Putting the “mental” back in “mental disorders”: a perspective from research on fear and anxiety

V Taschereau-Dumouchel, M Michel, H Lau… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Mental health problems often involve clusters of symptoms that include subjective
(conscious) experiences as well as behavioral and/or physiological responses. Because the …

Decoding cognition from spontaneous neural activity

Y Liu, MM Nour, NW Schuck, TEJ Behrens… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In human neuroscience, studies of cognition are rarely grounded in non-task-
evoked,'spontaneous' neural activity. Indeed, studies of spontaneous activity tend to focus …

Automated optimization of TMS coil placement for personalized functional network engagement

CJ Lynch, IG Elbau, TH Ng, D Wolk, S Zhu, A Ayaz… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is used to treat multiple psychiatric and
neurological conditions by manipulating activity in particular brain networks and circuits, but …

Functional connectivity mapping for rTMS target selection in depression

IG Elbau, CJ Lynch, J Downar… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) protocols increasingly use
subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) functional connectivity to individualize …

Temporally and anatomically specific contributions of the human amygdala to threat and safety learning

Z Wen, CM Raio, EF Pace-Schott… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Neural plasticity in subareas of the rodent amygdala is widely known to be essential for
Pavlovian threat conditioning and safety learning. However, less consistent results have …

Default-mode network streams for coupling to language and control systems

EM Gordon, TO Laumann, S Marek… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The human brain is organized into large-scale networks identifiable using resting-state
functional connectivity (RSFC). These functional networks correspond with broad cognitive …

Functional connectomics in depression: insights into therapies

Y Chai, YI Sheline, DJ Oathes, NL Balderston… - Trends in Cognitive …, 2023 - cell.com
Depression is a common mental disorder characterized by heterogeneous cognitive and
behavioral symptoms. The emerging research paradigm of functional connectomics has …

Human amygdala compared to orbitofrontal cortex connectivity, and emotion

ET Rolls, G Deco, CC Huang, J Feng - Progress in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
The amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex have been implicated in emotion. To understand
these regions better in humans, their effective connectivity with 360 cortical regions was …

Go with the flow: A neuroscientific view on being fully engaged

D Van Der Linden, M Tops… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Flow is a state of full task absorption, accompanied with a strong drive and low levels of self‐
referential thinking. Flow is likely when there is a match between a person's skills and the …

The early origins and the growing popularity of the individual-subject analytic approach in human neuroscience

E Fedorenko - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Traditional fMRI group analyses are limited in their ability to inform the human
cognitive architecture.•Functional localization helps establish a robust and cumulative …