A5024121896- Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Oropharyngeal Anatomy and Pathologies
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
2014-2024
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
2012-2023
National Taipei University
2013-2020
National Yang Ming University Hospital
2020
Imperial College London
2014
University of Oxford
2009-2014
John Radcliffe Hospital
2012-2014
Hammersmith Hospital
2014
Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
2009-2012
Shih Hsin University
2008
The decision as to whether a sensation is perceived painful does not only depend on sensory input but also the significance of stimulus. Here, we show that degree which an impending stimulus interpreted threatening biases perceptual decisions about pain and this bias toward manifests before encounter. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging investigated neural mechanisms underlying influence experimental manipulation threat perception laser stimuli painful. In near-threshold detection...
Pain is known to comprise sensory, cognitive, and affective aspects. Despite numerous previous fMRI studies, however, it remains open which spatial distribution of activity sufficient encode whether a stimulus perceived as painful or not. In this study, we analyzed data from perceptual decision-making task in participants were exposed near-threshold laser pulses. Using multivariate analyses on different scales, investigated the predictive capacity for decoding had been painful. Our analysis...
The anterior, mid, and posterior insula show differential structural resting state connectivity with other pain-related brain regions. Functional neuroimaging studies suggest that the division of subserve different functions in perception pain. anterior (AI) has predominantly been associated cognitive–affective aspects pain, while mid divisions have implicated sensory-discriminative processing. We examined whether this functional segregation is paralleled by differences (1) (2) (3)...
Body image is the internal representation of an individual's own physical appearance. Individuals with gender identity disorder (GID), commonly referred to as transsexuals (TXs), are unable form a satisfactory body due dissonance between their biological sex and identity. We reasoned that changes in resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) network would neurologically reflect such experiential incongruence TXs. Using graph theory-based analysis, we investigated regional degree centrality...
Building upon our recently developed conceptual definition of oral frailty (the age-related functional decline orofacial structures), this e-Delphi study aims to develop an operational by identifying its components.
Pain is associated with anxiety in a dental setting. It has remained unclear how cognitive-affective factors modulate pain and stressful context, such as receiving procedures. We hypothesized that both the situational factor (unpredictability about painful stimuli) trait (pain catastrophizing, i.e., tendency to interpret negative orientation) account for pain. Fifteen healthy participants were recruited perform an associative learning task. They asked learn pairing between visual cues...
Traditionally, dental students learn the skills for dentist-patient interaction and communication via on-site contact with patients, when they start clinical training. However, preclinical (who have not started practice) fewer chances to realize context of interaction. It has remained unclear if a gamification approach digital media, i.e., computer role-playing game, can help skills. The intervention-based study investigates effectiveness (CDPC) game on students' motivation, beliefs,...
Neuroimaging studies have consistently identified brain activation in the motor area and cerebellum during chewing. In this study, we further investigated structural functional signature associated with masticatory performance, which is a widely used index for evaluating overall function elderly. Twenty-five healthy elderly participants underwent oral examinations, performance tests, behavioral assessments, including Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument short-form Geriatric Depression...
Age-related decline in motor function is associated with changes intrinsic brain signatures. Here, we investigated the functional connectivity (FC) masticatory performance, a clinical index evaluating general function. Twenty-sex older adults (OA) and 26 younger (YA) healthy were recruited assessed for performance (MPI) resting-state magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). We analyzed rs-fMRI FC network related to mastication, which was constructed based on 12 bilateral mastication-related...
Abstract The basal ganglia (BG) mediate certain types of procedural learning, such as probabilistic classification learning on the ‘weather prediction task’ (WPT). Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), who have BG dysfunction, are impaired at WPT‐learning, but it remains unclear what component WPT is important for to occur. We tested hypothesis that through processing corrective feedback essential and associated release striatal dopamine. employed two paradigms, either involving via (FB)...
Individuals with gender identity disorder (GID), who are commonly referred to as transsexuals (TXs), afflicted by negative psychosocial stressors. Central the psychological complex of TXs is conviction belonging opposite sex. Neuroanatomical and functional brain imaging studies have demonstrated that GID associated alterations. In this study, we found identify, when viewing male-female couples in erotic or non-erotic ("neutral") interactions, couple member desired both situations. By means...
Artistic training is a complex learning that requires the meticulous orchestration of sophisticated polysensory, motor, cognitive, and emotional elements mental capacity to harvest an aesthetic creation. In this study, we investigated architecture resting-state functional connectivity networks from professional painters, dancers pianists. Using graph-based network analysis, focused on art-related changes modular organization hubs in network. We report brain artists consists hierarchical...