A5049151631- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
2021-2024
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2021-2024
Ruhr University Bochum
2018-2024
MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University
2022
Showa University
2022
York University
2022
University of Chieti-Pescara
2022
Abstract Human language is dominantly processed in the left cerebral hemisphere most of population. While several studies have suggested that there are higher rates atypical right-hemispheric lateralization left-/mixed-handers, an accurate estimate this association from a large sample still missing. In study, we comprised data 1,554 individuals sampled three previous which measured via dichotic listening, handedness and footedness were assessed. Overall, found right ear advantage indicating...
Most studies on emotion processing induce emotions through images or films. However, this method lacks ecological validity, limiting generalization to real-life processing. More realistic paradigms using virtual reality (VR) may be better suited investigate authentic emotional states and their neuronal correlates. This pre-registered study examines the underpinnings of naturalistic fear, measured mobile electroencephalography (EEG). Seventy-five healthy participants walked across a plank...
Working memory is the cognitive capability to maintain and process information over short periods. Behavioral computational studies have shown that visual associated with working performance. However, underlying neural correlates remain unknown. To identify how affects performance, we conducted behavioral experiments in pigeons (Columba livia) single unit recordings avian prefrontal analog, nidopallium caudolaterale (NCL). Complex pictures featuring luminance, spatial color information, were...
Pedophilic disorder has been linked to neurodevelopmental differences in diagnosed individuals. One common biomarker for atypical neurodevelopment are elevated levels of handedness as individuals with several disorders show increased left-, mixed-, or non-right-hand preference. A few primary studies have indicated that could also be more prevalent pedophilia and child sexual offenders. However, individual prone sampling biases. comprehensive synthesis the literature on this topic is still...
Interindividual differences in fear acquisition and extinction have been related to variation specific brain correlates. However, variability experimental setups complicates the integration of findings. Here, we present a combined (n = 101) 88) experiment which both phenomena were correlates obtained via functional magnetic resonance imaging healthy, young participants. Correlates included regional volume, cortical surface area thickness, neurite density orientation dispersion, structural...
The rapidly escalating climate crisis poses an existential threat to human wellbeing. Reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions must therefore become a primary goal of humanity. At the same time, advancing knowledge on experience and behaviour through empirical research is likewise essential for wellbeing, but can incur substantial negative impact environment. Neuroscientific methods are particularly resource intensive potentially harmful, from carbon footprint MRI scanners long-term...
The Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI) and the Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire (WFQ) are two of most widely used questionnaire to assess lateralized everyday behavior in human participants. However, it is unclear what extent specific assessed these questionnaires elicit neural activity when performed real-life situations. To illuminate this unresolved issue, we EEG alpha beta asymmetries during performance behaviors EHI WFQ using a mobile system. This methodology provides high ecological...
Abstract The neural basis of emotional processing has been largely investigated in constrained spatial environments such as stationary EEGs or fMRI scanners using highly artificial stimuli like standardized pictures depicting scenes. Typically, experiments have low ecological validity and it remains unclear whether their results reflect neuronal real-life affective situations at all. Critically, do not only encompass the perception emotions, but also behavioral components associated with...
In psychological science, replicability—repeating a study with new sampleachieving consistent results (Parsons et al., 2022)—is critical for affirming the validity of scientific findings. Despite its importance, replication efforts are few and far between in science many attempts failing to corroborate past This scarcity, compounded by difficulty accessing data, jeopardizes efficient allocation research resources impedes advancement. Addressing this crucial gap, we present Replication...
Context-dependent extinction learning enables organisms to acquire an inhibition of responding cues that no longer signal reward in specific environmental settings. Both the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex play key but complementary roles encoding extinction. To understand what drives differential contributions these two structures, we recorded single-unit responses from pigeon (HPC) like nidopallium caudolaterale (NCL), while animals were engaged a repeated appetitive ABA paradigm. HPC...
Reward prediction errors (RPEs) have been suggested to drive associative learning processes, but their precise temporal dynamics at the single-neuron level remain elusive. Here, we studied neural correlates of RPEs, focusing on trial-by-trial during an operant extinction paradigm. Within a single behavioral session, pigeons went through acquisition, and renewal - context-dependent response recovery after extinction. We recorded units from avian prefrontal cortex analogue, nidopallium...
Stress is omnipresent in our everyday lives. It therefore critical to identify potential stress-buffering behaviors that can help prevent the negative effects of acute stress daily life. Massages, a form social touch, are an effective buffer against both endocrinological and sympathetic response women. However, for other forms have not been investigated detail. Furthermore, possible touch on men researched so far. The present study focused embracing, one most common across many cultures. We...