A5059029107- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Sleep and related disorders
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Free Will and Agency
- Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
- Economic theories and models
- Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions
- Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
University of Bern
2014-2024
University of Basel
2009-2019
University of Zurich
2008-2010
MIND Research Institute
2001-2010
University Hospital of Zurich
2009
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2006
Decisions require careful weighing of the risks and benefits associated with a choice. Some people need to be offered large rewards balance even minimal risks, whereas others take great in hope for an only benefit. We show here that risk-taking is modifiable behavior depends on right hemisphere prefrontal activity. used low-frequency, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation transiently disrupt left or dorsolateral cortex (DLPFC) function before applying well known gambling paradigm...
The neuronal causes of individual differences in mental abilities such as intelligence are complex and profoundly important. Understanding these has the potential to facilitate their enhancement. purpose this study was identify functional brain network characteristics relation psychometric intelligence. In particular, we examined whether exhibits efficient small-world attributes (high clustering short path length) parameters associated with intellectual performance. High-density resting...
Human risk taking is characterized by a large amount of individual heterogeneity. In this study, we applied resting-state electroencephalography, which captures stable differences in neural activity, before subjects performed risk-taking task. Using source-localization technique, found that the baseline cortical activity right prefrontal cortex predicts behavior. Individuals with higher brain area display more aversion than do other individuals. This finding demonstrates characteristics are...
Abstract Humankind faces a plethora of environmental problems, many which are directly influenced by individual human behaviour. To better understand pro-environmental behaviour, we here try to identify interindividual markers that explain variance in the frequency every-day So far, research on this topic has mainly relied subjective self-report measures and yielded mixed results. In study, applied neural trait approach assess stable, objective differences. Using source-localised...
Human readiness to incur personal costs punish norm violators is a key force in the maintenance of social norms. The willingness is, however, characterized by vast individual heterogeneity that poorly understood. In fact, this has so far defied explanations terms individual-level demographic or psychological variables. Here, we use resting electroencephalography, stable measure differences cortical activity, show highly specific neural marker—baseline activity right prefrontal...
Individuals react to violation of social norms by outgroup members differently than transgressions those same ingroup members: namely perpetrators are punished much more harshly perpetrators. This parochial punishment pattern has been observed and extensively studied in psychology behavioral economics. Despite progress recent years, however, little is known about the neural underpinnings this intergroup bias. Here, we demonstrate means transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) that transient...
In the present study we introduce a novel task for quantitative assessment of both originality and speed individual associations. This 'BAG' (Bridge-the-Associative-Gap) was used to investigate relationships between creativity paranormal belief. Twelve strong 'believers' 12 'skeptics' in phenomena were selected from large student population (n > 350). Subjects asked produce single-word associations word pairs. 40 trials two stimulus words semantically indirectly related other unrelated....
Significance What a person says is not necessarily an accurate representation of what she thinks. Implicit attitudes permeate every aspect our life. The implicit association test (IAT)—the most well-known attitudes—is reaction time measure. So far, the fundamental question about source its differences, i.e., IAT effect, has remained unanswered. For first to knowledge in research, we applied sophisticated electrical neuroimaging approach—the microstate approach. Superior other approaches,...
Individuals differ widely in how steeply they discount future rewards. The sources of these stable individual differences delay discounting (DD) are largely unknown. One candidate is the COMT Val158Met polymorphism, known to modulate prefrontal dopamine levels and affect DD. To identify possible neural mechanisms by which this polymorphism may contribute DD differences, we measured 73 participants' baseline activation using resting electroencephalogram (EEG). Such measures highly heritable...
Prosocial behavior is crucial for the smooth functioning of society. Yet, individuals differ vastly in propensity to behave prosocially. Here, we try explain these individual differences under normal sleep conditions without any experimental modulation sleep. Using a portable high-density EEG, measured data 54 healthy adults (28 females) during night's at participants' homes. To capture prosocial preferences, participants played an incentivized public goods game which they faced real...