The ability to adaptively regulate emotion is essential for mental and physical well-being.
How should we organize the myriad ways people attempt to regulate their emotions? We …

Emotion regulation comprises all extrinsic and intrinsic control processes whereby people
monitor, evaluate and modify the occurrence, intensity and duration of emotional reactions …

Adolescence is the transition from childhood to adulthood that begins around the onset of
puberty and ends with relative independence from the parent. This developmental period is …

Adolescence is a time in development when significant changes occur in affective
neurobiology. These changes provide a prolonged period of plasticity to prepare the …

We examined the neural basis of self-regulation in individuals from a cohort of preschoolers
who performed the delay-of-gratification task 4 decades ago. Nearly 60 individuals, now in …

A set of face stimuli called the NimStim Set of Facial Expressions is described. The goal in
creating this set was to provide facial expressions that untrained individuals, characteristic of …

Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by suboptimal decisions and actions
that give rise to an increased incidence of unintentional injuries and violence, alcohol and …

OBJECTIVE: Adolescence is a developmental period that entails substantial changes in risk-
taking behavior and experimentation with alcohol and drugs. Understanding how the brain …

In the 1960s, Mischel and colleagues developed a simple 'marshmallow test'to measure
preschoolers' ability to delay gratification. In numerous follow-up studies over 40 years, this …

Early adversity, for example poor caregiving, can have profound effects on emotional
development. Orphanage rearing, even in the best circumstances, lies outside of the bounds …