Search Results - "Merz, C J"

Neural correlates of disgust- and fear-conditioned responses by Klucken, T, Schweckendiek, J, Koppe, G, Merz, C.J, Kagerer, S, Walter, B, Sammer, G, Vaitl, D, Stark, R

“…Abstract The understanding of individual differences in responses to disgusting stimuli is important to gain more insight into the development of certain…”
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ADHD related behaviors are associated with brain activation in the reward system by Stark, R., Bauer, E., Merz, C.J., Zimmermann, M., Reuter, M., Plichta, M.M., Kirsch, P., Lesch, K.P., Fallgatter, A.J., Vaitl, D., Herrmann, M.J.

“…▶ Associations between ADHD related behaviors and NAcc activation during reward anticipation. ▶ These associations are independent of the type of reward. ▶…”
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Renewal of conditioned fear in a novel context is associated with hippocampal activation and connectivity by Hermann, A, Stark, R, Milad, M R, Merz, C J

“…Return of fear is a serious problem in exposure-based treatments of anxiety disorders. Renewal of the fear response may occur when re-encountering the…”
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Cerebellar vermis contributes to the extinction of conditioned fear by Utz, A., Thürling, M., Ernst, T.M., Hermann, A., Stark, R., Wolf, O.T., Timmann, D., Merz, C.J.

“…•Re-analysis of a human fMRI study on fear extinction focusing on the cerebellum.•The anterior vermis plays a role in the extinction of conditioned fear.•The…”
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College vs junior high school students' knowledge of alcohol as a teratogen by Haemmerlie, F M, Merz, C J, Nelson, S B

“…This study assessed knowledge possessed by male and female junior high school and college students (N = 422) about the teratogenic effects of alcohol. Although…”
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Concurrent validity between the California Psychological Inventory-revised and the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire by Haemmerlie, F M, Merz, C J

“…The present study examined the concurrent validity of the newest version of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) with the Student Adaptation College…”
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Nitridation of silicon in a multiwafer plasma system by REISMAN, A, BERKENBLIT, M, RAY, A. K, MERZ, C. J

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Don’t fear ‘fear conditioning’: Methodological considerations for the design and analysis of studies on human fear acquisition, extinction, and return of fear by Lonsdorf, Tina B., Menz, Mareike M., Andreatta, Marta, Fullana, Miguel A., Golkar, Armita, Haaker, Jan, Heitland, Ivo, Hermann, Andrea, Kuhn, Manuel, Kruse, Onno, Meir Drexler, Shira, Meulders, Ann, Nees, Frauke, Pittig, Andre, Richter, Jan, Römer, Sonja, Shiban, Youssef, Schmitz, Anja, Straube, Benjamin, Vervliet, Bram, Wendt, Julia, Baas, Johanna M.P., Merz, Christian J.

“…•Originates from discussions on replicability and researcher’s degrees of freedom.•Aims at stimulating discussions on methods applied in fear conditioning…”
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Cortisol enhances neural differentiation during fear acquisition and extinction in contingency aware young women by Tabbert, Katharina, Merz, Christian J., Klucken, Tim, Schweckendiek, Jan, Vaitl, Dieter, Wolf, Oliver T., Stark, Rudolf

“…► Cortisol induced modulated fear learning in women taking oral contraceptives. ► Cortisol enhances fear acquisition in the anterior cingulate and the…”
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Consensus design of a calibration experiment for human fear conditioning by Bach, Dominik R., Sporrer, Juliana, Abend, Rany, Beckers, Tom, Dunsmoor, Joseph E., Fullana, Miquel A., Gamer, Matthias, Gee, Dylan G., Hamm, Alfons, Hartley, Catherine A., Herringa, Ryan J., Jovanovic, Tanja, Kalisch, Raffael, Knight, David C., Lissek, Shmuel, Lonsdorf, Tina B., Merz, Christian J., Milad, Mohammed, Morriss, Jayne, Phelps, Elizabeth A., Pine, Daniel S., Olsson, Andreas, van Reekum, Carien M., Schiller, Daniela

“…Fear conditioning is a widely used laboratory model to investigate learning, memory, and psychopathology across species. The quantification of learning in this…”
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Using Correspondence Analysis to Combine Classifiers by Merz, Christopher J

“…Several effective methods have been developed recently for improving predictive performance by generating and combining multiple learned models. The general…”
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The modelling of silicon oxidation from 1×10-5 to 20 atmospheres by REISMAN, A, NICOLLIAN, E. H, WILLIAMS, C. K, MERZ, C. J

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Fear acquisition and extinction: modulation by sex and stress hormones? by Merz, C.J., Tabbert, K., Stark, R., Vaitl, D., Wolf, O.T.

“…Methods To further elucidate the processes involved in fear acquisition and extinction we conducted a differential fear conditioning experiment with…”
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Neural correlates of conditioned responses to disorder-specific and non-specific stimuli in spider phobia by Schweckendiek, J., Klucken, T., Merz, C.J., Tabbert, K., Stark, R.

“…Methods Spider-phobics (SPQ > 20) and a spider non-fearful control group (SPQ <3) underwent an aversive conditioning paradigm with three geometric shapes…”
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Heat dissipation from silicon chips in a vertical plate, elevated pressure cold wall system by Reisman, A., Berkenblit, M., Merz, C. J., Ray, A. K.

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A Principal Components Approach to Combining Regression Estimates by Merz, Christopher J, Pazzani, Michael J

“…The goal of combining the predictions of multiple learned models is to form an improved estimator. A combining strategy must be able to robustly handle the…”
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Tuning numeric parameters to troubleshoot a telephone-network loop by Merz, C.J., Pazzani, M.J., Danyluk, A.P.

“…The Nynex Max expert system analyzes the result of an automated electric test on a telephone line and determines the type of problem. However, tuning the…”
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Automated reasoning by Murphy, D.P., Merz, C.J.

“…Automatic reasoning, which is the attempt to prove statements with a computer, is discussed. Applications to mathematical theorem proving, diagnosis from first…”
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Parameter tuning for the MAX expert system by Merz, C.J., Pazzani, M.

“…We investigate methods for tuning numeric parameters in Nynex MAX, a telephone trouble screening expert system. Steepest descent, hillclimbing, and simulated…”
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