Cognitive Science, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Ergonomics, Human Factor Design, Memory Consolidation, Reconsolidation, Stress & Anxiety, Fear Conditioning, Extinction, Emotion, Brain Stimulation (tDCS)
2025
1. Dar, K. F., & Asthana, M. K. (2025). Does cognitive reappraisal facilitate extinction? Cognition and Emotion, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2025.2467068
2024
1. Mitra, S., Asthana, M.K. Investigating the effect of continuous and partial reinforcement in conceptual fear generalization. Sci Rep 14, 26305 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-71575-0
2. Kant, V., Tak, R., and Asthana, MK (2024) DCare: Empowering dementia caregivers in Indian families in informal care settings. Book: Design for Dementia, Mental Health and Wellbeing. Edition 1st Routledge, eBook ISBN 9781003318262
3. Mitra, S., Asthana, MK (2024) Attenuating conditioned fear using imagery-based interventions: An overview, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Volume 163, 2024, 105751, ISSN 0149-7634, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105751
4. Verma A, Mitra S, Khamaj A, Kant V, Asthana MK (2024) Preventing fear return in humans: Music-based intervention during reactivation-extinction paradigm. PLOS ONE 19(2): e0293880. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293880
5. Paramita, P.P., Asthana, MK, Amin, A.S. & Hassim, N.,(2024) Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities: Perspectives from Indonesian and Malaysian Higher Education. Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication Jilid 40(3) 2024: 247-261
6. Verma, A., Sridhar, S., Dar, K.F. Asthana MK (2024) Scope and challenges in the implementation of Time Bank in India: a qualitative study. Discov glob soc 2, 14 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-024-00040-0
2023
- Sridhar, S., Khamaj, A., & Asthana, M. K. (2023). Cognitive neuroscience perspective on memory: Overview and summary. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1217093
- Paul, T., Shrawat, S., & Asthana, M. K. Mental health of Indian young adults during COVID-19.BOHR International Journal of General and Internal Medicine2023, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 60–66.
- Tom, A., Kumar, N., and Asthana, M.K. (2023). “Novel Experiential Teaching Approaches for School Teachers Teaching English to Students with SLDs.” An Insight on ELT, edited by D.B. Gupta, V. Bhatt and J. Kelmendi, Biblioteka, pp. 51-67
2022
- 1. Maji, S., Mitra, S., and Asthana, M.K. (2022). ‘Treading the No woman’s Land’: The Gender-STEM Dynamics in Higher Education in Premier Institutions of India (accepted in European Journal of Engineering Education)
- 2. Mitra, S., Singh, A., Sambath, R.D., Asthana, M.K. (2022). Information and communication technology adoption among the older people: A qualitative approach. Health and Social Care in the community. 10.1111/hsc.14085
- 3. R D, S., Mitra, S., & Asthana, M. K. (2022). Efficacy of Sex Differences on the Perceptual Experience of Virtual Building Images. In D. Chakrabarti, S. Karmakar, & U. R. Salve (Eds.), Ergonomics for Design and Innovation: Humanizing Work and Work Environment: Proceedings of HWWE 2021: 391 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems) (1st ed.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
- Sharma, L., Sharma, A., Kumar, D., Kumar, A., Asthana, M.K., & Kumar, D. Promising protein biomarkers in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Metabolic Brain Disease (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-021-00847-9
- Manish KA, Sanjib B (2022) Consideration of Physiological Monitoring in the Study of Anxiety Research. Int J Ment Health Psychiatry 8:3
2020
- Huang, Y., Zuo, K., Asthana, M. K., Comfort, W. E., & Xu, Z. (2020). Electrophysiological evidence that release from proactive inhibition reflects late semantic processing. Psychophysiology. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13639
2019
- Huang, Y., Zuo, K., Asthana, M. K., Comfort, W. E., & Xu, Z. (2019). How robust and rapid can the memory-driven attentional capture be? Current Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s12144-019-00332-8
- Ganho-Avila, A., Goncalves, O. F., Guiomar, R., Boggio, P. S., Asthana, M. K., Krypotos, A.-M., & Almeida, J. (2019). The effect of cathodal tDCS on fear extinction: a cross-measures study. Plos One doi: 10.1101/561803.
- Ganho-Ávila, A., Gonçalves, Ó. F., Boggio, P. S., Asthana, M. K., & Almeida, J. (2017). Combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and classical extinction to persistently erase avoidance tendencies. Brain Stimulation, 10(2), 407. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.01.207
- Ganho-Ávila, A., Gonçalves, Ó. F., Guiomar, R., Boggio, P. S., Asthana, M. K., Krypotos, A.-M., & Almeida, J. (2019). Cathodal tDCS enhances extinction-based procedures. LEncéphale, 45. doi: 10.1016/j.encep.2019.04.009
2018
- Busin, Y., Lukasova, K., Asthana, M. K., & Macedo, E. C. (2018). Hemiface Differences in Visual Exploration Patterns When Judging the Authenticity of Facial Expressions. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02332
2017
- Donate, A. P. G., Marques, L. M., Lapenta, O. M., Asthana, M. K., Amodio, D., & Boggio, P. S. (2017). Ostracism via virtual chat room—Effects on basic needs, anger and pain. Plos One, 12(9). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184215
2015
- Asthana, M. K., Brunhuber, B., Mühlberger, A., Reif, A., Schneider, S., & Herrmann, M. J. (2015). Preventing the Return of Fear Using Reconsolidation Update Mechanisms Depends on the Met-Allele of the Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Val66Met Polymorphism. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyv137
- Asthana MK.: Opinion: Weak direct current stimulation a new prospect in William syndrome disorder with regard to social fear. American Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences in Volume 2, Issue 5, Oct. 2015.
- Boggio, P. S., Asthana, M. K., Costa, T. L., Valasek, C. A., & Osório, A. A. C. (2015). Promoting social plasticity in developmental disorders with non-invasive brain stimulation techniques. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 9. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00294
2014
- Singh, R., & Asthana, M.: Opinion Article: Fear learning and Childhood Autism. International Journal of Psychosocial Research, vol.3 Issue (2), December, 2014
2013
- Asthana, M., Nueckel, K., Mühlberger, A., Neueder, D., Polak, T., Domschke, K., Herrmann, M. J. (2013). Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Consolidation of Fear Memory. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 4. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00107
- Bellaïche, L., Asthana, M., Ehlis, A.-C., Polak, T., & Herrmann, M. J. (2013). The Modulation of Error Processing in the Medial Frontal Cortex by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. Neuroscience Journal, 2013, 1–10. doi: 10.1155/2013/187692
POSTER PRESENTATION
1. Abdullah, S.A., Verma, V & Asthana, M.K. (2025). How to Encourage Self-helping Behavior of Students in Academic Institution, poster presentation at the Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS) 2025 conference, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (18/06/2025 – 20/06/2025)
2. Verma, V & Asthana, M.K. (2025). To Understand the Effect of Frequency of Medicine Usage on Familiarity and Dominance of OTC Medicine Label: A Pilot Study, poster presentation at the Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS) 2025 conference, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (18/06/2025 – 20/06/2025)
3. Dar, KF & Asthana, M.K. (2024). Exploring the role of Imagery Rescripting and Imaginal Extinction in Reducing Generalized Threat Expectancies, poster presentation at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Bangalore, Karnataka (11/11/2024 – 14/11/2024)
4. Maithani, V & Asthana, M.K. (2024). An electrophysiological study to investigate fight-flight defence responses in humans using 3D virtual reality simulation, poster presentation at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Bangalore, Karnataka (11/11/2024 – 14/11/2024)
5. Maithani, V & Asthana, M.K. (2024). Exploring human defense responses in a 3D virtual reality environment: An EEG study, poster presentation at the 11th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (13/12/2024 – 15/12/2024)
6. To Understand the Healthcare Systems Thinking Using the Swiss-Cheese Model to Avoid Medication Error (Verma, V. & Asthana, MK: IDEAS Conference 2024, Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India . 19/10/2024 – 20/10/2024)
7. The role of implicit threat stimuli processing affects route learning in the virtual environment (Asthana, MK: Society for Neuroscience Conference 2024, Chicago, USA . 05/10/2024 – 09/10/2024)
8. Prediction error and memory strength affect the initiation of memory reconsolidation (Paul, T. & Asthana, MK: Society for Neuroscience Conference 2024, Chicago, USA . 05/10/2024 – 09/10/2024)
9. Exploring the conditioned pleasant and unpleasant auditory stimuli in the acquired equivalence paradigm (Maithani, V. & Asthana, MK: Society for Neuroscience Conference 2024, Chicago, USA . 05/10/2024 – 09/10/2024)
10. An electrophysiological investigation of fight-flight defense responses in humans using 3d virtual reality environment (Maithani, V. & Asthana, MK: Society for Neuroscience Conference 2024, Chicago, USA . 05/10/2024 – 09/10/2024)
11. Imagery rescripting attenuates the return of generalized fear through spontaneous recovery (Mitra, S. & Asthana, MK: Society for Neuroscience Conference 2024, Chicago, USA . 05/10/2024 – 09/10/2024)
12. Efficacy of style of reappraisal on fear extinction and recall (Dar, KF. & Asthana, MK: Society for Neuroscience Conference 2024, Chicago, USA . 05/10/2024 – 09/10/2024)
13. Mitra, S., & Asthana, M.K. (2023). Imagery Rescripting and Imaginal Extinction in Reducing Generalized Fear: A Comparison, poster presentation at the 10th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur on 10th December, 2023.
14. Asthana, M.K., Verma, A., & Mitra, S. (2023). Music played during the reconsolidation window blocks the return of fear in humans, poster presentation at the Neuroscience 2023, annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience on 15thNovember, 2023 at Washington DC, USA.
15. Mitra, S., & Asthana, M.K. (2023). Continuous and partial reinforcement impact threat expectancies in conceptual fear generalization, poster presentation at the Neuroscience 2023, annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience on 11th November, 2023 at Washington DC, USA. Funded by the Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA) by the Society for Neuroscience (2500 USD).
16. Mitra, S., & Asthana, M.K. (2023). Exploring the role of Imagery Rescripting and Imaginal Extinction in Reducing Generalized Threat Expectancies, poster presentation at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences and International Conference on Brain: Chemistry to Cognition, Jiwaji University, Gwalior.
17. Mitra, S., & Asthana, M.K. (2023). Investigating the Effect of Reinforcement Levels on Conceptual Fear Generalization, oral presentation at the 32nd National Academy of Psychology (NaOP) Annual Convention, Ahmedabad University.
18. Influence of Affect on Memory Encoding (Paul, T. & Asthana, MK: 32nd Annual Convention of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) March 2023 )
19. Coping with the Pandemic: Influence of Movie preference and Trait Anxiety (Fatima, K. & Asthana, MK: 32nd Annual Convention of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) March 2023 )
20. Modulation of Imagery Rescripting and Extinction using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (Mitra, S. & Asthana, MK: TEAP Conference 2022, Germany on 23rd March 2022.)
21. Understanding Information and Communication Technology Acceptance among Elderly Users (Mitra, S. & Asthana, MK: 4th Summer School: Cultural Psychology, Interdisciplinary Synthesis at the University of Luxembourg (APA Div. 52), June 1st, 2022)
22. Effect of Continuous and Partial Reinforcement in Conceptual Fear Generalization (Mitra, S. & Asthana, MK: 9th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science, IIT Delhi, December, 8-10th 2022)
23. The influence of Emotion on Affective Memory Encoding (Paul, T. & Asthana, MK:TEAP Conference 2022, Germany on 05th March 2022)
24. Music and Emotion: The Effect of Valence and Arousal on music perception (Verma, A. & Asthana, MK: Florida Psychological Association, September 25th, 2021)
25. A Qualitative Approach to examine Technology Acceptance and Ease of Use among Elderly (Mitra, S. & Asthana, MK: Florida Psychological Association, September 25th, 2021)
26. Effects of contextual word-picture pairing on psychophysiological response (Society for Neuroscience, 12th-16thNovember, 2016 in San Diego, USA)
27. Can transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) moderate social fear learning? (Advances in Neuoroimaging and Applications in Cognitive Disorders, 3rd-4th May 2016, Manesar, India)
28. Heart-rate variability: Determinants of cortical neurostimulation in social fear learning (VII International Symposium on Neuromodulation, August,2015 in Sao Paulo, Brasil)
29. Modulatoryeffects of weak neurostimulation in social fear learning (VII International Symposium on Neuromodulation, August,2015 in Sao Paulo, Brasil)
30. The effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on consolidation of fear Learning (Society for Neuroscience, 12th-17th Oct., 2012 in New Orleans, USA)
31. Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on stabilization of fear memory (Cognitive Enhancer: 22nd Neuropharmocology Conference, 10th-11th Oct., 2012, New Orleans, USA)
32. Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on extinction of learned fear (ESF-FENS Conference Neurobiology of Emotion, 1th-15th Nov., 2012 in Stresa, Italy)
33. Suppression of fear recall by targeting memory reconsolidation (21stNeuropharmocology Conference, 10th-11thNov., 2011, USA)
34. Reminder blocks fear from returning in an Auditory Conditioning paradigm (2ndInternational Congress on Neurobiology, psychopharmacology & Treatment Guidance, 24th-27th Nov., 2011, Greece)
35. Reminder Impairs Fear Retrieval in an Auditory Conditioning Paradigm (2ndInternational Symposium SFB TRR 58: Fear, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Würzburg, 15.-17.09.2011, Germany)
36. Emotional information affects duration judgments (poster presentation in International Conference on Attention:Centre of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, 8thDec. 2008)
37. A Proposed Approach for Testing the Hypothesis that Cognates & Background Information Together Facilitate Vocabulary Learning (poster presentation in International Conference on Language-Cognition Interface: Center of Behaviuoral and Cognitive Science, 6th-9th Dec.2009)