Patrick D. Worhunsky

TL;DR: This work investigated brain activity in experienced meditators and matched meditation-naive controls as they performed several different meditations to demonstrate differences in the default-mode network that are consistent with decreased mind-wandering.

TL;DR: Results suggest that correctly rejected, high-conflict trials that require response inhibition may provide a better model than error trials of compulsive behaviors in OCD.

TL;DR: Relatively decreased activity in corticostriatal neurocircuitsry during multiple phases of reward processing suggests consistent alterations in neurocircuitry underlying incentive valuation and loss prediction and may represent targets for treatment development in addictions.

TL;DR: The findings implicate neurocircuitry underlying cognitive control in behavioral treatment outcome and provide insight into the mechanisms of behavioral therapies for cocaine dependence and suggest neural activation patterns during cognitive control tasks are more sensitive predictors of treatment response than behavioral measures.

TL;DR: Compared to NCCs and ACs, OCD patients more strongly endorsed beliefs related to threat estimation, tolerance of uncertainty, importance and control of thoughts, and perfectionism, but not inflated responsibility.