Multivoxel Neural Reinforcement Changes Resting-State Functional Connectivity Within the Threat Regulation Network

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Taschereau-Dumouchel, Vincent, Chiba, Toshinori, Koizumi, Ai, Kawato, Mitsuo, Lau, Hakwan
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 03.04.2020; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Edition: 1.1
• Subjects: Amygdala; Brain mapping; Cortex (temporal); Feedback; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Neural networks; Neuroimaging; Neuroscience; Prefrontal cortex; Regulatory sequences; Reinforcement; Visual cortex; threat regulation; functional connectivity; neural reinforcement; resting-state; fear
• ISSN: 2692-8205; 2692-8205
• DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.03.021956

Using neural reinforcement, participants can be trained to pair a reward with the activation of specific multivoxel patterns in their brains. In a double-blind placebo-controlled experiment, we previously showed that this intervention can decrease the physiological reactivity associated with natural...