Highlights•This opinion highlights transient and generative nature of neurochemical
biomarkers.•It criticizes weaknesses of implicit behaviourism in neuroscience.•Functional …

This paper applies evolutionary and functional constructivism approaches to the discussion
of psychological taxonomies, as implemented in the neurochemical model Functional …

Attempts to revise the existing classifications of psychiatric disorders (DSM and ICD)
continue and highlight a crucial need for the identification of biomarkers underlying …

Abstract Background/Aims: Progress in the development of DSM/ICD taxonomies has
revealed limitations of both label-based and dimensionality approaches. These approaches …

The paper presents a new model of temperament structure that:(1) is built on the crucial
assumptions of the Regulative Theory of Temperament,(2) incorporates the so called …

Functional approaches in psychology—which ask what behavior is good for—are almost as
old as scientific psychology itself. Yet sophisticated, generative functional theories were not …

This paper reviews the principles identified in analytic neuroscience that could be used in
the setup of an international project,“Hippocrates”(H-project), named after the author of the …

This brief opinion contribution reflects on the application of Anokhin's functional systems
theory in the development of models of temperament in Russian differential …

Animal researchers are increasingly interested in individual differences in behavior. Their
interpretation as meaningful differences in behavioral strategies stable over time and across …

Background: Psychiatric disorders are often linked to dysfunctions within neurotransmitter
systems, and the same systems play a role in healthy temperaments. Development of a …