Scholarly debates about the nature of human emotion traditionally pit biological and cultural
influences against one another. Although many existing theories acknowledge the role of …

Emotions depend upon the integrated activity of neural networks that modulate arousal,
autonomic function, motor control, and somatosensation. Brainstem nodes play critical roles …

New advances in neurobiology are revealing that brain development and the learning it
enables are directly dependent on social-emotional experience. Growing bodies of research …

We discuss whole-child development, learning, and thriving through a dynamic systems
theory lens that focuses on the United States and includes an analysis of historical …

Psychotic syndromes are divided into affective and non-affective forms. Even among the non-
affective forms, substantial differences exist. The aim of this relatively brief review is to …

Developmental scientists have long described mid-adolescents' emerging capacities to
make deep meaning about the social world and self, here called transcendent thinking, as a …

The Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces (KDEF) is one of the most widely used human
facial expressions database. Almost a decade after the original validation study, we present …

In this commentary, I build on recent interdisciplinary models for embodied cognition with
additional perspectives from affective neuroscience, educational psychology, creativity …

Problem-solving skills are highly valued in modern society and are often touted as core
elements of school mission statements, desirable traits for job applicants, and as some of the …

Adolescents' brains undergo development that enables and is enabled by emerging
capacities for transcendent thoughts and emotions. These newly emerging psychological …