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2024
Shen, X#., Zhou, X#., Guo, Y., & Wang, J. L*. (2024). Associations of Early-Life Deprivation and Threat with Exploratory Behavior: Moderated Mediation Models of Sensation Seeking and Executive Function. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8862605241257946. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241257946
Zhou, X*., Liu, Q., Wang, L., Gan, X., Zhang, R., Liu, X., ... & Becker, B*. (2024). The neuroanatomical correlates of daily habitual tendencies and mediating effect on the association between daily habitual tendencies and symptoms of behavioral addictions. Computers in Human Behavior, 158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108310
Putkinen, V#*., Zhou, X#., Gan, X., Yang, L., Becker, B*., Sams, M., & Nummenmaa, L. (2024). Bodily maps of musical sensations across cultures. PNAS, 121(5), e2308859121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2308859121
Shen, X#., Zhou, X#., Liao, H., McDonnell, D., & Wang, J*. (2024). Uncovering the symptom relationship between anxiety, depression, and internet addiction among left-behind children: A large-scale purposive sampling network analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.01.025
Zhou, X., & Shen, X*. (2024). Unveiling the relationship between social anxiety, loneliness, motivations, and problematic smartphone use: A network approach. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152451
Zhou, X#*., Meng, Y#., Li, J., & Shen, X. (2024). Childhood adversity and mind wandering: the mediating role of cognitive flexibility and habitual tendencies. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2301844. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2301844
Shen, X., Zhou, X., King, D.L. et al. (2024). Uncovering the associations between different motivations and the heterogeneity of problematic smartphone use: a person-centered perspective. Curr Psychol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06488-2
Lan, C., Kou, J., Liu, Q., Qing, P., Zhang, X., Song, X., Xu, D., Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhou, X., Kendrick, K. M., & Zhao, W. (2024). Oral oxytocin blurs sex differences in amygdala responses to emotional scenes. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.05.010
Gan, X., Zhou, F., Xu, T. et al. (2024). A neurofunctional signature of subjective disgust generalizes to oral distaste and socio-moral contexts. Nat Hum Behav. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01868-x
Liu, X., Tian, R., Bai, X., Liu, H., Li, T., Zhou, X., & Lei, Y. (2024). Exploring the impact of smartphone addiction on decision-making behavior in college students: an fNIRS study based on the Iowa Gambling Task. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1342521
Zhu, S., Liu, Q., Zhang, X., Zhou, M., Zhou, X., Ding, F., Zhang, R., Becker, B., Kendrick, K. M., & Zhao, W. (2024). Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhanced emotional inhibitory control via increasing intrinsic prefrontal couplings. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100462
Shen, X., Zhou, X., Yin, X. Q., McDonnell, D., & Wang, J. L. (2024). Facing uncertainties: The longitudinal relationship between childhood maltreatment and exploratory behavior. Child Abuse & Neglect, 106714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106714
Xu, T., Chen, Z., Zhou, X., Wang, L., Zhou, F., Yao, D., Zhou, B., & Becker, B. (2024). The central renin-angiotensin system: A genetic pathway, functional decoding, and selective target engagement characterization in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 121(8), e2306936121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306936121
Liu, Q., Zhu, S., Zhou, X., Liu, F., Becker, B., Kendrick, K. M., & Zhao, W. (2024). Mothers and fathers show different neural synchrony with their children during shared experiences. NeuroImage, 120529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120529
2023
Shen, X., Li, Z., Sheng, J., Zhou, X*., & Wang, J*. (2023). Functional MRI of Inhibitory Control Processing in Problematic Mobile Video Gamers. Psychiatry Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115220
Wang, L#., Zhou, X#., Song, X., Gan, X., Zhang, R., Liu, X., Xu, T., Jiao, G., Ferraro, S., Chepngetich Bore, M., Yu, F., Zhao, W., Montag, C*., & Becker, B*. (2023). Fear of missing out (FOMO) associates with reduced cortical thickness in core regions of the posterior default mode network and higher levels of problematic smartphone and social media use. Addictive Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107709
Zhou, X., Xu, T., Zeng, Y., Zhang, R., Qi, Z., Zhao, W., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B*. (2023, Jan 18). The Angiotensin Antagonist Losartan Modulates Social Reward Motivation and Punishment Sensitivity via Modulating Midbrain-Striato-Frontal Circuits. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(3), 472-483. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1114-22.2022
Liu, Q., Zhou, B., Zhang, X., Qing, P., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Xu, X., Zhu, S., Dai, J., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Kendrick, K. M., Becker, B., & Zhao, W. (2023). Abnormal multi-layered dynamic cortico-subcortical functional connectivity in major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.10.004
Liu, Q., Song, X., Zhou, X., Huang, L., Zhang, X., Wang, L., Zhu, S., Lan, C., Yang, W., & Zhao, W. (2023). Regional superficial amygdala resting-state functional connectivity in adults infers childhood maltreatment severity. Psychoradiology, 3. https://doi.org/10.1093/psyrad/kkad004
Xu, T., Zhou, X., Kanen, J. W., Wang, L., Li, J., Chen, Z., Zhang, R., Jiao, G., Zhou, F., Zhao, W., Yao, S., & Becker, B. (2023, Apr). Angiotensin blockade enhances motivational reward learning via enhancing striatal prediction error signaling and frontostriatal communication. Molecular Psychiatry, 28(4), 1692-1702. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02001-6
Yang, X., Zhou, X., Xin, F., Becker, B., Linden, D., & Hernaus, D. (2023, May 9). Age-dependent changes in the dynamic functional organization of the brain at rest: a cross-cultural replication approach. Cerebral Cortex, 33(10), 6394-6406. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac512
Montag, C., Klugah-Brown, B., Zhou, X., Wernicke, J., Liu, C., Kou, J., Chen, Y., Haas, B. W., & Becker, B. (2023). Trust toward humans and trust toward artificial intelligence are not associated: Initial insights from self-report and neurostructural brain imaging. Personality Neuroscience, 6. https://doi.org/10.1017/pen.2022.5
2022
Zhou, X*., Wu, R., Zeng, Y., Qi, Z., Ferraro, S., Xu, L., Zheng, X., Li, J., Fu, M., Yao, S., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B*. (2022, Sep 6). Choice of Voxel-based Morphometry processing pipeline drives variability in the location of neuroanatomical brain markers. Communications Biology, 5(1), 913. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03880-1
Klugah-Brown, B., Zhou, X., Wang, L., Gan, X., Zhang, R., Liu, X., Song, X., Zhao, W., Biswal, B. B., Yu, F., Montag, C., & Becker, B. (2022). Associations between levels of Internet Gaming Disorder symptoms and striatal morphology–replication and associations with social anxiety. Psychoradiology, 2(4), 207-215. https://doi.org/10.1093/psyrad/kkac020
Sun, C., Wang, M., Zhou, X., Liu, G., & Zhou, Z. (2022, Oct 27). Dynamic cognitive processes of humor generation: activation and inhibition of information. Psychological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-022-01752-1
Klugah-Brown, B., Yu, Y., Hu, P., Agoalikum, E., Liu, C., Liu, X., Yang, X., Zeng, Y., Zhou, X., Yu, X., Rypma, B., Michael, A. M., Li, X., Becker, B., & Biswal, B. (2022, Sep 21). Effect of surgical mask on fMRI signals during task and rest. Communications Biology, 5(1), 1004. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03908-6
Zhao, W., Zhang, X., Zhou, X., Song, X., Zhang, Z., Xu, L., Zhou, F., & Kendrick, K. M. (2022, May 21). Depression mediates the association between insula-frontal functional connectivity and social interaction anxiety. Human Brain Mapping. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25952
Yang, X., Qian, B., Zhou, X., Zhao, Y., Wang, L., & Zhang, Z. (2022, Apr). The effects of posture on mind wandering. Psychological Research, 86(3), 737-745. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01531-4
Xu, X., Xin, F., Liu, C., Chen, Y., Yao, S., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Huang, Y., Dai, J., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Kendrick, K. M., Zhou, B., & Becker, B. (2022, Jul 1). Disorder- and cognitive demand-specific neurofunctional alterations during social emotional working memory in generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 308, 98-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.023
Xu, T., Zhou, X., Jiao, G., Zeng, Y., Zhao, W., Li, J., Yu, F., Zhou, F., Yao, S., & Becker, B. (2022, May 30). Angiotensin Antagonist Inhibits Preferential Negative Memory Encoding via Decreasing Hippocampus Activation and Its Coupling With the Amygdala. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.05.007
Liu, X., Zhou, X., Zeng, Y., Li, J., Zhao, W., Xu, L., Zheng, X., Fu, M., Yao, S., Cannistraci, C. V., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B. (2022, Jun). Medial prefrontal and occipito-temporal activity at encoding determines enhanced recognition of threatening faces after 1.5 years. Brain Structure and Function, 227(5), 1655-1672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-022-02462-5
Gao, Z., Ma, X., Zhou, X., Xin, F., Gao, S., Kou, J., Becker, B., & Kendrick, K. M. (2022). Oxytocin Reduces the Attractiveness of Silver-Tongued Men for Women During Mid-Cycle. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, 760695. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.760695
Gan, X., Zhou, X., Li, J., Jiao, G., Jiang, X., Biswal, B., Yao, S., Klugah-Brown, B., & Becker, B. (2022, Apr). Common and distinct neurofunctional representations of core and social disgust in the brain: Coordinate-based and network meta-analyses. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 135, 104553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104553
2017-2021
Zhuang, Q., Zhu, S., Yang, X., Zhou, X., Xu, X., Chen, Z., Lan, C., Zhao, W., Becker, B., Yao, S., & Kendrick, K. M. (2021, Jan). Oxytocin-induced facilitation of learning in a probabilistic task is associated with reduced feedback- and error-related negativity potentials. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 35(1), 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881120972347
Zhuang, Q., Xu, L., Zhou, F., Yao, S., Zheng, X., Zhou, X., Li, J., Xu, X., Fu, M., Li, K., Vatansever, D., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B. (2021, Sep). Segregating domain-general from emotional context-specific inhibitory control systems - ventral striatum and orbitofrontal cortex serve as emotion-cognition integration hubs. Neuroimage, 238, 118269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118269
Zhao, Z., Yao, S., Zweerings, J., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Kendrick, K. M., Chen, H., Mathiak, K., & Becker, B. (2021, Apr 15). Putamen volume predicts real-time fMRI neurofeedback learning success across paradigms and neurofeedback target regions. Human Brain Mapping, 42(6), 1879-1887. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25336
Xu, X., Dai, J., Chen, Y., Liu, C., Xin, F., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Stamatakis, E. A., Yao, S., Luo, L., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Vatansever, D., Kendrick, K. M., Zhou, B., & Becker, B. (2021, Mar). Intrinsic connectivity of the prefrontal cortex and striato-limbic system respectively differentiate major depressive from generalized anxiety disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology, 46(4), 791-798. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-00868-5
Xin, F., Zhou, F., Zhou, X., Ma, X., Geng, Y., Zhao, W., Yao, S., Dong, D., Biswal, B. B., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B. (2021, Feb 5). Oxytocin Modulates the Intrinsic Dynamics Between Attention-Related Large-Scale Networks. Cerebral Cortex, 31(3), 1848-1860. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhy295
Liu, Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, X., Liu, X., Chen, H., & Yuan, H. (2021, Oct 8). The Neural Markers of Self-Caught and Probe-Caught Mind Wandering: An ERP Study. Brain Science, 11(10), 1329. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11101329
Liu, C., Lan, C., Li, K., Zhou, F., Yao, S., Xu, L., Yang, N., Zhou, X., Yang, J., Yong, X., Ma, Y., Scheele, D., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B. (2021, Nov). Oxytocinergic Modulation of Threat-Specific Amygdala Sensitization in Humans Is Critically Mediated by Serotonergic Mechanisms. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 6(11), 1081-1089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.04.009
Liu, C., Dai, J., Chen, Y., Qi, Z., Xin, F., Zhuang, Q., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Luo, L., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Chen, H., Kendrick, K. M., Zhou, B., Xu, X., & Becker, B. (2021, Apr 3). Disorder- and emotional context-specific neurofunctional alterations during inhibitory control in generalized anxiety and major depressive disorder. Neuroimage Clinical, 30, 102661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102661
Klugah-Brown, B., Zhou, X., Pradhan, B. K., Zweerings, J., Mathiak, K., Biswal, B., & Becker, B. (2021, Jul). Common neurofunctional dysregulations characterize obsessive-compulsive, substance use, and gaming disorders-An activation likelihood meta-analysis of functional imaging studies. Addiction Biology, 26(4), e12997. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12997
Klugah-Brown, B., Jiang, C., Agoalikum, E., Zhou, X., Zou, L., Yu, Q., Becker, B., & Biswal, B. (2021, Aug 15). Common abnormality of gray matter integrity in substance use disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder: A comparative voxel-based meta-analysis. Human Brain Mapping, 42(12), 3871-3886. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25471
Zhou, X., Wu, R., Liu, C., Kou, J., Chen, Y., Pontes, H. M., Yao, D., Kendrick, K. M., Becker, B*., & Montag, C*. (2020, Oct 12). Higher levels of (Internet) Gaming Disorder symptoms according to the WHO and APA frameworks associate with lower striatal volume. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(3), 598-605. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2020.00066
Zhou, X., Meng, Y., Schmitt, H. S., Montag, C., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B*. (2020, Dec 1). Cognitive flexibility mediates the association between early life stress and habitual behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 167, 110231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110231
Zhao, W., Zimmermann, K., Zhou, X., Zhou, F., Fu, M., Dernbach, C., Scheele, D., Weber, B., Eckstein, M., Hurlemann, R., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B. (2020, Mar 1). Impaired cognitive performance under psychosocial stress in cannabis-dependent men is associated with attenuated precuneus activity. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, 45(2), 88-97. https://doi.org/10.1503/jpn.190039
Xu, X., Dai, J., Liu, C., Chen, Y., Xin, F., Zhou, F., Zhou, X., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Li, J., Ebstein, R. P., Kendrick, K. M., Zhou, B., & Becker, B. (2020, Nov 26). Common and Disorder-Specific Neurofunctional Markers of Dysregulated Empathic Reactivity in Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 89(2), 114-116. https://doi.org/10.1159/000504180
Xin, F., Zhou, X., Dong, D., Zhao, Z., Yang, X., Wang, Q., Gu, Y., Kendrick, K. M., Chen, A., & Becker, B. (2020, Aug). Oxytocin Differentially Modulates Amygdala Responses during Top-Down and Bottom-Up Aversive Anticipation. Advanced Science, 7(16), 2001077. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202001077
Chi, X., Becker, B., Yu, Q., Willeit, P., Jiao, C., Huang, L., Hossain, M. M., Grabovac, I., Yeung, A., Lin, J., Veronese, N., Wang, J., Zhou, X., Doig, S. R., Liu, X., Carvalho, A. F., Yang, L., Xiao, T., Zou, L., Fusar-Poli, P., & Solmi, M. (2020, Aug 7). Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Health Outcomes Among Chinese College Students During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 803. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00803
Bielczyk, N. Z., Ando, A., Badhwar, A., Caldinelli, C., Gao, M., Haugg, A., Hernandez, L. M., Ito, K. L., Kessler, D., Lurie, D., Makary, M. M., Nikolaidis, A., Veldsman, M., Allen, C., Bankston, A., Bottenhorn, K. L., Braukmann, R., Calhoun, V., Cheplygina, V., Boffino, C. C., Ercan, E., Finc, K., Foo, H., Khatibi, A., La, C., Mehler, D. M. A., Narayanan, S., Poldrack, R. A., Raamana, P. R., Salo, T., Godard-Sebillotte, C., Uddin, L. Q., Valeriani, D., Valk, S. L., Walton, C. C., Ward, P. G. D., Yanes, J. A., Zhou, X., Student, O., & Postdoc Special Interest, G. (2020, Apr 22). Effective Self-Management for Early Career Researchers in the Natural and Life Sciences. Neuron, 106(2), 212-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.03.015
Zhou, X., Zimmermann, K., Xin, F., Zhao, W., Derckx, R. T., Sassmannshausen, A., Scheele, D., Hurlemann, R., Weber, B., Kendrick, K. M., & Becker, B*. (2019, Aug). Cue Reactivity in the Ventral Striatum Characterizes Heavy Cannabis Use, Whereas Reactivity in the Dorsal Striatum Mediates Dependent Use. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4(8), 751-762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.04.006
Xu, X., Liu, C., Zhou, X., Chen, Y., Gao, Z., Zhou, F., Kou, J., Becker, B., & Kendrick, K. M. (2019, Aug 1). Oxytocin Facilitates Self-Serving Rather Than Altruistic Tendencies in Competitive Social Interactions Via Orbitofrontal Cortex. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 22(8), 501-512. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyz028
Zhou, X., & Lei, X*. (2018, Dec). Wandering Minds with Wandering Brain Networks. Neuroscience Bulletin, 34(6), 1017-1028. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-018-0278-7
Zhou, X., Wu, T., Yu, J., & Lei, X*. (2017, Feb). Sleep Deprivation Makes the Young Brain Resemble the Elderly Brain: A Large-Scale Brain Networks Study. Brain Connectivity, 7(1), 58-68. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2016.04]