2023
Age-related reduction in trait anxiety: Behavioral and neural evidence of automaticity in negative facial emotion processing
Chaudhary S, Zhang S, Zhornitsky S, Chen Y, Chao H, Li C. Age-related reduction in trait anxiety: Behavioral and neural evidence of automaticity in negative facial emotion processing. NeuroImage 2023, 276: 120207. PMID: 37263454, PMCID: PMC10330646, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFaster reaction timesNegative emotionsAge-related declineEmotional stimuliTrait anxietyAge-related reductionReaction timeEmotion regulation literatureSalient emotional stimuliPositive emotional stimuliFacial emotion processingPrefrontal cortical responsesRostral anterior cingulate cortexWhole-brain regressionAnterior cingulate activityDefault mode networkAnterior cingulate cortexEmotion regulationNeural evidenceEmotion processingDorsolateral PFCStimulus registrationDiminished anxietyPsychophysiological interactionEmotional circuits
2009
Activation of the pre-supplementary motor area but not inferior prefrontal cortex in association with short stop signal reaction time – an intra-subject analysis
Chao H, Luo X, Chang J, Li CS. Activation of the pre-supplementary motor area but not inferior prefrontal cortex in association with short stop signal reaction time – an intra-subject analysis. BMC Neuroscience 2009, 10: 75. PMID: 19602259, PMCID: PMC2719646, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-75.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStop-signal reaction timeRight inferior prefrontal cortexStop-signal taskPre-supplementary motor areaShorter stop-signal reaction timesInferior prefrontal cortexSignal reaction timePrefrontal cortexResponse inhibitionMotor areaMiddle/posterior cingulate cortexMotor response inhibitionInferior frontal cortexRegional brain activationStop-signal inhibitionLonger stop-signal reaction timesInhibitory motor controlPosterior cingulate cortexMedial prefrontal cortexReaction timeGreater activityAttentional monitoringNeural processesSignal taskBrain activation
2008
Neural Correlates of Speeded as Compared with Delayed Responses in a Stop Signal Task: An Indirect Analog of Risk Taking and Association with an Anxiety Trait
Li CS, Chao H, Lee TW. Neural Correlates of Speeded as Compared with Delayed Responses in a Stop Signal Task: An Indirect Analog of Risk Taking and Association with an Anxiety Trait. Cerebral Cortex 2008, 19: 839-848. PMID: 18678764, PMCID: PMC2722793, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStop-signal taskSignal taskReaction timeTrial reaction timeStop-signal performanceFunctional magnetic resonanceMiddle frontal gyrusAdvantage of variabilityBilateral visual cortexPosterior cingulate cortexCognitive controlNeural correlatesNeural processesAmygdala activityTrait anxietyFrontal gyrusAnxiety traitsBehavioral paradigmsIndirect analogueCingulate cortexNeural analogRisk takingVisual cortexStop signalCurrent study