The perception of a face allows us to recognize the person, infer his or her emotional state,
better understand what the person is saying, and derive general information, such as age …

The human amygdala responds selectively to consciously and unconsciously perceived
facial expressions, particularly those that convey potential threat such as fear and anger. In …

Psychological processes, especially anxiety, may have an influence on visceral perception
and gastrointestinal (GI) motor function, thereby eliciting or aggravating GI symptoms …

Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) is based, both in terms of data and concepts, on the
experimental analysis of (non-human) animal behaviour. Some workers in emotion and …

Semantic and episodic memory networks function as highly interconnected systems, both
relying on the hippocampal/medial temporal lobe complex (HC/MTL). Episodic memory …

Recent studies have linked expressive suppression to impairments in interpersonal
functioning, but the mechanism underlying this relationship has not been well articulated …

The capacity to learn and retain information, whether it is the sequence and rhythm of
muscle movements required for a motor skill or the details of a traumatic emotional …

The truly wonderful colleagues at the MPI, in particular I appreciated the help of Kathrin
Rothermich, Franziska Nikolaizig, Tim Raettig, Anna Hasting, and Susan Bobb. The other …

It has recently been reported that secretin activates gene expression in the central nucleus
of the amygdala in rats. To examine the neurophysiological effects of secretin on amygdalar …