant threat-related emotion processing. NeuroImage 2012, 61: 1355-1363. PMID: 22484206, PMCID: PMC3393600, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional connectivityAffective stimuliCortical-subcortical functional connectivityFearful face processingFear-related stimuliAmygdala functional connectivityMiddle temporal gyrusCortical structuresKey limbic regionsFace processingEmotion processingFear conditionFear processingSubconscious processingAngular gyrusTemporal gyrusCortical functional connectivityRight amygdalaLimbic regionsFC featuresStimuliGyrusProcessingTraining dataPrecuneus
2011
Can Depression be Diagnosed by Response to Mother's Face? A Personalized Attachment-Based Paradigm for Diagnostic fMRI
Zhang X, Yaseen ZS, Galynker II, Hirsch J, Winston A. Can Depression be Diagnosed by Response to Mother's Face? A Personalized Attachment-Based Paradigm for Diagnostic fMRI. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e27253. PMID: 22180777, PMCID: PMC3236742, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBDI-II scoresFunctional magnetic resonance imagingBeck Depression Inventory-IIMagnetic resonance imagingResonance imagingInventory-IIBeck Depression Inventory-II scoresMINI psychiatric interviewII scoreDepression diagnosisPsychiatric interviewBA 32Paracingulate gyrusDepressed subjectsActivity patternsClinical diagnosisBrain reactivitySensitivity 85.7Diagnostic algorithmFemale subjectsDepressionSpecificity 92.8FMRI imagingScoresBrain activity
2008
A neurology of belief
Sacks O, Hirsch J. A neurology of belief. Annals Of Neurology 2008, 63: 129-130. PMID: 18306392, DOI: 10.1002/ana.21378.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Dissociable Neural Systems Resolve Conflict from Emotional versus Nonemotional Distracters
Egner T, Etkin A, Gale S, Hirsch J. Dissociable Neural Systems Resolve Conflict from Emotional versus Nonemotional Distracters. Cerebral Cortex 2007, 18: 1475-1484. PMID: 17940084, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTask-relevant stimuliEmotional distractersTask-irrelevant emotional stimuliAnterior cingulateSensory cortexTask-irrelevant stimuliLateral prefrontal cortexDorsal anterior cingulateFunctional magnetic resonanceRostral anterior cingulateCognitive controlConflict monitoringEmotional stimuliStimulus representationsAmygdalar responsesEmotional controlEnhanced processingResolve ConflictsEmotional conflictNeuroanatomical networksPrefrontal cortexDistractersResolution of conflictsBiasing mechanismHuman brainNeural Dynamics of Rejection Sensitivity
Kross E, Egner T, Ochsner K, Hirsch J, Downey G. Neural Dynamics of Rejection Sensitivity. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2007, 19: 945-956. PMID: 17536965, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.6.945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRejection sensitivityCognitive controlRS individualsDorsal frontal regionsFunctional magnetic resonanceThemes of rejectionRejection stimuliAffective stimuliEmotional appraisalEmotional processingNegative valenceIndividual differencesPrefrontal structuresNeural dynamicsDistress ratingsFrontal regionsRepresentational paintingsBrain regionsR participantsStimuliPositive imageDifferential recruitmentIndividual responsesParticipantsInterest level
2006
Resolving Emotional Conflict: A Role for the Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Modulating Activity in the Amygdala
Etkin A, Egner T, Peraza DM, Kandel ER, Hirsch J. Resolving Emotional Conflict: A Role for the Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Modulating Activity in the Amygdala. Neuron 2006, 51: 871-882. PMID: 16982430, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.07.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRostral anterior cingulate cortexAnterior cingulate cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingCingulate cortexEmotional conflictAmygdalar activityRostral cingulate cortexMagnetic resonance imagingDorsolateral prefrontal cortexRostral cingulateResonance imagingPrefrontal cortexModulating activityCortexConflict taskSalient stimuliNeural activityNeural mechanismsMental functioningActivationConflictActivityAmygdalaFacial Emotion Recognition after Curative Nondominant Temporal Lobectomy in Patients with Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
McClelland S, Garcia RE, Peraza DM, Shih TT, Hirsch LJ, Hirsch J, Goodman RR. Facial Emotion Recognition after Curative Nondominant Temporal Lobectomy in Patients with Mesial Temporal Sclerosis. Epilepsia 2006, 47: 1337-1342. PMID: 16922878, DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00557.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMesial temporal sclerosisAnteromedial temporal lobectomyTemporal lobe epilepsyTLE onsetTemporal sclerosisTemporal lobectomyRight amygdalaEarly-onset patientsLate-onset patientsEarly-onset groupLate-onset groupAmygdalar damageAge 6 yearsFER impairmentPostsurgical populationLobe epilepsyLeft-hemisphere language dominancePreoperative MRIPatientsFrightened expressionImpaired facial emotion recognitionLobectomySclerosisAmygdalaOnset
2004
Individual Differences in Trait Anxiety Predict the Response of the Basolateral Amygdala to Unconsciously Processed Fearful Faces
Etkin A, Klemenhagen KC, Dudman JT, Rogan MT, Hen R, Kandel ER, Hirsch J. Individual Differences in Trait Anxiety Predict the Response of the Basolateral Amygdala to Unconsciously Processed Fearful Faces. Neuron 2004, 44: 1043-1055. PMID: 15603746, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrait anxietyFearful facesIndividual differencesDorsal amygdalaThreat-related stimuliBasolateral amygdalaSubjects' reaction timesReaction timeConscious stimuliUnconscious stimuliUnconscious processingConscious processingThreat sensitivityUnconscious perceptionUnconscious processesNeural responsesBasolateral subregionsNeural systemsAnxietyAmygdalaStimuliBiological basisProcessingFaceFMRI