Neural Basis of Cognition

Let’s face it: The lateralization of the face perception network as measured with fMRI is not clearly right dominant. Thome I, Alanis JCG, Volk J, Vogelbacher C, Steinsträter O, Jansen A (2022). Neuroimage. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119587. Online ahead of print.

‘That Time of the Month’ – Investigating the Influence of the Menstrual Cycle and Oral Contraceptives on the Brain Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Schuster V, Jansen A (2022). Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 2022 May;130(5):303-312. doi.org/10.1055/a-1816-8203. Epub 2022 May 23. Free article. Review.

Developmental changes within the extended face processing network: A cross-sectional functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Sahraei I, Hildesheim FE, Thome I, Kessler R, Rusch KM, Sommer J, Kamp-Becker I, Stark R, Jansen A (2021). Developmental Neurobiology. doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22858. Online ahead of print.

Revisiting the effective connectivity within the distributed cortical network for face perception. Kessler R, Rusch KM, Wende KC, Schuster V, Jansen A (2021). NeuroImage: Reports. doi.org/10.1016/j.ynirp.2021.100045.

Seeing things differently: Gaze shapes neural signal during mentalizing according to emotional awareness. Zimmermann KM, Schmidt KD, Gronow F, Sommer J, Leweke F, Jansen A (2021). NeuroImage 238:118223. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118223.

“I Spy with my Little Eye, Something that is a Face…”: A Brain Network for Illusory Face Perception. Thome I, Hohmann DM, Zimmermann KM, Smith ML, Kessler R, Jansen A (2021). Cerebral Cortex: bhab199. doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab199.

Larger bilateral amygdalar volumes are associated with affective loss experiences. Acosta H, Jansen A, Kircher T (2021). Journal of Neuroscience Research. doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24835.

The Trajectory of Hemispheric Lateralization in the Core System of Face Processing: A Cross-Sectional Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pilot Study. Hildesheim FE, Debus I, Kessler R, Thome I, Zimmermann KM, Steinsträter O, Sommer J, Kamp-Becker I, Stark R, Jansen A (2020). Frontiers in Psychology 11:507199. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.507199.

The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex. Grasby KL, Jahanshad N, Painter JN, Colodro-Conde L, Bralten J, Hibar DP, Lind PA, Pizzagalli F, Ching CRK, McMahon MAB, Shatokhina N, Zsembik LCP, Thomopoulos SI, Zhu AH, Strike LT, Agartz I, Alhusaini S, Almeida MAA, Alnæs D, Amlien IK, Andersson M, Ard T, Armstrong NJ, Ashley-Koch A, Atkins JR, Bernard M, Brouwer RM, Buimer EEL, Bülow R, Bürger C, Cannon DM, Chakravarty M, Chen Q, Cheung JW, Couvy-Duchesne B, Dale AM, Dalvie S, de Araujo TK, de Zubicaray GI, de Zwarte SMC, den Braber A, Doan NT, Dohm K, Ehrlich S, Engelbrecht HR, Erk S, Fan CC, Fedko IO, Foley SF, Ford JM, Fukunaga M, Garrett ME, Ge T, Giddaluru S, Goldman AL, Green MJ, Groenewold NA, Grotegerd D, Gurholt TP, Gutman BA, Hansell NK, Harris MA, Harrison MB, Haswell CC, Hauser M, Herms S, Heslenfeld DJ, Ho NF, Hoehn D, Hoffmann P, Holleran L, Hoogman M, Hottenga JJ, Ikeda M, Janowitz D, Jansen IE, Jia T, Jockwitz C, Kanai R, Karama S, Kasperaviciute D, Kaufmann T, Kelly S, Kikuchi M, Klein M, Knapp M, Knodt AR, Krämer B, Lam M, Lancaster TM, Lee PH, Lett TA, Lewis LB, Lopes-Cendes I, Luciano M, Macciardi F, Marquand AF, Mathias SR, Melzer TR, Milaneschi Y, et al. (2020). Science 367(6484):eaay6690. doi.org/10.1126/science.aay6690.

Long-Term Neuroanatomical Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment: Reduced Amygdala Inhibition by Medial Prefrontal Cortex. Kessler R, Schmitt S, Sauder T, Stein F, Yüksel D, Grotegerd D, Dannlowski U, Hahn T, Dempfle A, Sommer J, Steinsträter O, Nenadic I, Kircher T, Jansen A. (2020). Front Syst Neurosci 14:28. doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2020.00028.

Illusory face detection in pure noise images: The role of interindividual variability in fMRI activation patterns. Zimmermann KM, Stratil AS, Thome I, Sommer J, Jansen A (2019). PLoS One 14(1):e0209310. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209310.

The connectivity signature of co-speech gesture integration: The superior temporal sulcus modulates connectivity between areas related to visual gesture and auditory speech processing. Straube B, Wroblewski A, Jansen A, He Y (2018). Neuroimage 181:539-549. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.07.037.

A voxel-based morphometry study on adult attachment style and affective loss. Acosta H, Jansen A, Nuscheler B, Kircher T (2018). Neuroscience 392:219-229. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.06.045.

The Neural Correlates of Probabilistic Classification Learning in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study. Hansmeier J, Exner C, Zetsche U, Jansen A (2018). Front Psychiatry 9:58. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00058.

Emotion regulation in patients with psychosis: A link between insomnia and paranoid ideation? Grezellschak S, Jansen A, Westermann S (2017). J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 56:27-32. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2016.08.001.

Untangling the complex relationships between symptoms of schizophrenia and emotion dynamics in daily life: Findings from an experience sampling pilot study. Westermann S, Grezellschak S, Oravecz Z, Moritz S, Lüdtke T, Jansen A (2017). Psychiatry Res 7:514-518. doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.08.023.

Oxytocin receptor polymorphism and childhood social experiences shape adult personality, brain structure and neural correlates of mentalizing. Schneider-Hassloff H, Straube B, Jansen A, Nuscheler B, Wemken G, Witt SH, Rietschel M, Kircher T (2016). Neuroimage 134:671-684. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.04.009.

Effects of Long-Term Mindfulness Meditation on Brain’s White Matter Microstructure and its Aging. Laneri D, Schuster V, Dietsche B, Jansen A, Ott U, Sommer J (2016). Front Aging Neurosci 7:254. doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00254.

Fronto-insula network activity explains emotional dysfunctions in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: combined evidence from pupillometry and fMRI. Paulus FM, Krach S, Blanke M, Roth C, Belke M, Sommer J, Müller-Pinzler L, Menzler K, Jansen A, Rosenow F, Bremmer F, Einhäuser W, Knake S (2015). Cortex 65:219-31. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2015.01.018.

Neural pathways of embarrassment and their modulation by social anxiety. Müller-Pinzler L, Gazzola V, Keysers C, Sommer J, Jansen A, Frässle S, Einhäuser W, Paulus FM, Krach S (2015). Neuroimage 119:252-261. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.06.036.

How pain empathy depends on ingroup/outgroup decisions: A functional magnet resonance imaging study. Ruckmann J, Bodden M, Jansen A, Kircher T, Dodel R, Rief W (2015). Psychiatry Res 234(1):57-65. doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.08.006.

Evidence from pupillometry and fMRI indicates reduced neural response during vicarious social pain but not physical pain in autism. Krach S, Kamp-Becker I, Einhäuser W, Sommer J, Frässle S, Jansen A, Rademacher L, Müller-Pinzler L, Gazzola V, Paulus FM (2015). Hum Brain Mapp 36(11):4730-44. doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22949.

Mentalizing and the Role of the Posterior Superior Temporal Sulcus in Sharing Others’ Embarrassment. Paulus FM, Müller-Pinzler L, Jansen A, Gazzola V, Krach S (2015). Cereb Cortex 25(8):2065-75. doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhu011.

Binocular rivalry: frontal activity relates to introspection and action but not to perception. Frässle S, Sommer J, Jansen A, Naber M, Einhäuser W (2014). J Neurosci 34(5):1738-47. doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4403-13.2014.

Baseline activity predicts working memory load of preceding task condition. Pyka M, Hahn T, Heider D, Krug A, Sommer J, Kircher T, Jansen A (2013). Hum Brain Mapp 34(11):3010-22. doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22121.

Men and women are different: diffusion tensor imaging reveals sexual dimorphism in the microstructure of the thalamus, corpus callosum and cingulum. Menzler K, Belke M, Wehrmann E, Krakow K, Lengler U, Jansen A, Hamer HM, Oertel WH, Rosenow F, Knake S (2011). Neuroimage 54(4):2557-62. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.11.029.

Your flaws are my pain: linking empathy to vicarious embarrassment. Krach S, Cohrs JC, de Echeverría Loebell NC, Kircher T, Sommer J, Jansen A, Paulus FM (2011). PLoS One 6(4):e18675. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018675.

COMT genotype and its role on hippocampal-prefrontal regions in declarative memory. Krach S, Jansen A, Krug A, Markov V, Thimm M, Sheldrick AJ, Eggermann T, Zerres K, Stöcker T, Shah NJ, Kircher T (2010). Neuroimage 53(3):978-84. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.090.

Social cues, mentalizing and the neural processing of speech accompanied by gestures. Straube B, Green A, Jansen A, Chatterjee A, Kircher T (2010). Neuropsychologia 48(2):382-93. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.09.025.

Neural integration of iconic and unrelated coverbal gestures: a functional MRI study. Green A, Straube B, Weis S, Jansen A, Willmes K, Konrad K, Kircher T (2009). Hum Brain Mapp 30(10):3309-24. doi.org/10.1002/hbm.20753.

Effect of the G72 (DAOA) putative risk haplotype on cognitive functions in healthy subjects. Jansen A, Krach S, Krug A, Markov V, Eggermann T, Zerres K, Thimm M, Nöthen MM, Treutlein J, Rietschel M, Kircher T (2009) BMC Psychiatry 9:60. doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-9-60.

A putative high risk diplotype of the G72 gene is in healthy individuals associated with better performance in working memory functions and altered brain activity in the medial temporal lobe. Jansen A, Krach S, Krug A, Markov V, Eggermann T, Zerres K, Stöcker T, Shah NJ, Nöthen MM, Treutlein J, Rietschel M, Kircher T (2009). Neuroimage 45(3):1002-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.12.054.

Walking the talk–speech activates the leg motor cortex. Liuzzi G, Ellger T, Flöel A, Breitenstein C, Jansen A, Knecht S (2008). Neuropsychologia 46(11):2824-30. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.05.015.

Hippocampus activity differentiates good from poor larners of a novel lexicon. Breitenstein C, Jansen A, Deppe M, Foerster AF, Sommer J, Wolbers T, Knecht S (2005). Neuroimage 25(3):958-68. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.12.019.

Repetitive TMS temporarily alters brain diffusion. Duning T, Rogalewski A, Steinstraeter O, Kugel H, Jansen A, Breitenstein C, Knecht S (2004). Neurology 62(11):2144-5. doi.org/10.1212/wnl.62.11.2144.

How does the brain accommodate to increased task difficulty in word finding? A functional MRI study. Dräger B, Jansen A, Bruchmann S, Förster AF, Pleger B, Zwitserlood P, Knecht S (2004). Neuroimage 23(3):1152-60. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.07.005.