A wealth of literature suggests the existence of sex differences in how emotions are
experienced, recognized, expressed, and regulated. However, to what extent these …

Childhood trauma is a risk factor for psychotic and mood disorders that is associated with
abnormal hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis function in response to stress and …

Sex differences in emotional reactivity have been studied primarily for negative but less so
for positive stimuli; likewise, sex differences in the psychophysiological response-patterning …

Sex differences in pain perception are still poorly understood, but they may be related to the
way the brains of men and women respond to the affective dimensions of pain. Using a …

Here, we test three often proposed hypotheses about socioeconomic status (SES), affect,
and the brain, for which evidence is mixed or lacking. The first hypothesis, that negative …

The first peak of emotional distress is during teenage, when children have limited abilities to
address challenges following major biopsychosocial changes. In this study, we examined …

Humor operates through a variety of techniques, which first generate surprise and then
amusement and laughter once the unexpected incongruity is resolved. As different types of …

Psychosocial stress affects resources for adequate coping with environmental demands. A
crucial question in this context is the extent to which acute psychosocial stressors impact …

Past research has identified an event-related potential (ERP) marker for vocal emotional
encoding and has highlighted vocal-processing differences between male and female …

Previous studies have examined testosterone's role in regulating the processing of facial
displays of emotions (FDEs). However, the reciprocal process–the influence of FDEs, an …