Academic procrastination among students is a serious problem with significant
consequences. Social support and resilience are considered to have an important influence …

Growing evidence indicates that brain carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are key modulators in
cognition, particularly in recognition and aversive memories. Here we described a role for …

Social support during exposure-based psychotherapy is believed to diminish fear and
improve therapy outcomes. However, some clinical trials challenge that notion. Underlying …

Objective Aversive emotions toward food and the consequences of eating are at the core of
anorexia nervosa. Exposure therapy is effective to reduce anxiety and avoidance toward …

The presence of a companion can reduce fear, but the neural mechanisms underlying this
social buffering of fear are incompletely known. We studied social buffering of fear in male …

Humans, like other social animals, learn about threats and safety in the environment through
social cues. Yet, the processes that contribute to the efficacy of social safety learning during …

In mammals, some physiological conditions are associated with the high brain oxytocin
(OXT) system activity. These include lactation in females and mating in males and females …

For decades, Izquierdo and colleagues contributed to building the notion that declarative
memory requires different processes at the molecular and systems levels. This review aims …

Studies on the social modulation of fear have revealed that in social species, individuals in a
distressed state show better recovery from aversive experiences when accompanied …

Introduction Social buffering is the phenomenon, in which stress and fear reactions caused
by exposure to stressful stimuli when animals are exposed to homogeneous relationships …