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    Negative emotionality downregulation affects moral choice but not moral judgement of harm: a pharmacological study

    Previous neuroscientific research has expounded on the fundamental role played by emotion during moral decision-making. Negative emotionality has been observed to exert a general inhibitory effect towards harm...

    Roger Marcelo Martinez, Shih-Han Chou, Yang-Teng Fan, Yu-Chun Chen in Scientific Reports (2024)

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    Interaction effects of the 5-HTT and MAOA-uVNTR gene variants on pre-attentive EEG activity in response to threatening voices

    Both the serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and the monoamine oxidase A gene (MAOA-uVNTR) are considered genetic contributors for anxiety-related symptomatology and aggressive behavior. Nevertheless, a...

    Róger Marcelo Martínez, Tsai-Tsen Liao, Yang-Teng Fan in Communications Biology (2022)

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    Psychopathic traits mediate guilt-related anterior midcingulate activity under authority pressure

    Coercive power has different effects on individuals, and which were unable to be fully addressed in Milgram’s famous studies on obedience to authority. While some individuals exhibited high levels of guilt-rel...

    Yawei Cheng, Judith Chou, Róger Marcelo Martínez, Yang-Teng Fan in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Habitual physical activity mediates the acute exercise-induced modulation of anxiety-related amygdala functional connectivity

    Aerobic exercise, in relation to physical activity, has been shown to have beneficial effects on anxiety. However, the underlyig neural mechanism remains elusive. Using a within-subject crossover design, this ...

    Yu-Chun Chen, Chenyi Chen, Róger Marcelo Martínez, Jennifer L. Etnier in Scientific Reports (2019)