Fatigue has been defined differently in the literature depending on the field of research. The
inconsistent use of the term fatigue complicated scientific communication, thereby limiting …

This review paper provides an integrative account regarding neurophysiological correlates
of positive emotions and affect that cumulatively contribute to the scaffolding for positive …

A century-long debate on bodily states and emotions persists. While the involvement of
bodily activity in emotion physiology is widely recognized, the specificity and causal role of …

We review recent work on the functions of interoceptive processing, by which the nervous
system anticipates, senses, and integrates signals originating from the body. We focus on …

Social interactions can trigger emotional contagion between individuals resulting in
behavioral synchrony. Emotional contagion can be a very effective and attractive strategy in …

Emotions are centered in subjective experiences that people represent, in part, with
hundreds, if not thousands, of semantic terms. Claims about the distribution of reported …

It is commonly assumed that a person's emotional state can be readily inferred from his or
her facial movements, typically called emotional expressions or facial expressions. This …

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a critical role in the generation and regulation of emotion.
However, we lack an integrative framework for understanding how different emotion-related …

The positive-negative axis of emotional valence has long been recognized as fundamental
to adaptive behavior, but its origin and underlying function have largely eluded formal …

The brain contains both generalized and stimulus-type-specific representations of aversive
events, but models of how these are integrated and related to subjective experience are …