Nathan M. Petro

The Contribution of the Koniocellular Visual Pathway to Aversive Learning in Human Visual Cortex

This study investigates how the koniocellular visual pathway contributes to aversive learning by comparing ssVEP responses to threat and safety cues using tritan and luminance stimuli.

Rhythmic Sampling and Competition of Target and Distractor in a Motion Detection Task

The paper investigates rhythmic sampling of target and distractor information in a motion detection task and finds that their temporal phase relationship affects task performance.

Representational Competition of Spatially and Temporally Overlapped Target and Distractor

The paper tests how distractor stimuli affect target stimulus processing by measuring decoding accuracy and behavioral performance in different brain regions.

Anterior pituitary gland volume mediates associations between pubertal hormones and changes in transdiagnostic symptoms in youth

This study examines whether anterior pituitary volume mediates the relationship between DHEA levels and changes in dysregulation symptoms in adolescents.

Specialized late cingulo-opercular network activation elucidates the mechanisms underlying decisions about ambiguity

The paper investigates how the cingulo-opercular network contributes to decision-making under ambiguity using fMRI and behavioral tasks.

Exploring valence bias as a metric for frontoamygdalar connectivity and depressive symptoms in childhood

The paper examines how valence bias relates to frontoamygdalar connectivity and depressive symptoms in children, finding that negative bias correlates with increased depressive symptoms and reduced connectivity in more advanced puberty.

Positivity effect in aging: Evidence for the primacy of positive responses to emotional ambiguity

This study investigates age-related differences in interpreting emotionally ambiguous stimuli, finding that older adults show greater amygdala habituation linked to a positivity bias in valence interpretation.