abstract：:When making decisions, people are typically differently sensitive to gains and losses according to the motivational context in which the choice is performed. As hypothesized by Regulatory Focus Theory (RFT), indeed, goals are supposed to change in relation to the set of possible outcomes. In particular, in a promotion...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Lo Gerfo E,Pisoni A,Ottone S,Ponzano F,Zarri L,Vergallito A,Varoli E,Fedeli D,Romero Lauro LJ

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous and exogenous cannabinoids bind to central cannabinoid receptors to control a multitude of behavioral functions, including aggression. The first main objective of this review is to dissect components of the endocannabinoid system, including cannabinoid 1 and cannabinoid 2 receptors; the endogenous cannabino...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kolla NJ,Mishra A

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Arrestin 1 and 2 are highly expressed proteins involved in the desensitization of G protein-coupled receptor signaling which also regulate a variety of intracellular signaling pathways. Gene knockout (KO) studies suggest that the two isoforms are not homologous in their effects on baseline and drug-induced behavior;...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Robins MT,Chiang T,Berry JN,Ko MJ,Ha JE,van Rijn RM

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) stress response has been suggested to play a role in vulnerability to stress-related disorders, such as depression. Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) may result in HPA dysregulation, which in turn may predispose individuals to the effects of stress exposure throu...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Lam VYY,Raineki C,Takeuchi LE,Ellis L,Woodward TS,Weinberg J

更新日期：2018-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The gradual accumulation of sensory evidence is a crucial component of perceptual decision making, but its neural mechanisms are still poorly understood. Given the wide availability of genetic and optical tools for mice, they can be useful model organisms for the study of these phenomena; however, behavioral tools are...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Pinto L,Koay SA,Engelhard B,Yoon AM,Deverett B,Thiberge SY,Witten IB,Tank DW,Brody CD

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a recently developed alternative assay procedure to measure hormone levels from hair samples, we examined the relationships between testosterone, cortisol, 2D:4D ratio, overconfidence and risk taking. A total of 162 (53 male) participants provided a 3 cm sample of hair, a scanned image of their right and left ha...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Ronay R,van der Meij L,Oostrom JK,Pollet TV

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We study how the ratio between the length of the second and fourth digit (2D:4D) correlates with choices in social and risk preferences elicitation tasks by building a large dataset from five experimental projects with more than 800 subjects. Our results confirm the recent literature that downplays the link between 2D...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Alonso J,Di Paolo R,Ponti G,Sartarelli M

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Performing multiple tasks simultaneously usually affects the behavioral performance as compared with executing the single task. Moreover, processing multiple tasks simultaneously often involve more cognitive demands. Two visual tasks, lane-keeping task and mental calculation, were utilized to assess the brain dynamics...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Wang YK,Jung TP,Lin CT

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines whether foetal testosterone exposure predicts the extent of confidence and over-confidence in own absolute ability in adulthood. To study this question, we elicited incentive-compatible measures of confidence and over-confidence in the lab and correlate them with measures of right hand 2D:4D, used ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Dalton PS,Ghosal S

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research suggests that conceptual or emotional factors could influence the perceptual processing of stimuli. In this article, we aimed to evaluate the effect of social information (positive, negative, or no information related to the character of the target) on subjective (perceived and felt valence and arousal...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Mermillod M,Grynberg D,Pio-Lopez L,Rychlowska M,Beffara B,Harquel S,Vermeulen N,Niedenthal PM,Dutheil F,Droit-Volet S

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that the isolated retrieval of a consolidated fear memory can induce a labile phase, during which extinction training can prevent the reinstatement, a form of relapse in which fear response to a fear-provoking context returns when a mild shock is presented. However, fear memory retrieval may...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： An X,Yang P,Chen S,Zhang F,Yu D

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive flexibility plays an important role in an individual's ability to adapt to a continuously changing environment and is considered central to goal-oriented behavior. Accordingly, increasing attention has been devoted to understanding the factors, including genetic and early life experiences, which might contri...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Gabrys RL,Dixon K,Anisman H

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to community violence through witnessing or being directly victimized has been associated with conduct problems in a range of studies. However, the relationship between community violence exposure (CVE) and conduct problems has never been studied separately in healthy individuals and individuals with conduct ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kersten L,Vriends N,Steppan M,Raschle NM,Praetzlich M,Oldenhof H,Vermeiren R,Jansen L,Ackermann K,Bernhard A,Martinelli A,Gonzalez-Madruga K,Puzzo I,Wells A,Rogers JC,Clanton R,Baker RH,Grisley L,Baumann S,Gundlach

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The present mini-review was aimed at exploring the frontal EEG asymmetry of mood. With respect to emotion, interpreted as a discrete affective process, mood is more controllable, more nebulous, and more related to mind/cognition; in addition, causes are less well-defined than those eliciting emotion. Therefore, firstl...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Palmiero M,Piccardi L

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Immediate early and constitutively expressed products of the Homer1 gene regulate the functional assembly of post-synaptic density proteins at glutamatergic synapses to influence excitatory neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity. Earlier studies of Homer1 gene knock-out (KO) mice indicated active, but distinct, rol...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Datko MC,Hu JH,Williams M,Reyes CM,Lominac KD,von Jonquieres G,Klugmann M,Worley PF,Szumlinski KK

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Darwin (1872) postulated that emotional expressions contain universals that are retained across species. We recently showed that human rating responses were strongly affected by a listener's familiarity with vocalization types, whereas evidence for universal cross-taxa emotion recognition was limited. To disentangle t...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Scheumann M,Hasting AS,Zimmermann E,Kotz SA

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease which is usually associated with psychiatric comorbidities. Depsression and cognition impairment are considered to be the most common psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy patients. However, the specific contribution of epilepsy made to these psychiatric comorbidities remains...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Zhu X,Dong J,Han B,Huang R,Zhang A,Xia Z,Chang H,Chao J,Yao H

更新日期：2017-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopaminergic system is known to be involved in working memory processed by several brain regions like prefrontal cortex (PFC), hippocampus, striatum. In an earlier study we could show that Levodopa but not Modafinil enhanced working memory in a T-maze only during the early phase of training (day 3), whereas the la...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Bezu M,Maliković J,Kristofova M,Engidawork E,Höger H,Lubec G,Korz V

更新日期：2017-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased reactivity to stress is maladaptive and linked to abnormal behaviors and psychopathology. Chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) alters catecholaminergic neurotransmission and remodels neuronal circuits involved in learning, attention and decision making. Glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is essential for...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Buhusi M,Brown CK,Buhusi CV

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis learns and forms long-term memory (LTM) following both operant conditioning of aerial respiratory behavior and classical conditioning of taste aversive behavior. In the present study, we examined whether there are interstrain differences in the ability to form LTM following these two t...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Sunada H,Totani Y,Nakamura R,Sakakibara M,Lukowiak K,Ito E

更新日期：2017-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Moral behavior has been a key topic of debate for philosophy and psychology for a long time. In recent years, thanks to the development of novel methodologies in cognitive sciences, the question of how we make moral choices has expanded to the study of neurobiological correlates that subtend the mental processes invol...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Pellegrini S,Palumbo S,Iofrida C,Melissari E,Rota G,Mariotti V,Anastasio T,Manfrinati A,Rumiati R,Lotto L,Sarlo M,Pietrini P

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine use in adolescence is pervasive in the United States and, according to the Gateway Hypothesis, may lead to progression towards other addictive substances. Given the prevalence of nicotine and ethanol comorbidity, it is difficult to ascertain if nicotine is a gateway drug for ethanol. Our study investigated th...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Madayag AC,Czarnecki KS,Wangler LM,Robinson DL

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Many epidemiological studies have described an adolescent-related psychiatric illness and sensorimotor deficits after Glyphosate based herbicide (GBH) exposure. GBH exposure in animal models of various ages suggests that it may be neurotoxic and could impact brain development and subsequently, behavior in adulthood. H...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Ait Bali Y,Ba-Mhamed S,Bennis M

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The central complex in the insect brain is a composite of midline neuropils involved in processing sensory cues and mediating behavioral outputs to orchestrate spatial navigation. Despite recent advances, however, the neural mechanisms underlying sensory integration and motor action selections have remained largely el...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Fiore VG,Kottler B,Gu X,Hirth F

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:According to recent WHO reports, alcohol remains the number one substance used and abused by adolescents, despite public health efforts to curb its use. Adolescence is a critical period of biological maturation where brain development, particularly the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system, undergoes substantial remodelin...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kruse LC,Schindler AG,Williams RG,Weber SJ,Clark JJ

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Marijuana is a prevalent illicit substance used by adolescents, and several studies have indicated that adolescent use can lead to long-term cognitive deficits including problems with attention and memory. However, preclinical animal studies that observe cognitive deficits after cannabinoid exposure during adolescence...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kirschmann EK,McCalley DM,Edwards CM,Torregrossa MM

更新日期：2017-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The honeybee has been established as an important model organism in studies on visual learning. So far the emphasis has been on appetitive conditioning, simulating floral discrimination, and homing behavior, where bees perform exceptionally well in visual discrimination tasks. However, bees in the wild also face dange...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kirkerud NH,Schlegel U,Giovanni Galizia C

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known regarding inter-individual differences in attentional biases for pain-related information; more knowledge is crucial, since these biases have been associated with differences in pain processing as well as in predicting the risk of postoperative pain. The present study investigated EEG correlates of att...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： van Heck CH,Oosterman JM,de Kleijn KMA,Jongsma MLA,van Rijn CM

更新日期：2017-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental enrichment (EE) is an experimental setting broadly used for investigating the effects of complex social, cognitive, and sensorimotor stimulations on brain structure and function. Recent studies point out that parental EE experience, even occurring in the pre-reproductive phase, affects neural development...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Cutuli D,Berretta E,Pasqualini G,De Bartolo P,Caporali P,Laricchiuta D,Sampedro-Piquero P,Gelfo F,Pesoli M,Foti F,Begega A,Petrosini L

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooperation among unrelated humans is frequently regarded as a defining feature in the evolutionary success of our species. Whereas, much research has addressed the strategic and cognitive mechanisms that underlie cooperation, investigations into chemosensory processes have received very limited research attention. To...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Berger S,Hatt H,Ockenfels A

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic estrogen 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) is an endocrine disrupting compound of concern due to its persistence and widespread presence in the aquatic environment. Effects of developmental exposure to low concentrations of EE2 in fish on reproduction and behavior not only persisted to adulthood, but have also ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Porseryd T,Volkova K,Reyhanian Caspillo N,Källman T,Dinnetz P,Porsh Hällström I

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous study, we demonstrated that ethanol preexposure may increase ethanol consumption in both adolescent and adult mice, in a two-bottle choice model. We now questioned if ethanol exposure during adolescence results in changes of consumption pattern using a three-bottle choice procedure, considering drinking-in...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Carrara-Nascimento PF,Hoffmann LB,Contó MB,Marcourakis T,Camarini R

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) is part of the mentalizing network, a set of brain regions consistently engaged in inferring mental states. However, its precise function in this network remains unclear. It has recently been proposed that the dmPFC is involved in high-level abstract (i.e., categorical) identi...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Baetens KL,Ma N,Van Overwalle F

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The intermittent access 2-bottle choice (IA2BC) and drinking in the dark (DID) models were developed for studying rodent binge-like consumption. Traditionally, IA2BC was used with rats and DID with mice. Recently, IA2BC was adapted to study mouse ethanol consumption. However, it is unknown whether DID is s...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Holgate JY,Shariff M,Mu EW,Bartlett S

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal pain and stress induce long-term changes in pain sensitivity and behavior. Previously we found alterations in pain sensitivity in adolescent rats exposed to early-life adverse events. We tested whether these alterations have long-lasting effects and if those effects can be improved by the 5-hydroxytryptamine ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Butkevich IP,Mikhailenko VA,Vershinina EA,Aloisi AM,Barr GA

更新日期：2017-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have used conditional knockout mice to selectively delete the D2 autoreceptor; however, these approaches result in global deletion of D2 autoreceptors early in development. The present study takes a different approach using RNA interference (RNAi) to knockdown the expression of the D2 receptors (D2R) in...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Budygin EA,Oleson EB,Lee YB,Blume LC,Bruno MJ,Howlett AC,Thompson AC,Bass CE

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive research on humans has improved our understanding of how the brain integrates information from our different senses, and has begun to uncover the brain regions and large-scale neural activity that contributes to an observer's ability to perceive the relative timing of auditory and visual stimuli. In the pres...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Schormans AL,Scott KE,Vo AM,Tyker A,Typlt M,Stolzberg D,Allman BL

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple types of reward, such as money, food or social approval, are capable of driving behavior. However, most previous investigations have only focused on one of these reward classes in isolation, as such it is not clear whether different reward classes have a unique influence on instrumental responding or whether ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Lehner R,Balsters JH,Herger A,Hare TA,Wenderoth N

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Instrumental learning and decision-making rely on two parallel systems: a goal-directed and a habitual system. In the past decade, several paradigms have been developed to study these systems in animals and humans by means of e.g., overtraining, devaluation procedures and sequential decision-making. These different pa...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Sjoerds Z,Dietrich A,Deserno L,de Wit S,Villringer A,Heinze HJ,Schlagenhauf F,Horstmann A

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Women are twice as likely as men to develop major depression. The brain mechanisms underlying this sex disparity are not clear. Disruption of the glutamate-glutamine cycle has been implicated in psychiatric disturbances. This study identifies sex-based impairments in the glutamate-glutamine cycle involving...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Rappeneau V,Blaker A,Petro JR,Yamamoto BK,Shimamoto A

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00