Personality psychology seeks both to understand how individuals differ from one another in
behavior, motivation, emotion, and cognition and to explain the causes of those differences …

Early imaging studies in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) focused on the search for mesial
temporal sclerosis, as its surgical removal results in clinically meaningful improvement in …

The adolescent brain undergoes profound structural changes which is influenced by many
factors. Screen media activity (SMA; eg, watching television or videos, playing video games …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been increasingly documented to cause negative impacts on
mental health outcomes, eg posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Dispositional optimism …

The insula, a “cortical hub” buried within the lateral sulcus, is involved in a number of
processes including goal-directed cognition, conscious awareness, autonomic regulation …

Anatomical connectivity imposes strong constraints on brain function, but there is no general
agreement about principles that govern its organization. Based on extensive quantitative …

Autism spectrum conditions (ASC) are neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by
abnormal social cognition. A core feature of ASC is disrupted Theory of Mind (ToM), our …

Abstract Dispositional optimism (hereinafter, optimism), as a vital character strength, reflects
the tendency to hold generalized positive expectancies for future outcomes. A great number …

Local functional homogeneity of the human cortex indicates the boundaries between
functionally heterogeneous regions and varies remarkably across the cortical mantle. It is …

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental conditions primarily
characterized by abnormalities in social cognition. Abundant previous functional MRI studies …