Anita Tusche, Queen's University

Research

cognitive neuroscience attention computational models decision making fMRI higher cognitive function individual differences multivariate pattern analsyes (MVPA)

Latest papers

Common thought patterns reflect generosity, fairness, and social context.
Scientific reports · 2026 · senior author
Brain neuromarkers predict self- and other-related mentalizing across adult, clinical, and developmental samples.
Nature communications · 2026
Patterns of Ongoing Thought Are Associated With Emotion Regulation and Negative Affect in Daily Life.
Affective science · 2026 · senior author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Talking to Machines, Changing Ourselves: How AI Chatbots Are Reshaping Social Skills, Behaviors and Human Connection
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$267,915
Neuroimaging equipment for investigating primate brain structure and function
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Mapping social cognition in complex daily settings
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$33,962

All 9 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

Common thought patterns reflect generosity, fairness, and social context.

Bas LM, Wang R, Smallwood J, Tusche A

Scientific reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-61078-5 PMID: 42538344

02

Brain neuromarkers predict self- and other-related mentalizing across adult, clinical, and developmental samples.

Açıl D, Andrews-Hanna JR, López-Solà M, van Buuren M, Krabbendam L, Zhang L, van der Meer L, Fuentes-Claramonte P, Pomarol-Clotet E, Salvador R, Debbané M, Vrticka P, Vuilleumier P, Sbarra DA, Coppola AM, Tusche A, White LO, Wager TD, Koban L

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73945-w PMID: 42251044

03

Patterns of Ongoing Thought Are Associated With Emotion Regulation and Negative Affect in Daily Life.

Wang R, Bas LM, Janet R, Smallwood J, Xu Y, Morawetz C, Tusche A

Affective science2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s42761-026-00355-y PMID: 42311798

04

Emotion regulation success involves systematic gradient-based reconfigurations of large-scale activation patterns in the human brain.

Wang R, Janet R, Morawetz C, Tusche A

PLoS biology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003666 PMID: 41926350

05

A neurocomputational account of the link between social perception and social action.

Bas LM, Roberts ID, Hutcherson CA, Tusche A

eLife2025Senior author

DOI: 10.7554/elife.92539 PMID: 40237179

06

Adult age differences in the integration of values for self and other.

Pollerhoff L, Saulin A, Kurtz M, Stietz J, Peng XR, Hein G, Tusche A, Kanske P, Li SC, Reiter AMF

Scientific reports2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-96656-6 PMID: 40229350

07

Eating disorder symptoms and emotional arousal modulate food biases during reward learning in females.

Rouhani N, Grossman CD, Feusner J, Tusche A

Nature communications2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57872-w PMID: 40133259

08

Changes in social environment impact primate gut microbiota composition.

Pearce CS, Bukovsky D, Douchant K, Katoch A, Greenlaw J, Gale DJ, Nashed JY, Brien D, Kuhlmeier VA, Sabbagh MA, Blohm G, De Felice FG, Pare M, Cook DJ, Scott SH, Munoz DP, Sjaarda CP, Tusche A, Sheth PM, Winterborn A, Boehnke S, Gallivan JP

Animal microbiome2024

DOI: 10.1186/s42523-024-00355-y PMID: 39538341

09

Body mass index-dependent shifts along large-scale gradients in human cortical organization explain dietary regulatory success.

Janet R, Smallwood J, Hutcherson CA, Plassmann H, Mckeown B, Tusche A

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2314224121 PMID: 38648482

10

Higher subjective socioeconomic status is linked to increased charitable giving and mentalizing-related neural value coding.

Schulreich S, Tusche A, Kanske P, Schwabe L

NeuroImage2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120315 PMID: 37557972

Talking to Machines, Changing Ourselves: How AI Chatbots Are Reshaping Social Skills, Behaviors and Human Connection

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tusche, Anita

$267,915

Neuroimaging equipment for investigating primate brain structure and function

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Tusche, Anita

Keywords: brain connectivity; brain function; brain structure; cognitive neuroscience; neuroimaging; nonhuman primates; social neuroscience

$150,000

Mapping social cognition in complex daily settings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Tusche, Anita

Keywords: adaptive social cognition; real-world social behaviors; experience sampling; mentalizing/theory of mind; empathy; social functioning; social network characteristics

$33,962

Mapping social cognition in complex daily settings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Tusche, Anita

Keywords: adaptive social cognition; real-world social behaviors; experience sampling; mentalizing/theory of mind; empathy; social functioning; social network characteristics

$35,461

Understanding the neurobiology of social distancing and the impact of staying digitally connected `online'

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Gallivan, Jason

Keywords: neuroplasticity magnetic resonance imaging social behaviour social networks social isolation

$250,000

Human functional neuroimaging stimulus presentation and data collection system for studies of action, perception and decision-making

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Gallivan, Jason

$148,729

MRI-compatible data collection and monitoring system for neuroimaging studies in humans and non-human primates

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Gallivan, Jason

$119,332

Neurocomputational approaches to individual differences in `virtuous' decision-making

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tusche, Anita

Keywords: decision making; computational models; multivariate pattern analsyes (mvpa); fmri; higher cognitive function; cognitive neuroscience; valuation; plasticity; attention; individual differences

$198,000

Neurocomputational approaches to individual differences in `virtuous' decision-making

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Tusche, Anita

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Psychology
Centre for Neuroscience Studies
Department of Psychiatry
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Other

Co-authors at Queen's University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Jonathan Smallwood

Psychology

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Susan Boehnke

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Martin Paré

Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Jamie Feusner

Department of Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Gunnar Blohm

Centre for Neuroscience Studies

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: cognitive neuroscience Dear Professor Tusche, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Common thought patterns reflect generosity, fairness, and social context." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Talking to Machines, Changing Ourselves: How AI Chatbots Are Reshaping Social Skills, Behaviors and Human Connection" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]