Many emotional stimuli are processed without being consciously perceived. Recent
evidence indicates that subcortical structures have a substantial role in this processing …

The amygdala has received intense recent attention from neuroscientists investigating its
function at the molecular, cellular, systems, cognitive, and clinical level. It clearly contributes …

A subcortical pathway through the superior colliculus and pulvinar to the amygdala is
commonly assumed to mediate the non-conscious processing of affective visual stimuli. We …

What is the basic structure of emotional experience and how is it represented in the human
brain? One highly influential theory, discrete basic emotions, proposes a limited set of basic …

We draw on the theory of allostasis to develop an integrative model of the current stress
process that highlights the brain as a dynamically adapting interface between the changing …

The amygdala is a fascinating, complex structure that lies at the center of much of our current
thinking about emotion. Here, I will review data that suggest that the amygdala is involved in …

To better understand the relationship between mindfulness and depression, we studied
normal young adults (n= 27) who completed measures of dispositional mindfulness and …

Who we are as humans has a lot to do with what happens between our ears. What happens
between our ears has a lot to do with the social world we traverse, engage, and react to. The …

Previous evidence has suggested both preserved emotional function in aging and age-
related differences in emotional processing, but the neural networks underlying such …

The ability to make decisions within an emotional context requires a balance between two
functionally integrated neural systems that primarily support executive control and affective …