Prairie voles as a model for adaptive reward remodeling following loss of a bonded partner

JM Sadino, ZR Donaldson - Annals of the New York Academy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Loss of a loved one is a painful event that substantially elevates the risk for physical and
mental illness and impaired daily function. Socially monogamous prairie voles are …

Oxytocin in old age psychiatry: A systematic review of the safety of using intranasal oxytocin in older adults

A Sawares, J Olver, M Morcos… - Australasian …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives To examine the literature for evidence of adverse events associated with the use
of intranasal oxytocin in older adults (60+). Methods A systematic review was undertaken …

Prolonged grief symptoms and lingering attachment predict approach behavior toward the deceased

MC Eisma, TA de Lang, K Christodoulou… - Journal of traumatic …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Following the death of a loved one, both approach behaviors related to the deceased (ie,
engagement with feelings, memories, and/or reminders of the deceased) and the avoidance …

Personalized fMRI tasks for grief severity in bereaved individuals: Emotional counting Stroop and grief elicitation protocols

J Singer, JS Goveas, L Elliott, H Parmar - Psychiatry Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Approximately 7–10% of people experiencing bereavement following a death
develop prolonged grief disorder, a psychiatric disorder included in the DSM-5-TR …

Using reinforcement learning to explain psychodynamics

ZM Dulberg - 2024 - search.proquest.com
In this thesis we consider the use of reinforcement learning (RL) as a formal framework for
understanding psychodynamic phenomena. While the field of psychodynamics has …