NIH R01 · 2024
Mapping and Modulating the Spatiotemporal dynamics of socio-affective processing.
ABSTRACT Interpreting human facial expressions is a core human social capacity negatively impacted in diverse neuropsychiatric conditions. Failures of human social cognition contribute to disease burden in mood disorders, as well as autism spectrum and anxiety disorders, reinforcing and exacerbating the social isolation and hopelessness of patients across diagnostic categories. The proposed study examines the RDoC subconstruct of “Facial Communication” and the domain of “Negative Valence Systems” using behavioral cognitive tasks that place heavy demands on the capacity to interpret emotional facial expressions. Prior efforts to develop neuromodulation paradigms for treatment-resistant cases…
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