Trait reward sensitivity modulates connectivity with the temporoparietal junction and anterior insula during strategic decision making

D Sazhin, JB Wyngaarden, JB Dennison, O Zaff… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Many decisions happen in social contexts such as negotiations, yet little is understood about
how people balance fairness versus selfishness. Past investigations found that activation in …

When “more for others, less for self” leads to co‐benefits: A tri‐MRI dyad‐hyperscanning study

LS Wang, YC Chang, S Liou, MH Weng… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Unselfishness is admired, especially when collaborations between groups of various scales
are urgently needed. However, its neural mechanisms remain elusive. In a tri‐MRI dyad …

[HTML][HTML] An fMRI dataset of social and nonsocial reward processing in young adults

DV Smith, J Wyngaarden, CJ Sharp, D Sazhin, O Zaff… - Data in Brief, 2024 - Elsevier
Trait reward sensitivity, risk for developing substance use, and mood disorders have each
been linked with altered striatal responses to reward. Moreover, striatal response to reward …

Meta-Analysis Reveals That Explore-Exploit Decisions are Dissociable by Activation in the Dorsal Lateral Prefrontal Cortex and the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

D Sazhin, A Dachs, DV Smith - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Explore-exploit research has challenges in generalizability due to a limited theoretical basis
of exploration and exploitation. Neuroimaging can help identify whether explore-exploit …