Sophisticated behavioral paradigms partnered with the emergence of increasingly selective
techniques to target the basolateral amygdala (BLA) have resulted in an enhanced …

Advances in neurobiology permit neuroscientists to manipulate specific brain molecules,
neurons and systems. This has lead to major advances in the neuroscience of reward. Here …

Sah, P., ESL Faber, M. Lopez de Armentia, and J. Power. The Amygdaloid Complex:
Anatomy and Physiology. Physiol Rev 83: 803–834, 2003; 10.1152/physrev. 00002.2003 …

Emotions are multifaceted, but a key aspect of emotion involves the assessment of the value
of environmental stimuli. This article reviews the many psychological representations …

Empathy is a lay term that is becoming increasingly viewed as a unitary function within the
field of cognitive neuroscience. In this paper, a selective review of the empathy literature is …

Addictive drugs act on brain reward systems, although the brain evolved to respond not to
drugs but to natural rewards, such as food and sex. Appropriate responses to natural …

Psychopathy is a disorder embedded in mystique, controversy and fantasy. Consistently
portrayed in the media and popular culture as unusual, inhumane and emotionless …

The processing of emotional expressions is fundamental for normal socialisation and
interaction. Reduced responsiveness to the expressions of sadness and fear has been …

Recent research provides new insights into amygdala contributions to positive emotion and
reward. Studies of neuronal activity in the monkey amygdala and of autonomic responses …

Functional imaging studies consistently find that emotional stimuli activate the posterior
cingulate cortex, a region that appears to have memory‐related functions. However, prior …