Maryam Ziaei
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What do we know?
We normally talk about aging concerning cognitive decline and so-called “deficits” in cognitive aspects or slowness in physical processes. While we observe slowing and deterioration in physical and cognitive domains, this is not the whole story of aging. Research has shown that emotional processes stay the same or even improve with age. This phenomenon is known as the “positivity effect” which posits that older adults’ motivational shift helps them to focus on positive emotions and prioritize information that is relevant to their goals.
We have shown that older adults show a preference for positive, over negative, items related to the engagement of a different brain network known as the cognitive control network (Neuropsychologia, 2016). In other words, older adults can control their negative emotions better than younger adults. Importantly, such a shift in preference for different emotions has consequences for older adults’ social communications. Older adults’ preference for emotional items impacts their empathic response toward others (Neuropsychologia, 2019) and their ability to understand others’ mental states (Neurobiology of Aging, 2016)! So now the question is: what are the predictors explaining whether individuals show attentional biases toward positive emotions in older age?
Key questions:
- What are the age-related neural correlates underlying individual responses towards social and emotional cues in the environment?
- How do neural correlates of emotional and social processes contribute to mental health in healthy and clinical aging?
Tools
- functional magnetic resonance imaging using 3T and 7T
- Volumetric analysis of cortical and subcortical areas
- White matter tractography
- Eye-tracking
- Physiological response recording
Master / PhD projects
PhD project
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Publikasjoner
Ziaei, M., Bonyadi, M.R. & Reutens, D.C. Age-related differences in structural and functional prefrontal networks during a logical reasoning task,
Ziaei, M., Persson, J., Bonyadi, M.R., Reutens, D.C. & Ebner, N.C. (2019) Amygdala functional network during recognition of own-age vs. other-age faces in younger and older adults.
Ziaei, M., Salami, A.R. & Persson, J. (2017). Age-related alterations in functional connectivity patterns during working memory encoding of emotional items
Ziaei. M., Burianová, H., von Hippel, W., Ebner, N., Phillips, L.H. & Henry, J.D. (2016), The impact of aging on the neural correlates involved in gaze and emotional processing
Peer-Reviewed Publications (Selected)
- Ziaei, M., Bonyadi, M.R. & Reutens, D.C. Age-related differences in structural and functional prefrontal networks during a logical reasoning task, Brain Imaging and Behavior, DOI: 10.1007/s11682-020-00315-5
- Shaw, T., York, A., Ziaei, M., Barth, M. & Bollmann, S. Longitudinal Automatic Segmentation of Hippocampal Subfields (LASHiS) using Multi-Contrast MRI, Neuroimage, 218, 116798.
- Ziaei, M., Bonyadi, M.R. & Reutens, D.C. Role of the hippocampus in logical reasoning and belief bias in aging, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 12:111
- Ziaei, M., Persson, J., Bonyadi, M.R., Reutens, D.C. & Ebner, N.C. (2019) Amygdala functional network during recognition of own-age vs. other-age faces in younger and older adults. Neuropsychologia, 129, 10-20.
- Horta, M., Ziaei, M., Lin, T., Porges, E.C., Fischer, H., Feifel, D., Spreng, N., and Ebner, N.C. (2019). Oxytocin alters patterns of brain activity and amygdalar connectivity by age during dynamic facial emotion identification, Neurobiology of Aging, 78, 42-51.
- Ziaei, M., Samrani, G. & Persson, J. (2018). Age differences in the neural response to emotional distraction during working memory encoding, Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 18, 869–883.
- Ziaei, M., Salami, A.R. & Persson, J. (2017). Age-related alterations in functional connectivity patterns during working memory encoding of emotional items, Neuropsychologia, 94, 941-12.
- Ziaei. M., Ebner, N.C. & Burianová, H. (2016). A multivariate analysis of brain networks involved in gaze and emotional processing, European Journal of Neuroscience, 45, 2: 312-320.
- Ziaei. M., Burianová, H., von Hippel, W., Ebner, N., Phillips, L.H. & Henry, J.D. (2016), The impact of aging on the neural correlates involved in gaze and emotional processing, Neurobiology of Aging, 48, 182-194.
- Peira, N., Ziaei, M. & Persson, J. (2015), Age differences in brain systems supporting transient and sustained processes involved in prospective memory and working memory. NeuroImage, 125, 745-755.
- Ziaei, M., von Hippel, W., Henry, J.D., Becker, S.I. (2015), Are age effects in positivity influenced by the valence of distractors? PLOS one, 10(9): e0137604.
- Ziaei, M., Peira, N. & Persson, J. (2014), Brain systems underlying attentional control and emotional distraction during working memory encoding, NeuroImage, 87, 276-286
Invited Book Chapter
Ziaei, M. & Fischer, H. (February 2016), Emotion and Aging: The impact of emotion on attention, memory, and face recognition in late adulthood. In J. R. Absher & J. Cloutier (Eds.), Neuroimaging Personality Neuroimaging Personality, Social Cognition, and Character. Elsevier.
2024
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Shoenfelt, Alayna;
Pehlivanoglu, Didem;
Lin, Tian;
Ziaei, Maryam;
Feifel, David;
Ebner, Natalie C..
(2024)
Effects of chronic intranasal oxytocin on visual attention to faces vs. natural scenes in older adults.
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2023
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Bonyadi, Mohammad Reza;
Wang, Rui;
Ziaei, Maryam.
(2023)
Self-Punishment and Reward Backfill for Deep Q-Learning.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2022
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Lin, Tian;
Pehlivanoglu, Didem;
Ziaei, Maryam;
Liu, Peiwei;
Woods, Adam J.;
Feifel, David.
(2022)
Age-Related Differences in Amygdala Activation Associated With Face Trustworthiness but No Evidence of Oxytocin Modulation.
Frontiers in Psychology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Tari, Atefe R;
Selbæk, Geir;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Bergh, Sverre;
Skjellegrind, Håvard;
Sallis, Robert E..
(2022)
Temporal changes in personal activity intelligence and the risk of incident dementia and dementia related mortality: A prospective cohort study (HUNT).
EClinicalMedicine
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Haugen, Randi Wenche;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert;
Ziaei, Maryam.
(2022)
NTNU Evening: Presentation of the Kavli Prizes awarded in Neuroscience 2020 and 2022.
NTNU Evening: Presentation of the Kavli Prizes awarded in Neuroscience 2020 and 2022
Annen presentasjon
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Huuha, Aleksi Matias;
Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Moreira, Jose Bianco Nascimento;
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir;
Scrimgeour, Nathan Robert;
Kivipelto, Miia.
(2022)
Can exercise training teach us how to treat Alzheimer's disease?.
Ageing Research Reviews
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
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Ziaei, Maryam;
Oestreich, Lena;
Persson, Jonas;
Reutens, David C.;
Ebner, Natalie C..
(2022)
Neural correlates of affective empathy in aging: A multimodal imaging and multivariate approach: Abbreviated title: Multimodal and multivariate approach to empathy.
Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Ziaei, Maryam;
Arnold, Charlotte;
Thompson, Kate;
Reutens, David C..
(2022)
Social Cognition in Temporal and Frontal Lobe Epilepsy: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Clinical Recommendations.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
2021
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Ziaei, Maryam;
Oestreich, Lena;
Reutens, David C.;
Ebner, Natalie C..
(2021)
Age-related differences in negative cognitive empathy but similarities in positive affective empathy.
Brain Structure and Function
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
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Shoenfelt, Alayna;
Pehlivanoglu, Didem;
Lin, Tian;
Ziaei, Maryam;
Feifel, David;
Ebner, Natalie C..
(2024)
Effects of chronic intranasal oxytocin on visual attention to faces vs. natural scenes in older adults.
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Bonyadi, Mohammad Reza;
Wang, Rui;
Ziaei, Maryam.
(2023)
Self-Punishment and Reward Backfill for Deep Q-Learning.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Lin, Tian;
Pehlivanoglu, Didem;
Ziaei, Maryam;
Liu, Peiwei;
Woods, Adam J.;
Feifel, David.
(2022)
Age-Related Differences in Amygdala Activation Associated With Face Trustworthiness but No Evidence of Oxytocin Modulation.
Frontiers in Psychology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Tari, Atefe R;
Selbæk, Geir;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Bergh, Sverre;
Skjellegrind, Håvard;
Sallis, Robert E..
(2022)
Temporal changes in personal activity intelligence and the risk of incident dementia and dementia related mortality: A prospective cohort study (HUNT).
EClinicalMedicine
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Huuha, Aleksi Matias;
Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Moreira, Jose Bianco Nascimento;
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir;
Scrimgeour, Nathan Robert;
Kivipelto, Miia.
(2022)
Can exercise training teach us how to treat Alzheimer's disease?.
Ageing Research Reviews
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
-
Ziaei, Maryam;
Oestreich, Lena;
Persson, Jonas;
Reutens, David C.;
Ebner, Natalie C..
(2022)
Neural correlates of affective empathy in aging: A multimodal imaging and multivariate approach: Abbreviated title: Multimodal and multivariate approach to empathy.
Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Ziaei, Maryam;
Arnold, Charlotte;
Thompson, Kate;
Reutens, David C..
(2022)
Social Cognition in Temporal and Frontal Lobe Epilepsy: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Clinical Recommendations.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
-
Ziaei, Maryam;
Oestreich, Lena;
Reutens, David C.;
Ebner, Natalie C..
(2021)
Age-related differences in negative cognitive empathy but similarities in positive affective empathy.
Brain Structure and Function
Vitenskapelig artikkel
UTSTILLING
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Haugen, Randi Wenche;
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert;
Ziaei, Maryam.
(2022)
NTNU Evening: Presentation of the Kavli Prizes awarded in Neuroscience 2020 and 2022.
NTNU Evening: Presentation of the Kavli Prizes awarded in Neuroscience 2020 and 2022
Annen presentasjon