Anxiety is experienced in response to threats that are distal or uncertain, involving changes
in one's subjective state, autonomic responses, and behavior. Defensive and physiologic …

The ability to adapt to dynamic environments requires tracking multiple signals with variable
sensory salience and fluctuating behavioral relevance. This complex process requires …

The science of emotion has been using folk psychology categories derived from philosophy
to search for the brain basis of emotion. The last two decades of neuroscience research …

In this paper, we integrate recent theoretical and empirical developments in predictive
coding and active inference accounts of interoception (including the Embodied Predictive …

Abstract Sensory over-responsivity (SOR), extreme sensitivity to or avoidance of sensory
stimuli (eg, scratchy fabrics, loud sounds), is a highly prevalent and impairing feature of …

Consciousness can be conceptualized as varying along at least two dimensions: the global
state of consciousness and the content of conscious experience. Here, we highlight the …

Highlights•The cerebral cortex varies systematically in laminar structure and cellular
features.•Connections are best summarized within the framework of cortical systematic …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex and prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder
characterized by social and communicative deficits, as well as repetitive behaviors and …

Structural alterations in long‐range amygdala connections are proposed to crucially
underlie several neuropsychiatric disorders. While progress has been made in elucidating …

The thalamus plays a crucial role in higher-order emergent functions of the brain, including
working memory, attention and conscious awareness. How this small subcortical structure …