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
2020
Neural responses to negative facial emotions: Sex differences in the correlates of individual anger and fear traits
Li G, Zhang S, Le TM, Tang X, Li CR. Neural responses to negative facial emotions: Sex differences in the correlates of individual anger and fear traits. NeuroImage 2020, 221: 117171. PMID: 32682098, PMCID: PMC7789231, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative facial emotionsFacial emotionsMiddle frontal cortexShape targetRetrosplenial cortexEmotion processingIndividual differencesProlonged RTHigher activationRight middle frontal cortexLeft retrosplenial cortexBilateral middle frontal cortexFrontal cortexSex-specific behavioralShape identificationHuman Connectome ProjectRegional brain responsesEmotion measuresAffective traitsNeural processesBrain responsesFear traitsNeural responsesEmotional disordersIndividuals' anger