Neurons that synthesize and release 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) express a core
set of genes that establish and maintain this neurotransmitter phenotype and distinguish …

Recent behavioral studies in both humans and rodents have found evidence that
performance in decision-making tasks depends on two different learning processes; one …

In recent years, interest in measuring hedonic responses has grown tremendously in both
basic psychophysics and applied food and consumer research, resulting in the development …

The amygdala has received intense recent attention from neuroscientists investigating its
function at the molecular, cellular, systems, cognitive, and clinical level. It clearly contributes …

Olfactory and emotional higher processing pathways share common anatomical substrates.
Hence, depression is often accompanied by alterations in olfactory function. These …

A growing body of literature investigating the neural correlates of emotion word processing
has emerged in recent years. Written words have been shown to represent a suitable means …

There is ample empirical evidence for an asymmetry in the way that adults use positive
versus negative information to make sense of their world; specifically, across an array of …

Odor perception is inherently subjective. Previous work has shown that odorous molecules
evoke distributed activity patterns in olfactory cortices, but how these patterns map on to …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

It has become accepted in the neuroscience community that perception and performance
are quintessentially multisensory by nature. Using the full palette of modern brain imaging …