Threat-anticipatory defensive responses have evolved to promote survival in a dynamic
world. While inherently adaptive, aberrant expression of defensive responses to potential …

The amygdala and its connections with medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) play central roles in
the development of emotional processes. While several studies have suggested that this …

Excessive fear responses to uncertain threat are a key feature of anxiety disorders (ADs),
though most mechanistic work considers adults. As ADs onset in childhood and confer risk …

Background Social reticence in early childhood is characterized by shy and anxiously
avoidant behavior, and it confers risk for pediatric anxiety disorders later in development …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging is a tool used to examine brain activity both at rest
and in response to a variety of stimuli or tasks. Functional MRI may be applied to study …

One major challenge in developmental neuroscience research is the sheer number of
choices researchers face when addressing even a single research question. Even once …