Stress and pain are interleaved at multiple levels-interacting and influencing each other.
Both are modulated by psychosocial factors including fears, beliefs, and goals, and are …

Orientation: This article addresses the interplay between individual agency and contextual
factors in contemporary career development processes. In light of the prominence of the …

Pain, an indicator of potential tissue damage, ideally falls under individual control. Although
previous work shows a trend towards reduced pain in contexts where pain is controllable …

The membrane potential of a neuron is mainly controlled by the gradient distribution of
electromagnetic field and concentration diversity between intracellular and extracellular …

Much is known about the neural circuits of conditioned fear and its relevance to
understanding anxiety disorders, but less is known about other anxiety-related behaviors …

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) integrates incoming information to guide our actions. When
motivation for food-seeking competes with avoidance of danger, the PFC likely plays a role …

People often seek out stories, videos or images that detail death, violence or harm.
Considering the ubiquity of this behavior, it is surprising that we know very little about the …

Controllability over stressors has major impacts on brain and behavior. In humans, however,
the effect of controllability on responses to stressors is poorly understood. Using functional …

Marked dysregulation of the human prefrontal cortex (PFC) and anterior cingulate cortex
(ACC) characterises a variety of anxiety disorders, and its amelioration is a key feature of …

Background Pathologic alterations in resting-state brain activity patterns exist among
individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Since physical exercise alters resting-state brain …