In elderly people, depression mainly affects those with chronic medical illnesses and
cognitive impairment, causes suffering, family disruption, and disability, worsens the …

Hedonic experience is arguably at the heart of what makes us human. In recent
neuroimaging studies of the cortical networks that mediate hedonic experience in the human …

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 …

Moral cognitive neuroscience is an emerging field of research that focuses on the neural
basis of uniquely human forms of social cognition and behaviour. Recent functional imaging …

Adam Smith's psychological perspective in The Theory of Moral Sentiments is remarkably
similar to “dual-process” frameworks advanced by psychologists, neuroscientists, and more …

BACKGROUND: Anhedonia is a relative lack of pleasure in response to formerly rewarding
stimuli. It is an important diagnostic feature of major depressive disorder (MDD), and predicts …

Human decisions can be shaped by predictions of emotions that ensue after choosing
advantageously or disadvantageously. Indeed, anticipating regret is a powerful predictor of …

Increasing research indicates that concepts are represented as distributed circuits of
property information across the brain's modality-specific areas. The current study examines …

Several neuroimaging studies have reported 'hypofrontality'in depressed patients
performing a cognitive challenge compared to control subjects. Hypofrontality in depression …

Adolescents' propensity for risk-taking and reward-seeking behaviors suggests a
heightened sensitivity for reward, reflected by greater feedback-related activity changes in …