Understanding emotions: origins and roles of the amygdala

G Šimić, M Tkalčić, V Vukić, D Mulc, E Španić, M Šagud… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Emotions arise from activations of specialized neuronal populations in several parts of the
cerebral cortex, notably the anterior cingulate, insula, ventromedial prefrontal, and …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of individual differences on Pavlovian conditioning in specific Internet-use disorders

F Lörsch, AM Schmid, TA Thomas, M Brand… - Behavioural Brain …, 2025 - Elsevier
The I-PACE model suggests that Internet-use disorders result from the interplay of individual
vulnerabilities and cognitive and affective processes. As in substance use disorders …

Appetitive conditioning with pornographic stimuli elicits stronger activation in reward regions than monetary and gaming‐related stimuli

K Krikova, S Klein, M Kampa, B Walter… - Human Brain …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Appetitive conditioning plays an important role in the development and maintenance of
pornography‐use and gaming disorders. It is assumed that primary and secondary …

Interactions between methodological and interindividual variability: How Monetary Incentive Delay (MID) task contrast maps vary and impact associations with …

MI Demidenko, AS Weigard, K Ganesan… - Brain and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Phenomena related to reward responsiveness have been extensively studied in
their associations with substance use and socioemotional functioning. One important task in …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-paradigm integration shows a common neural basis for aversive and appetitive conditioning

S Klein, O Kruse, IT León, L Van Oudenhove… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Sharing imaging data and comparing them across different psychological tasks is becoming
increasingly possible as the open science movement advances. Such cross-paradigm …

Factors associated with dating app use for sexual “hookups” in the United States: insights from the National Survey of Family Growth

A Ha, M Scott, CA Zhang, F Glover… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background The use of dating applications for matchmaking and sexual exploits (“hookups”)
has increased, and this modern phenomenon has supplanted traditional socialization and …

The role of intolerance of uncertainty in the acquisition and extinction of reward

J Morriss, N Biagi, TB Lonsdorf… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Individuals, who score high in self‐reported intolerance of uncertainty (IU), tend to find
uncertainty anxiety‐provoking. IU has been reliably associated with disrupted threat …

Shock to Thrill: Linking Sensation and Information Seeking

E Wong, T Hauser, P Pietrini… - Proceedings of the Annual …, 2023 - escholarship.org
Sensation-seeking (SS) is characterised by a proclivity for intense experiences and
disregard for potential aversive consequences. While SS is implicated as a vulnerability …

The Relationship between Drug Consumption and Dating App Use: Results from an Italian Survey

L Flesia, V Fietta, C Foresta, M Monaro - Social Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
To date, the literature regarding the relationship between drug consumption and dating app
use is still very scant and inconclusive. The present study was thus aimed at investigating …

Sensation seeking and the perception and reaction to emotional facial expressions

M Talalaievska - 2023 - papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca
The present master's thesis focuses on the potential relation between sensation seeking and
the processing of emotional facial expressions, specifically the perception (perceived …