Dr Narun Pat, Our People, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, New Zealand

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Email narun.pat@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 470 4629

Lab website: Human Affective and Motivational Neuroscience Lab

Dr Narun Pat (Pornpattananangkul) studies brain bases of individual differences in cognition, emotion and motivation. His laboratory employs cognitive neuroscience methods (such as, fMRI, EEG and polygenic scores) along with modern data science tools (such as, big data, machine learning and computational modeling). His research has been supported by Health Research Council of New Zealand, Oakley Mental Health Research Foundation, Otago Medical Research Foundation and University of Otago.

Narun joined the Department in 2019. He was trained by clinical and social neuroscientists during his PhD in Brain Behavior and Cognition at Northwestern University in the US. He was then trained by a neuroeconomist during his first post-doctoral position at National University of Singapore. He later worked with psychiatrists and neuroimagers during his second post-doctoral training at the National Institute of Mental Health in the US. Accordingly, he has developed an interdisciplinary research program to study individual differences and has collaborated with people across fields of study locally and internationally. He obtained several academic awards from agencies such as Fulbright and the US National Institute of Health.

Research interests

human cognitive neuroscience techniques (fMRI and EEG)
individual differences in cognition, emotion and motivation
mental and neurodevelopmental health (e.g., mood disorders and ADHD)

Teaching

PSYC 421 Advanced Research Methods
NEUR 301 Current Topics in Neuroscience

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Publications

Tetereva, A., Li, J., Deng, J. D., Stringaris, A., & Pat, N. (2022). Capturing brain-cognition relationship: Integrating task-based fMRI across tasks markedly boosts prediction and test-retest reliability. NeuroImage, 119588. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119588

Pat, N., Wang, Y., Anney, R., Riglin, L., Thapar, A., & Stringaris, A. (2022). Longitudinally stable, brain-based predictive models mediate the relationships between childhood cognition and socio-demographic, psychological and genetic factors. Human Brain Mapping. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/hbm.26027

Pat, N., Wang, Y., Bartonicek, A., Candia, J., & Stringaris, A. (2022). Explainable machine learning approach to predict and explain the relationship between task-based fMRI and individual differences in cognition. Cerebral Cortex. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac235

Huang, Y., Pat, N., Kok, B. C., Chai, J., Feng, L., & Yu, R. (2023). Getting over past mistakes: Prospective and retrospective regret in older adults. Journals of Gerontology Series B, 78(3), 469-478. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbac159

Pat, N., Riglin, L., Anney, R., Wang, Y., Barch, D. M., Thapar, A., & Stringaris, A. (2022). Motivation and cognitive abilities as mediators between polygenic scores and psychopathology in children. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(6), 782-795. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.08.019

Journal - Research Article

Bartonicek, A., Wickham, S. R., Pat, N., & Conner, T. S. (2021). The value of Bayesian predictive projection for variable selection: An example of selecting lifestyle predictors of young adult well-being. BMC Public Health, 21, 695. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10690-3

Journal - Research Article

Vidal-Ribas, P., Janiri, D., Doucet, G. E., Pornpattananangkul, N., Nielson, D., Frangou, S., & Stringaris, A. (2021). Multimodal neuroimaging of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in a U.S. population-based sample of school-age children. American Journal of Psychiatry, 178(4), 321-332. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20020120

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Nielson, D. M., Keren, H., O'Callaghan, G., Jackson, S. M., Douka, I., Zheng, C. Y., … Pornpattananangkul, N., … Stringaris, A. (2021). Great expectations: A critical review of and recommendations for the study of reward processing as a cause and predictor of depression. Biological Psychiatry, 89(2), 134-143. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.06.012

Journal - Research Other

Harada, T., Mano, Y., Komeda, H., Hechtman, L. A., Pornpattananangkul, N., Parrish, T. B., … Chiao, J. Y. (2020). Cultural influences on neural systems of intergroup emotion perception: An fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 137, 107254. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107254

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Grogans, S., Yu, R., & Nusslock, R. (2019). Single-trial EEG dissociates motivation and conflict processes during decision-making under risk. NeuroImage, 188, 483-501. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.12.029

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Leibenluft, E., Pine, D. S., & Stringaris, A. (2019). Association of brain functions in children with anhedonia mapped onto brain imaging measures. JAMA Psychiatry, 76(6), 624-633. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.0020

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Chowdhury, A., Feng, L., & Yu, R. (2019). Social discounting in the elderly: Senior citizens are good Samaritans to strangers. Journals of Gerontology Series B, 74(1), 52-58. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx040

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Nadig, A., Kelley, N. J., Pornpattananangkul, N., Glazer, J. E., & Nusslock, R. (2019). Shifts in attentional scope modulate event-related potentials evoked by reward. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 19, 586-599. doi: 10.3758/s13415-019-00705-3

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Glazer, J. E., Kelley, N. J., Pornpattananangkul, N., & Nusslock, R. (2019). Hypomania and depression associated with distinct neural activity for immediate and future rewards. Psychophysiology, 56(3), e13301. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13301

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Kelley, N. J., Glazer, J. E., Pornpattananangkul, N., & Nusslock, R. (2019). Reappraisal and suppression emotion-regulation tendencies differentially predict reward-responsivity and psychological well-being. Biological Psychology, 140, 35-47. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2018.11.005

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Kok, B. C., Chai, J., Huang, Y., Feng, L., & Yu, R. (2018). Choosing for you: Diminished self-other discrepancies in financial decisions under risk in the elderly. Psychology & Aging, 33(6), 871-891. doi: 10.1037/pag0000284

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Zhen, S., & Yu, R. (2018). Common and distinct neural correlates of self-serving and prosocial dishonesty. Human Brain Mapping, 39(7), 3086-3103. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24062

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Glazer, J. E., Kelley, N. J., Pornpattananangkul, N., Mittal, V. A., & Nusslock, R. (2018). Beyond the FRN: Broadening the time-course of EEG and ERP components implicated in reward processing. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 132, 184-202. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.02.002

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Nadig, A., Heidinger, S., Walden, K., & Nusslock, R. (2017). Elevated outcome-anticipation and outcome-evaluation ERPs associated with a greater preference for larger-but-delayed rewards. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 17(3), 625-641. doi: 10.3758/s13415-017-0501-4

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Zhang, J., Chen, Q., Kok, B. C., & Yu, R. (2017). Generous to whom? The influence of oxytocin on social discounting [Short communication]. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 79, 93-97. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.02.016

Journal - Research Other

Reznik, S. J., Nusslock, R., Pornpattananangkul, N., Abramson, L. Y., Coan, J. A., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2017). Laboratory-induced learned helplessness attenuates approach motivation as indexed by posterior versus frontal theta activity. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 17(4), 904-916. doi: 10.3758/s13415-017-0521-0

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Pornpattananangkul, N., & Nusslock, R. (2016). Willing to wait: Elevated reward-processing EEG activity associated with a greater preference for larger-but-delayed rewards. Neuropsychologia, 91, 141-162. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.07.037

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Hariri, A. R., Harada, T., Mano, Y., Komeda, H., Parrish, T. B., … Chiao, J. Y. (2016). Cultural influences on neural basis of inhibitory control. NeuroImage, 139, 114-126. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.05.061

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Zabelina, D. L., O'Leary, D., Pornpattananangkul, N., Nusslock, R., & Beeman, M. (2015). Creativity and sensory gating indexed by the P50: Selective versus leaky sensory gating in divergent thinkers and creative achievers. Neuropsychologia, 69, 77-84. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.01.034

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Hu, X., Pornpattananangkul, N., & Nusslock, R. (2015). Executive control- and reward-related neural processes associated with the opportunity to engage in voluntary dishonest moral decision making. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 15(2), 475-491. doi: 10.3758/s13415-015-0336-9

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Pornpattananangkul, N., & Nusslock, R. (2015). Motivated to win: Relationship between anticipatory and outcome reward-related neural activity. Brain & Cognition, 100, 21-40. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2015.09.002

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Walden, K., Pornpattananangkul, N., Curlee, A., McAdams, D. P., & Nusslock, R. (2015). Posterior versus frontal theta activity indexes approach motivation during affective autobiographical memories. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 15, 132-144. doi: 10.3758/s13415-014-0322-7

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Hu, X., & Nusslock, R. (2015). Threat/reward-sensitivity and hypomanic-personality modulate cognitive-control and attentional neural processes to emotional stimuli. Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 10(11), 1525-1536. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv042

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Nusslock, R., Young, C. B., Pornpattananangkul, N., & Damme, K. S. F. (2015). Neurophysiological and neuroimaging techniques. In R. L. Cautin & S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), The encyclopedia of clinical psychology. (pp. 1976-1984). John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118625392.wbecp557

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Pornpattananangkul, N., & Chiao, J. Y. (2014). Comment: Affect control theory and cultural priming: A perspective from cultural neuroscience. Emotion Review, 6(2), 136-137. doi: 10.1177/1754073913512001

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Zink, C. F., & Chiao, J. Y. (2014). Neural basis of social status hierarchy. In J. T. Cheng, J. L. Tracy & C. Anderson (Eds.), The psychology of social status. (pp. 303-323). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0867-7_14

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Pornpattananangkul, N., Cheong, B. K., & Chiao, J. Y. (2014). The role of negativity bias in political judgment: A cultural neuroscience perspective. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 37(3), 325-326. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13002707

Journal - Research Other

Cheong, B. K., Mrazek, A. J., Pornpattananangkul, N., Blizinsky, K. D., & Chiao, J. Y. (2013). Constraints, catalysts and coevolution in cultural neuroscience: Reply to commentaries. Psychological Inquiry, 24, 71-79. doi: 10.1080/1047840X.2013.773599

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Chiao, J. Y., Cheong, B. K., Pornpattananangkul, N., Mrazek, A. J., & Blizinsky, K. D. (2013). Cultural neuroscience: Progress and promise. Psychological Inquiry, 24(1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/1047840X.2013.752715

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Hu, X., Pornpattananangkul, N., & Rosenfeld, J. P. (2013). N200 and P300 as orthogonal and integrable indicators of distinct awareness and recognition processes in memory detection. Psychophysiology, 50(5), 454-464. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12018

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Chiao, J. Y., Cheong, B. K., Pornpattananangkul, N., Mrazek, A. J., & Blizinsky, K. D. (2013). Cultural neuroscience: Understanding human diversity. In M. J. Gelfand, C.-Y. Chiu & Y.-Y. Hong (Eds.), Advances in culture and psychology. (pp. 1-76). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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Hechtman, L. A., Pornpattananangkul, N., & Chiao, J. Y. (2012). Psychological constructionism and cultural neuroscience. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 35, 152-153. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001713

Journal - Research Other

Chiao, J. Y., Hechtman, L., & Pornpattananangkul, N. (2011). Cultural neuroscience and the collective good. In D. R. Forsyth & C. L. Hoyt (Eds.), For the greater good of all: Perspectives on individualism, society, and leadership. (pp. 49-67). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230116269

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