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  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
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    MOHITH VARMA

    (he/him/his)
    University Position
    PhD student

    Interests

    I am broadly interested in the topic of adaptive forgetting of unwanted emotional memories. In addition to my research interest on memory and forgetting, I have prior experience conducting research on modulating intrusive memories of trauma, social decision-making and mental well-being. I employ a combination of behavioral and neuroimaging methods (e.g. fMRI, EEG) in my research. My doctoral research is supervised by Prof. Michael Anderson in the Memory Control Lab. My PhD is funded by the Medical Research Council and the Trinity College Henry Barlow Scholarship.

    Key Publications

    A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental methods for modulating intrusive memories following lab-analogue trauma exposure in non-clinical populations

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01956-y
    Journal: Nature Human Behaviour
    Year: 2024
    Authors: Mohith M Varma, Shengzi Zeng, Laura Singh, Emily A Holmes, Jingyun Huang, Man Hey Chiu, Xiaoqing Hu

    Prosocial behavior promotes positive emotion during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001077
    Journal: Emotion
    Year: 2023
    Authors: Mohith M Varma, Danni Chen, Xuanyi Lin, Lara B Aknin, Xiaoqing Hu

    Publications

    The road not taken: common and distinct neural correlates of regret and relief

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120413
    Journal: NeuroImage
    Year: 2023
    Authors: Mohith M Varma, Avijit Chowdhury, Rongjun Yu

    Prosocial behaviour reduces unwanted intrusions of experimental traumatic memories

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103998
    Journal: Behaviour Research and Therapy
    Year: 2022
    Authors: Mohith M Varma, Xiaoqing Hu

    Brief training to modify the breadth of attention influences the generalisation of fear

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-020-10160-x
    Journal: Cognitive Therapy and Research
    Year: 2021
    Authors: Mohith M Varma, Riddhi J Pitliya, Tomislav D Zbozinek, Tomer Shechner, Tom J Barry