Goal-directed action in changing environments requires a dynamic balance between
complementary control modes, which serve antagonistic adaptive functions (eg, to shield …

This article pays tribute to the seminal paper by Peter J. Lang (1977; this journal),“Imagery in
Therapy: Information Processing Analysis of Fear.” We review research and clinical practice …

In a capitalist system, consumers, investors, and corporations orient their activities toward a
future that contains opportunities and risks. How actors assess uncertainty is a problem that …

Emotions are often felt in the body, and somatosensory feedback has been proposed to
trigger conscious emotional experiences. Here we reveal maps of bodily sensations …

This paper presents a discursive review of the dimensions pleasure, arousal and dominance
that Mehrabian and Russell developed in 1974 to assess environmental perception …

Starting from the assumption that decision situations in economic contexts are characterized
by fundamental uncertainty, this article argues that the decision-making of intentionally …

The late positive potential (LPP) is a reliable electrophysiological index of emotional
perception in humans. Despite years of research, the brain structures that contribute to the …

Dishonesty is an integral part of our social world, influencing domains ranging from finance
and politics to personal relationships. Anecdotally, digressions from a moral code are often …

A key process in decision-making is estimating the value of possible outcomes. Growing
evidence suggests that different types of values are automatically encoded in the …

Individuals may show different responses to stressful events. Here, we investigate the
neurobiological basis of stress resilience, by showing that neural responsitivity of the …