Neuroimaging and electrophysiological studies provide evidence of hemispheric differences
in processing faces and, in particular, emotional expressions. However, the timing of …

In the current study, we examined the role of task-related top-down mechanisms in the
recognition of facial expressions. An expression of increasing intensity was displayed at a …

Implicit emotional processing refers to the preferential processing of emotional content even
if it is task irrelevant. Given that motivation enhances executive control by biasing attentional …

The present research investigated metacognitive awareness of emotional stimuli and its
psychophysiological correlates. We used a backward masking task presenting participants …

In the study, the neural basis of emotional reactivity was investigated. Reactivity was
operationalized as the impact of emotional pictures on the self-reported ongoing affective …

The primary focus of this quantitative, quasi-experimental, repeated-measures, within-
subject, counterbalanced research study was on the neurophysiology of religious prayer …

The demographic change leads to an increase of older persons in all societies world-wide.
Even healthy aging is accompanied by a variety of motivational, emotional, sensory …