Virtually all current theories of choice under risk or uncertainty are cognitive and
consequentialist. They assume that people assess the desirability and likelihood of possible …

Recent studies have begun to elucidate the roles played in social cognition by specific
neural structures, genes, and neurotransmitter systems. Cortical regions in the temporal lobe …

A baseline or control state is fundamental to the understanding of most complex systems.
Defining a baseline state in the human brain, arguably our most complex system, poses a …

Emotional reactions are organized by underlying motivational states--defensive and
appetitive--that have evolved to promote the survival of individuals and species. Affective …

The scientific study of emotion has long been dominated by theories emphasizing the
subjective experience of emotions and their accompanying expressive and physiological …

Two channels have been distinguished in human interaction: one transmits explicit
messages, which may be about anything or nothing; the other transmits implicit messages …

The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is implicated in emotion and emotion-related learning. Using
event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we measured brain activation …

An informal yet rigorous exploration of human emotions in all their complexity and subtlety.
Why do we cry at the movies? What is the best way to manage destructive feelings such as …

The affect system, in its position to monitor organismic–environmental transactions, may be
sensitive to the internal dynamics of information processing. Hence, the authors predicted …

The brain circuitry processing rewarding and aversive stimuli is hypothesized to be at the
core of motivated behavior. In this study, discrete categories of beautiful faces are shown to …