The urgent need to recognize danger quickly has been shown to rely on preferential
processing in dedicated neural circuitry. In previous behavioral studies examining the …

Background Adaptation is key to survival. An organism must adapt to environmental
challenges in order to be able to thrive in the environment in which they find themselves …

Consistent evidence from human data points to successful threat–safety discrimination and
responsiveness to extinction of fear memories as key characteristics of resilient individuals …

In contrast to a perceptible threat that releases freezing, fleeing and fighting, abstract
potential threat elicits anxiety and vigilance. The prevalent view is that the larger the animal …

Stress resilience is the phenomenon that some people maintain their mental health despite
exposure to adversity or show only temporary impairments followed by quick recovery …

New advances in neurobiology are revealing that brain development and the learning it
enables are directly dependent on social-emotional experience. Growing bodies of research …

Research over the last several decades has shown that the health of the body is intimately
tied to the strength of our social connections, but why? This article reviews evidence from …

The defensive peripersonal space represents a “safety margin” advantageous for survival.
Its spatial extension and the possible relationship with personality traits have never been …

Developers of NBIC (Nano‐Bio‐Info‐Cogno) technologies face a multitude of obstacles, not
the least of which is navigating the public ethics of their applied research. Biotechnologies …

Although considerable research has shown the importance of social connection for physical
health, little is known about the higher-level neurocognitive processes that link experiences …