We present a comprehensive overview of the neurobiology of unipolar major depression
and antidepressant drug action, integrating data from affective neuroscience, neuro-and …

Abnormal emotion processing is a core feature of major depressive disorder (MDD). Since
the emergence of functional neuroimaging techniques, many studies have been conducted …

Modeling human cognition is challenging because there are infinitely many mechanisms
that can generate any given observation. Some researchers address this by constraining the …

Objectives The present study explored the effects of two prebiotics on the secretion of the
stress hormone, cortisol and emotional processing in healthy volunteers. Methods Forty-five …

Brain networks that govern parental response to infant signals have been studied with
imaging techniques over the last 15 years. The complex interaction of thoughts and …

Background: Social cognition–the ability to identify, perceive, and interpret socially relevant
information–is an important skill that plays a significant role in successful interpersonal …

Background Cognitive models of depression suggest that major depression is characterized
by biased facial emotion processing, making facial stimuli particularly valuable for …

Humans suffer heavily from substance use disorders and other addictions. Despite much
effort that has been put into understanding the mechanisms of the addictive process …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by altered emotional and cognitive
functioning. We performed a voxel-based whole-brain meta-analysis of functional …

To investigate the relation between vocal prosody and change in depression severity over
time, 57 participants from a clinical trial for treatment of depression were evaluated at seven …