Background and rationale The term 'action inhibition'encapsulates the ability to prevent any
form of planned physical response. Growing evidence suggests that different 'stages' or …

Over the past 20 years, motor response inhibition and interference control have received
considerable scientific effort and attention, due to their important role in behavior and the …

BACKGROUND: Emotion regulation strategies are thought to differ in when and how they
influence the emotion-generative process. However, no study to date has directly probed the …

Anhedonia, as a failure to experience rewarding stimuli, is a key characteristic of many
psychiatric disorders including depression and schizophrenia. Investigations on the …

A concise overview of the neuropsychology of psychopathy, written in layman's terms The
last two decades have seen tremendous growth in biological research on psychopathy, a …

Background: Inhibitory dysfunction is a key behavioral and cognitive phenotype of attention‐
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Both …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) offers great promise for elucidating the
neuropathology associated with a single or repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The …

Rationale The amygdala and insular cortex are integral to the processing of emotionally
salient stimuli. We have shown in healthy volunteers that an anxiolytic agent, lorazepam …

Adaptive, goal-directed behavior requires that organisms evaluate their actions in terms of
their outcomes. Neuroimaging studies show that unfavorable outcomes or situations with …

Impulsivity is common in Parkinson's disease even in the absence of impulse control
disorders. It is likely to be multifactorial, including a dopaminergic 'overdose'and structural …