Publications by authors named "L Konicar"

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  • * In a clinical trial with 22 male adolescents, participants received either active or sham tDCS while engaging in emotion recognition tasks, resulting in significant improvements in dynamic emotion recognition and specific brain activation associated with social processing.
  • * The research found that both tDCS groups displayed tolerability and improvements in ASD symptoms, but noted variability in electric field effects, suggesting that future studies might need individualized tDCS approaches for better results.
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is defined as the impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences and still represents one of the biggest challenges for society regarding health conditions, social consequences, and financial costs, including the high relapse rates after traditional alcohol rehabilitation treatment. Especially, the deficient emotional competence in AUD is said to play a key role in the development of AUD and hinders the interruption of substance compulsion, often leading to a viscous circle of relapse. Although the empirical evidence of a neurophysiological basis of AUD is solid and increases even further, clinical interventions based on neurophysiology are still rare for individuals with AUD.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social cognition including emotion recognition (ER) abilities. Common symptoms include unusual patterns of visual social attention, which are investigated as early developmental biomarkers for ASD. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) has shown promising results in influencing social functioning in individuals with ASD.

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  • The study investigated the effects of slow cortical potential neurofeedback (NF) training on affective changes in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), linking brain activity to emotional improvements.
  • Forty-one male adolescents with ASD were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging, with half receiving NF training while the other half continued with standard treatment, followed by assessments of their affective characteristics.
  • No significant differences were found between the NF and control groups regarding emotional or resting-state measures, but certain brain regions showed increased activity correlated with emotional improvements, suggesting that individual regulation strategies may play a role in these changes.
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NFB has a clear potential as a recognised treatment option for ADHD, but suffers from a lack of clarity about its efficacy, still unresolved after multiple controlled trials. Comparing learners and non-learners based on the evolution of patient-level indicators during the trial serves as a 'natural' control, and can help elucidate the mechanisms of NFB. We present a systematic review motivated by the need to establish the state of the art of patient learning during NFB treatment in current clinical literature.

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