Event‐related potential studies of emotional processing have focused on the late positive
potential (LPP), a sustained positive deflection in the ERP that is increased for emotionally …

Everyday life is defined by goal states that are continuously reprioritized based on available,
often affective information. To pursue these goals, individuals need to process and maintain …

Our daily emotional experience is a complex construct that usually involves multiple
emotions blended in a context-dependent manner. However, the co-occurring and context …

Vulnerability models of depression posit that individual differences in trait-like vulnerabilities
emerge early in life and increase risk for the later development of depression. In this review …

Reduced activation of positive valence systems (PVS), including blunted neural and
physiological responses to pleasant stimuli and rewards, has been shown to prospectively …

Cognitive vulnerabilities, such as a negative self-referential processing bias, have been
theorized to play a causal role in the development of depression. Indeed, depression is …

Recent advances in information technology have suggested the potential possibility to
assess an individual's personality automatically. The present study proposed and …

Self-regulation has been studied across levels of analysis; however, little attention has been
paid to the extent to which self-report, neural, and behavioral indices predict goal pursuit in …

This review focuses on research my colleagues and I have conducted on etiological
pathways to depression. Much of this work has focused on the measurement of neural …

Individual differences in neural response to appetitive and aversive stimuli may confer
vulnerability to stress-related psychopathology, including depression and anxiety. However …