Publications of our Research Unit


Chiappini, E., Silani, G., Lundström, J. N., & Korb, S. (2023). Facial Electromyography in Food Research in a Behavioral and MR Setting. In M. Bensafi (Ed.), Basic Protocols on Emotions, Senses, and Foods (pp. 185-201). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2934-5_15

Ruiz, M., Groessing, A., Guran, A., Kocan, A., Mikus, N., Nater, U. M., Kouwer, K., Posserud, M.-B., Salomon-Gimmon , M., Todorova, B., Wagner, I. C., Gold, C., Silani, G., & Specht, K. (2023). Music for autism: a protocol for an international randomized crossover trial on music therapy for children with autism. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, Article 1256771. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1256771

Conway, L. G., Woodard, S. R., Zubrod, A., Tiburcio, M., Martínez-Vélez, N. A., Sorgente, A., Lanz, M., Serido, J., Vosylis, R., Fonseca, G., Lep, Ž., Li, L., Zupančič, M., Crespo, C., Relvas, A. P., Papageorgiou, K. A., Gianniou, F. M., Truhan, T., Mojtahedi, D., ... Balmores-Paulino, R. (2022). How culturally unique are pandemic effects? Evaluating cultural similarities and differences in effects of age, biological sex, and political beliefs on COVID impacts. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 937211. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937211

Massaccesi, C., Willeit, M., Quednow, B. B., Nater, U. M., Lamm, C., Müller, D., & Silani, G. (2022). Opioid-blunted cortisol response to stress is associated with increased negative mood and wanting of social reward. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 47(10), 1798-1807. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01283-8

Turrini, S., Fiori, F., Chiappini, E., Santarnecchi, E., Romei, V., & Avenanti, A. (2022). Gradual enhancement of corticomotor excitability during cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 14670. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18774-9

Massaccesi, C., Korb, S., Willeit, M., Quednow, B. B., & Silani, G. (2022). Effects of the mu-opioid receptor agonist morphine on facial mimicry and emotion recognition. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 142, Article 105801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105801