Interest in the neuroscience of emotion has increased dramatically over the course of the
last two decades. The rapid growth and popularity, however, have come with a definitional …

Two studies examined age differences in recall and recognition memory for positive,
negative, and neutral stimuli. In Study 1, younger, middle-aged, and older adults were …

Emotional stimuli have been shown to elicit increased perceptual processing and attentional
allocation. The late positive potential (LPP) is a sustained P300-like component of the event …

Emotions motivate individuals to attain appetitive goals and avoid aversive consequences.
Empirical investigations have detailed how broad approach and avoidance orientations are …

Social contexts can affect how people respond to feedback from others. We investigated
how context information modulates the cognitive processing of feedback messages (ie …

Design aesthetics play a crucial role in product design. Stakeholders expect to develop
highly valuable premium products by improving the design aesthetics of products …

Behavioral inhibition (BI) is a biologically-based temperament characterized by vigilance
toward threat. Over time, many children with BI increasingly fear social circumstances and …

Several studies have shown faster choice-reaction times to positive than to negative facial
expressions. The present study examined whether this effect is exclusively due to faster …

Background Problem-solving followed by instruction (PS-I) is a powerful design shown to
transform students' conceptual understanding and transfer. Within PS-I, no research has …

Introduction: Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) provide important information about the
sensitivity of the brain to process varying risks. The aim of the present study was to …