Yixu Zeng

A brief real-time fNIRS-informed neurofeedback training of the prefrontal cortex changes brain activity and connectivity during subsequent working memory challenge

This study shows that a single session of fNIRS-informed neurofeedback training increases left DLPFC activity and alters connectivity during a working memory task without feedback.

The angiotensin antagonist Losartan modulates social reward motivation and punishment sensitivity via modulating midbrain-striato-frontal circuits

This study shows that Losartan, an angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist, alters social reward and punishment processing by modulating midbrain-striato-frontal circuits in humans.

Modulation of the renin-angiotensin system inhibits memory advantage for negative emotional material via decreasing hippocampus activation and its coupling with the amygdala

This study shows that losartan reduces memory advantage for negative emotional material by decreasing hippocampus activity and its coupling with the amygdala.

Secondary rewards acquire enhanced incentive motivation via increasing anticipatory activity of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex

This study shows that secondary rewards like money gain increased incentive motivation through heightened anticipatory activity in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex, unlike primary rewards which decrease in value with satiation.

Location, location, location- choice of Voxel-Based Morphometry processing pipeline drives variability in the location of neuroanatomical brain markers

This study shows that different VBM processing pipelines produce highly variable brain maps, affecting region identification and interpretation of sex and age differences.

Medial prefrontal activity at encoding determines enhanced recognition of threatening faces after 1.5 years

The paper shows that threatening faces are better remembered than non-threatening ones after 1.5 years, with differential neural encoding in specific brain regions.