2021
PLoS One. 2021 Aug 10;16(8):e0255598. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255598
A Bayesian approach to reveal the key role of mask wearing in modulating projected interpersonal distance during the first COVID-19 outbreak
Humans typically create and maintain social bonds through interactions that occur at close social distances. The interpersonal distance of at least 1 m recommended as a relevant measure for COVID-19…
R Soc Open Sci. 2021 Jul 28;8(7):201205. doi: 10.1098/rsos.201205
Abstract concepts in interaction: the need of others when guessing abstract concepts smooths dyadic motor interactions
Abstract concepts (ACs, e.g. ‘justice’) are more complex compared with concrete concepts (CCs) (e.g. ‘table’). Indeed, they do not possess a single object as a referent, they assemble quite heterogeneous…
Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 1;11(1):4909. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84325-3
Attentional and cognitive monitoring brain networks in long-term meditators depend on meditation states and expertise
Meditation practice is suggested to engage training of cognitive control systems in the brain. To evaluate the functional involvement of attentional and cognitive monitoring processes during meditation, the present study…
Trends Cogn Sci. 2021 Mar 19;S1364-6613(21)00055-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.02.011
Beyond correlation versus causation: Multi-brain neuroscience needs explanation
Recent advances in brain sciences have enabled the co-recording of multiple interacting brains (i.e., hyperscanning). This technique has led to the discovery of inter-brain synchrony (IBS) between people involved in…
Behav Brain Sci. 2021 Feb 18;44:e21. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20000473
Body ownership as a proxy for individual and social separation and connection
Lee and Schwartz procedures of separation offer a much needed interpretation of the literature on moral cleansing. However, body ownership as a grounded mechanism of separation and connection has been…
Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 5;11(1):5321. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84280-z
Competence-based social status and implicit preference modulate the ability to coordinate during a joint grasping task
Studies indicate that social status influences people's social perceptions. Less information is available about whether induced social status influences dyadic coordination during motor interactions. To explore this issue, we designed…
Clin Neuropsychiatry. 2021 Aug;18(4):196-210. doi: 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210403
Deontological Guilt and Disgust Sensitivity Modulate Moral Behaviour
Objective: Deontological Guilt (DG), and Altruistic Guilt (AG) emerge from the appraisal of violating an internalized rule or an altruistic principle, respectively. DG is strictly connected with Disgust Sensitivity and…
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2021 Feb;124:105070. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105070
Dissociating cognitive, behavioral and physiological stress-related responses through dorsolateral prefrontal cortex inhibition
The left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) has been implicated in the regulation of stress-related cognitive processes and physiological responses and is the principal target of noninvasive brain stimulation techniques applied…
Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 26;11(1):2221. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81168-w
Heterosexual, gay, and lesbian people's reactivity to virtual caresses on their embodied avatars' taboo zones
Embodying an artificial agent through immersive virtual reality (IVR) may lead to feeling vicariously somatosensory stimuli on one's body which are in fact never delivered. To explore whether vicarious touch…
NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2021 Mar 2;7(1):18. doi: 10.1038/s41531-021-00167-w
Human moral decision-making through the lens of Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the basal ganglia (BG) and thalamocortical circuitry. While defective motor control has long been considered…
Comput Hum Behav. 2021 Dec; 125:106948. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2021.106948
Humans adjust virtual comfort-distance towards an artificial agent depending on their sexual orientation and implicit prejudice against gay men
The interpersonal distance kept by each individual plays a prominent role in daily social interactions and typically communicates implicitly human attitudes toward conspecifics. While it is held that men dyads…
Brain Sci. 2021 Feb 19;11(2):255. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11020255
Interpersonal motor interactions Shape multisensory representations of the peripersonal space
This perspective review focuses on the proposal that predictive multisensory integration occurring in one's peripersonal space (PPS) supports individuals' ability to efficiently interact with others, and that integrating sensorimotor signals…
Polit Psychol. 2021 Aug;42(4):597-618. doi: 10.1111/pops.12716
Investigating the links between cultural values and belief in conspiracy theories: the key roles of collectivism and masculinity
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Research suggests that belief in conspiracy theories (CT) stems from basic psychological mechanisms and is linked to other belief systems (e.g., religious beliefs). While previous research has extensively examined individual…
Behav Brain Sci. 2021 Feb 18;44:e17. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20000485
It's a matter of (executive) load: Separation as a load-dependent resetting procedure
Lee and Schwarz made considerable theoretical advances in the psychology of cleansing by proposing that cleaning actions might serve as separation procedures between two psychological entities. Here, we propose that…
Brain Struct Funct. 2021 Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s00429-021-02254-3
Lower visual field preference for the visuomotor control of limb movements in the human dorsomedial parietal cortex
Visual cues coming from the lower visual field (VF) play an important role in the visual guidance of upper and lower limb movements. A recently described region situated in the…
bioRxiv. 2021 May 26. doi: 10.1101/2021.05.25.445554
Midfrontal theta tACS facilitates motor coordination in dyadic human-avatar motor interactions
Synchronous interpersonal motor interactions require moment-to-moment predictions and proactive monitoring of the partner's actions. Neurophysiologically, this is highlighted by an enhancement of midfrontal theta activity. In the present study we…
Cortex. 2021 Feb 13. In-principle acceptance. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/7V6ED
Modulating preferences during intertemporal choices through exogenous midfrontal theta transcranial alternating current
Expert Rev Neurother . 2022 Jan;22(1):43-51. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2022.2018301. Epub 2021 Dec 28.
Motor imagery and gait control in Parkinson’s disease: techniques and new perspectives in neurorehabilitation
Introduction: Motor imagery (MI), defined as the ability to mentally represent an action without actual movement, has been used to improve motor function in athletes and, more recently, in neurological…
Neuroimage. 2021 Sep 17;244:118581. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118581
Multisensory integration in cortical regions responding to locomotion-related visual and somatomotor signals
During real-world locomotion, in order to be able to move along a path or avoid an obstacle, continuous changes in self-motion direction (i.e. heading) are needed. Control of heading changes…
Cortex. 2021 Jan 23;137:74-92. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.12.021
Preference for locomotion-compatible curved paths and forward direction of self-motion in somatomotor and visual areas
During locomotion, leg movements define the direction of walking (forward or backward) and the path one is taking (straight or curved). These aspects of locomotion produce characteristic visual motion patterns…
Front Psychiatry. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.803270
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on affect, fear and personality of primary school children measured during the second wave of infections in 2020
In relation to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, a large body of research has documented a negative impact on individuals’ affectivity, frequently documented by increased prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms.…
Psychol Res. 2021 May 28. doi: 10.1007/s00426-021-01477-7
The inside of me: interoceptive constraints on the concept of self in neuroscience and clinical psychology
Humans are unique in their ability to think about themselves and carry a more or less clear notion of who they are in their mind. Here we review recent evidence…
Front Psychol. 2021 Jan 7;11:611956. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.611956
The Michelangelo effect: Art improves the performance in a virtual reality task developed for upper limb neurorehabilitation
The vision of an art masterpiece is associated with brain arousal by neural processes occurring quite spontaneously in the viewer. This aesthetic experience may even elicit a response in the…
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2021 Jul 9;17470218211031557. doi: 10.1177/17470218211031557
Wearing same- and opposite-sex virtual bodies and seeing them caressed in intimate areas
Immersive virtual reality enables people to undergo the experience of owning an artificial body and vicariously feeling tactile stimuli delivered to it. However, it is currently unknown how such experiences…
