Affective sounds are an integral part of the natural and social environment that shape and
influence behavior across a multitude of species. In human primates, these affective sounds …

Anxiety is characterized by the anticipation of aversive future events. The importance of
prestimulus anticipatory factors, such as goals and expectations, is well-established in both …

Emotional arousal enhances perception and memory of high-priority information but impairs
processing of other information. Here, we propose that, under arousal, local glutamate levels …

There is growing interest regarding the impact of affect-biased attention on
psychopathology. However, most of the research to date lacks a developmental approach. In …

Rapid assessment of emotions is important for detecting and prioritizing salient input.
Emotions are conveyed in spoken words via verbal and non-verbal channels that are …

Although negative emotion can strengthen memory of an event it can also result in memory
disturbances, as in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We examined the effects of …

When extreme, anxiety can become debilitating. Anxiety disorders, which often first emerge
early in development, are common and challenging to treat, yet the neurocognitive …

'Emotional intelligence'(EI) is one of the most highly used psychological terms in popular
nomenclature, yet its construct, divergent, and predictive validities are contentiously …

Emotion forms a central part of everyday human experience. Emotional stimuli within our
environment capture our attention and enhance memory encoding. Furthermore, emotion is …

Human brains spontaneously differentiate between various emotional and neutral stimuli,
including written words whose emotional quality is symbolic. In the electroencephalogram …