Visual selective attention is the process by which we tune ourselves to the world so that, of
the millions of bits per second transmitted by the retina, the information that is most important …

Recent advances in our understanding of information states in the human brain have
opened a new window into the brain's representation of emotion. While emotion was once …

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 …

Episodic memory has been analyzed in a number of different ways in both philosophy and
psychology, and most controversy has centered on its self-referential, autonoetic character …

An update to the classic text that links neuroscience and human behavior in the context of
therapy. This groundbreaking book explores the recent revolution in psychotherapy that has …

We tend to re-live emotional experiences more richly in memory than more mundane
experiences. According to one recent neurocognitive model of emotional memory, negative …

ABSTRACT The Self‐Determination Theory of motivation (SDT) has significantly guided
educational policy and research. It maintains that learning succeeds when brought about by …

Emotionally arousing events are typically better remembered than mundane ones, in part
because emotionally relevant aspects of our environment are prioritized in attention. Such …

Emotionally arousing events are usually better remembered than neutral ones. This
phenomenon is in humans mostly studied by presenting mixed lists of neutral and emotional …

We propose an extension to Mahr & Csibra's (M&C's) theory. For successful episodic
memory formation, potentially relevant aspects of a situation need to be identied and …