Learning the value of stimuli and actions from others—social learning—adaptively
contributes to individual survival and plays a key role in cultural evolution. We review …

In the last decade, emerging evidence has reported correlations between the gut
microbiome and human health and disease, including those affecting the brain. We …

Verbal Working memory (vWM) capacity measures the ability to maintain and manipulate
verbal information for a short period of time. The specific neural correlates of this construct …

The acquisition of fear associative memory requires brain processes of coordinated neural
activity within the amygdala, prefrontal cortex (PFC), hippocampus, thalamus and brainstem …

Fear is characterized by distinct behavioral and physiological responses that are essential
for the survival of the human species. Fear conditioning (FC) serves as a valuable model for …

Posttraumatic stress disorder can be viewed as a disorder of fear dysregulation. An
abundance of research suggests that the prefrontal cortex is central to fear processing—that …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental illness composed of a
heterogeneous collection of symptom clusters. The unique nature of PTSD as arising from a …

The amygdala is a key component in predominant neural circuitry models of psychopathy.
Yet, after two decades of neuroimaging research on psychopathy, the reproducibility of …

Although research has identified dozens of behavioral and psychosocial strategies for
boosting resilience in adults, little is known about the common underlying pathways. A …

Distancing is a type of emotion regulation that involves simulating a new perspective to alter
the psychological distance and emotional impact of a stimulus. The effectiveness and …