Conceptual and empirical approaches to the study of the role of asymmetric frontal cortical
activity in emotional processes are reviewed. Although early research suggested that …

Frontal EEG asymmetry appears to serve as (1) an individual difference variable related to
emotional responding and emotional disorders, and (2) a state-dependent concomitant of …

Recent years have witnessed major advances in our understanding of temperament in
childhood. Early views on temperament as unchanging and stable have been replaced by …

Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, by William R. Lovallo, is a brief
and accessible examination of psychological stress and its psychophysiological …

Children who spend early portions of their lives in institutions or those maltreated in their
families of origin are at risk for developing emotional and behavioral problems reflecting …

The stress response system is comprised of an intricate interconnected network that
includes the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) axis. The HPA axis maintains the …

Efforts to bridge emotion theory with neurobiology can be facilitated by dynamic systems
(DS) modeling. DS principles stipulate higher-order wholes emerging from lower-order …

This chapter describes the current state of knowledge regarding the developmental
neurobiology of stress, its relation to psychiatric disorders, and the impact of early adverse …

Infancy is a time of rapid growth, when brain plasticity is at a maximum. Event-related
potentials (ERPs) are one of the few methods that can easily and safely be used to study this …

We have seen these children—the shy and the sociable, the cautious and the daring—and
wondered what makes one avoid new experience and another avidly pursue it. At the crux of …