Advancing age is associated with significant declines on neurobehavioral tasks that demand
substantial mental effort. Functional imaging studies of mental abilities indicate that older …

This paper reviews processing of facial identity and expressions. The issue of independence
of these two systems for these tasks has been addressed from different approaches over the …

The question addressed in this paper is whether the human amygdala processes threat‐
related stimuli independent of selective attention. This is considered from a functional …

Alexithymia is a personal trait characterized by a reduced ability to identify and describe
one's own feelings and is known to contribute to a variety of physical and behavioural …

As an explicit organizing metaphor, memory aid, and conceptual framework, the prefrontal
cortex may be viewed as a five-member 'Executive Committee,'as the prefrontal-control …

Abstract Patients with Urbach–Wiethe disease constitute a unique nature experiment as
more than half have bilaterally symmetrical damage in the amygdaloid region. Ten such …

Evaluative responses appear to involve 2 seemingly distinct sets of processes: those that
are automatically activated and others that are more consciously controlled. Using functional …

A number of studies in humans and other animals has confirmed the amygdala's role in
modulating cognition and behavior on the basis of a stimulus' motivational, emotional, and …

We review ideas about individual differences in sensitivity or responsiveness to common
disciplinary behaviors parents use to correct aggressive and antisocial behavior in children …

Autobiographic memory is usually affect-laden, either positively or negatively. A central
question is whether the retrieval of both emotive forms of memory engages the same or a …