Hiroshi Nittono

TL;DR: Results show that participants performed tasks requiring focused attention more carefully after viewing cute images, interpreted as the result of a narrowed attentional focus induced by the cuteness-triggered positive emotion that is associated with approach motivation and the tendency toward systematic processing.

TL;DR: Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to experimentally investigate whether trait self-esteem would be related to social pain responsiveness, and revealed a positive connectivity between the dorsal anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortices for the lower traitSelf-esteem group, and a corresponding negative connectivity for the higher trait Selfesteem group.

TL;DR: The thalamocortical network underlying fast-spindle generation may contribute to or reflect plasticity during sleep and be responsible for memory enhancement and fast versus slow spindle activity during sleep.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the ventral ACC underlies social pain, and that emotional support enhances prefrontal cortex activity, which in turn may lead to a weakened affective response.

TL;DR: Alpha-wave activity increased on Night 1, demonstrating that the activity of the wake-promoting system during the sleep-onset period was enhanced on the first night, and suggesting that the electroencephalogram flattening stage is unlikely to appear during stable sleep-ONSet period.