It is now widely accepted that good welfare is not simply the absence of negative
experiences, but rather is primarily the presence of positive experiences such as pleasure …

A broad range of evidence regarding the functional organization of the vertebrate brain–
spanning from comparative neurology to experimental psychology and neurophysiology to …

It has long been theorised that there are two temporally distinct forms of self-reference:
extended self-reference linking experiences across time, and momentary self-reference …

It is generally assumed that whatever else has changed about the human condition since
the dawn of civilization, basic human emotions-love, fear, anger, envy, shame-have …

Research on executive function (EF) is directed at understanding the conscious control of
thought and action. Although EF can be understood as a domain-general construct at the …

Research across species highlights the critical role of the amygdala in fear conditioning.
However, fear conditioning, involving direct aversive experience, is only one means by …

Recent research provides new insights into amygdala contributions to positive emotion and
reward. Studies of neuronal activity in the monkey amygdala and of autonomic responses …

Empathy is a concept central to psychiatry, psychotherapy and clinical psychology. The
construct of empathy involves not only the affective experience of the other person's actual …

Alcoholism results from an interplay between genetic and environmental factors, and is
linked to brain defects and associated cognitive, emotional, and behavioral impairments. A …

In this paper, we suggest that affect meets the traditional definition of “cognition” such that
the affect–cognition distinction is phenomenological, rather than ontological. We review how …