Cortical-limbic circuit dynamics of approach-avoidance conflict in humans

Authors

• Brooke R Staveland, University of California - Berkeley
• Julia Oberschulte, Harvard University
• Barbara Berger, University of California - Berkeley
• Tamas Minarik, University of California - Berkeley
• Olivia Kim-McManus, University of California - San Diego
• Jon T Willie, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Peter Brunner, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Mohammad Dastjerdi, Loma Linda University
• Jack J Lin, University of California, Davis
• Elizabeth L Johnson, Northwestern University
• Michelle Paff, University of California, Irvine
• Ming Hsu, University of California - Berkeley
• Robert T Knight, University of California - Berkeley

Journal

Nature Communications

Publication Date

3-12-2026

Volume

17

Issue

1

First Page

3867

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1038/s41467-026-70287-5

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Staveland, B.R., Oberschulte, J., Berger, B. et al. Cortical-limbic circuit dynamics of approach-avoidance conflict in humans. Nat Commun 17, 3867 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70287-5 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Recommended Citation

Staveland, Brooke R; Oberschulte, Julia; Berger, Barbara; Minarik, Tamas; Kim-McManus, Olivia; Willie, Jon T; Brunner, Peter; Dastjerdi, Mohammad; Lin, Jack J; Johnson, Elizabeth L; Paff, Michelle; Hsu, Ming; and Knight, Robert T, "Cortical-limbic circuit dynamics of approach-avoidance conflict in humans." Nature Communications. 17, 1. 3867 (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/7141

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