Benjamin Becker

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.

This study investigates whether pre-training brain activity can predict success in real-time fMRI neurofeedback learning across 24 studies and 401 participants, finding a weak correlation but no consistent predictors.

This study investigates how oxytocin modulates amygdala responses during top-down and bottom-up aversive anticipation in individuals with varying trait anxiety levels.

The paper identifies shared and process-specific neural representations of vicarious pain using fMRI and multivariate pattern analysis.

The paper uses inter-subject phase synchronization to analyze fMRI data and identifies distinct neural networks associated with physical pain empathy, but not affective pain.

This study links higher symptom-load of Internet Gaming Disorder according to APA and WHO frameworks with reduced striatal volume in healthy individuals.

This study shows oxytocin influences sex differences in human mate choice by altering preferences for short-term vs. long-term relationships.

This study examines the relationship between oxytocinergic and dopaminergic gene expression and creative thinking, finding significant associations in both men and women.

This study shows that oxytocin increases bottom-up attention to social stimuli but not non-social ones, reducing top-down attention inhibition, and this effect is modulated by trait behavioral inhibition and state anxiety.

This study demonstrates that fNIRS-informed neurofeedback can increase lateral orbitofrontal cortex activation and is associated with improved cognitive flexibility and reward experience.

This study investigates the effects of different oxytocin dosing schedules and receptor genotypes on neural biomarkers in humans, finding that infrequent dosing may be more effective and that responses are genotype-dependent.

This study shows oxytocin increases self-interest over altruism in competitive social interactions by enhancing activation in the medial orbitofrontal cortex.

This study examines cue-reactivity in striatal regions of heavy cannabis users to differentiate between addiction-related and exposure-related adaptations.

This study finds that cannabis-dependent males show impaired cognitive performance under psycho-social stress, linked to reduced precuneus activity and altered connectivity with the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex.

This study replicates oxytocin's effect on blurring self-other distinction and shows that OXTR genotype influences sensitivity to this effect.

This study shows that cannabis dependence in men reduces reward experience during female social interaction compared to male interaction, with neural changes linked to cannabis exposure.

This study investigates how alexithymia and autism traits independently and interactively influence interoceptive dysregulations in pain empathy using a dimensional neuroimaging approach in healthy subjects.

This study finds that romantic jealousy is linked to heightened neural responses to angry faces and increased functional connectivity in fronto-striatal and limbic regions.

This study shows that combining intranasal oxytocin with expectancy effects can enhance or impair working memory performance, suggesting a new therapeutic approach for cognitive impairments.

This study investigates how oxytocin modulates intrinsic functional dynamics between attention-related large-scale brain networks in humans.

This study shows oxytocin increases empathy and self-embarrassment ratings while reducing amygdala and insula activity and physiological arousal in response to embarrassment.

This study uses resting state fMRI to examine a shift in striatal connectivity patterns in cannabis-dependent individuals compared to controls, finding increased ventral striatum connectivity with reward regions and reduced connectivity with regulatory regions.

This study shows that oxytocin increases social reward in women but not men during sharing with friends, linked to reduced amygdala and insula activity and functional connectivity in women with higher attachment anxiety.

This study shows oxytocin enhances emotional empathy across cultures and sexes, reduces amygdala activity, and modulates amygdala connectivity with the insula, particularly in individuals with trait autism.

This study shows oxytocin increases self-serving lying in men, especially those with specific oxytocin receptor gene variants, during repeated opportunities to lie.