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Tom Johnstone
Researcher at Swinburne University of Technology
Publications - 91
Citations - 14477
Tom Johnstone is an academic researcher from Swinburne University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prefrontal cortex & Functional magnetic resonance imaging. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 89 publications receiving 13059 citations. Previous affiliations of Tom Johnstone include University of Geneva & University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Appraisal processes in emotion: Theory, methods, research.
TL;DR: Appraisal theory has become one of the most active aproaches in the domain of emotion psychology as mentioned in this paper, which is defined as the subjective evaluation that occurs during the individual's encounter with significant events in the environment, thus determining the nature of the emotional reaction and experience.
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Gaze fixation and the neural circuitry of face processing in autism
Kim M. Dalton,Brendon M. Nacewicz,Tom Johnstone,Hillary S. Schaefer,Morton Ann Gernsbacher,H. Hill Goldsmith,Andrew L. Alexander,Richard J. Davidson +7 more
TL;DR: Variation in eye fixation within autistic individuals was strongly and positively associated with amygdala activation across both studies, suggesting a heightened emotional response associated with gaze fixation in autism.
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Amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex are inversely coupled during regulation of negative affect and predict the diurnal pattern of cortisol secretion among older adults
Heather L. Urry,Carina Marije Van Reekum,Tom Johnstone,Ned H. Kalin,Marchell E. Thurow,Hillary S. Schaefer,Cory A. Jackson,Corrina Frye,Lawrence L. Greischar,Andrew L. Alexander,Richard J. Davidson +10 more
TL;DR: Individual differences yielded the predicted link between brain function while reducing negative affect in the laboratory and diurnal regulation of endocrine activity in the home environment.
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Failure to regulate : Counterproductive recruitment of top-down prefrontal-subcortical circuitry in major depression
TL;DR: Findings indicate that a key feature underlying the pathophysiology of major depression is the counterproductive engagement of right prefrontal cortex and the lack of engagement of left lateral-ventromedial prefrontal circuitry important for the downregulation of amygdala responses to negative stimuli.
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Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise
TL;DR: Data indicate that the mental expertise to cultivate positive emotion alters the activation of circuitries previously linked to empathy and theory of mind in response to emotional stimuli.