{"id":807,"date":"2025-12-09T09:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imardgroup.com\/web\/?page_id=807"},"modified":"2025-12-09T09:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:58:48","slug":"research-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imardgroup.com\/web\/research-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Neural correlates of aversive and appetitive learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Neural correlates of aversive and appetitive learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imardgroup.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ad0d3c7f-39bf-4e80-965c-6055251ed444-e1758616105494.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>We study the neurobiology of aversive and appetitive learning, with a particular focus on how these processes are represented in the human brain using functional MRI. Because aversive and reward learning are deeply conserved across species, our research has strong translational relevance and helps bridge evidence from human studies and animal models. Ultimately, our goal is to identify the neural mechanisms that contribute to the development and maintenance of mental disorders, and to clarify how alterations in learning processes may shape maladaptive behaviours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We lead the ENIGMA\u2013Fear Conditioning working group, where we coordinate large-scale, multisite efforts to harmonize data and improve reproducibility in the study of fear learning. In parallel, we collaborate closely with rodent researchers to generate robust cross-species insights, enabling us to connect mechanistic findings in animal studies with neural and behavioural patterns observed in humans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/imardgroup.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4925274-e1759143848375-1024x110.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-565\" style=\"width:633px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Last news:<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n      <div id=\"post-grid-lazy-810\" class=\"post-grid-lazy\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" \/><\/div>\n    <script>\n      jQuery('#post-grid-lazy-810').ready(function($) {\n        $('#post-grid-lazy-810').fadeOut();\n        $('#post-grid-810   ').fadeIn();\n      })\n    <\/script>\n    <style type=\"text\/css\">\n      #post-grid-810 {\n        display: none;\n      }\n\n      .post-grid-lazy {\n        text-align: center;\n      }\n    <\/style>\n    <div data-options='{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;810&quot;,&quot;lazy_load&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;masonry_enable&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;view_type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;}' id=\"post-grid-810\" class=\"post-grid grid\">\n    \n\n\n    <div class=\"grid-items\">\n      <div class=\"item item-825 skin flat even 0 \">\n        <div class=\"layer-wrapper layout-\">\n        <div class=\"layer-media\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"layer-content\">\n        <div\r\n        class=\"element element_0  element-media \">\r\n        <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dciencia.es\/como-el-cerebro-humano-aprende-el-miedo\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/imardgroup.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tmp_image_media.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_1  title_link \">\r\n                    <a target=\"\"\r\n                href=\"https:\/\/www.dciencia.es\/como-el-cerebro-humano-aprende-el-miedo\/\">Outreach post on Dciencia: How does the human brain learn fear?<\/a>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_2  excerpt \">\r\n        In this Dciencia outreach post, Enric Vilajosana presents the key insights from our recent Nature Communications publication.            <\/div>\r\n            <a class=\"element element_3  read_more \"\r\n            target=\"\"\r\n            href=\"https:\/\/www.dciencia.es\/como-el-cerebro-humano-aprende-el-miedo\/\"><\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div><div class=\"item item-381 skin flat odd 1 \">\n        <div class=\"layer-wrapper layout-\">\n        <div class=\"layer-media\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"layer-content\">\n        <div\r\n        class=\"element element_0  element-media \">\r\n        <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-63078-x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/imardgroup.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/41467_2025_63078_Fig1_HTML-1024x614.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_1  title_link \">\r\n                    <a target=\"\"\r\n                href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-63078-x\">Neural correlates of human fear conditioning<\/a>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_2  excerpt \">\r\n        Our ENIGMA paper in Nature Communications reports a mega-analysis of 2,199 participants on fear conditioning. 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