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Université de Fribourg

Laughter is in the air: Involvement of key nodes of the emotional motor system in the anticipation of tickling

Wattendorf, Elise ; Westermann, Birgit ; Fiedler, Klaus ; Ritz, Simone ; Redmann, Annetta ; Pfannmöller, Jörg ; Lotze, Martin ; Celio, Marco R

In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2019, p. -

In analogy to the appreciation of humor, that of tickling is based upon the re- interpretation of an anticipated emotional situation. Hence, the anticipation of tickling contributes to the final outburst of ticklish laughter. To localize the neuronal substrates of this process, fMRI was conducted on 31 healthy volunteers. The state of anticipation was simulated by generating an uncertainty...

Université de Fribourg

Striatal responsiveness to reward under threat‐of‐shock and working memory load : A preliminary study

Gaillard, Claudie ; Guillod, Matthias ; Ernst, Monique ; Torrisi, Salvatore ; Federspiel, Andrea ; Schoebi, Dominik ; Recabarren, Romina E. ; Ouyang, Xinyi ; Mueller-Pfeiffer, Christoph ; Horsch, Antje ; Homan, Philipp ; Wiest, Roland ; Hasler, Gregor ; Martin-Soelch, Chantal

In: Brain and Behavior, 2019, no. 9, p. 1-21

Introduction: Reward and stress are important determinants of motivated behaviors. Striatal regions play a crucial role in both motivation and hedonic processes. So far, little is known on how cognitive effort interacts with stress to modulate reward processes. This study examines how cognitive effort (load) interacts with an unpredictable acute stressor (threat-of-shock) to modulate motivational...

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The neurobiological link between OCD and ADHD

Brem, Silvia ; Grünblatt, Edna ; Drechsler, Renate ; Riederer, Peter ; Walitza, Susanne

In: ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders, 2014, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 175-202