This meta‐analysis explores the location and function of brain areas involved in social
cognition, or the capacity to understand people's behavioral intentions, social beliefs, and …

Individuals with anorexia nervosa have a relentless preoccupation with dieting and weight
loss that results in severe emaciation and sometimes death. It is controversial whether such …

To make economic choices between goods, the brain needs to compute representations of
their values. A great deal of research has been performed to determine the neural correlates …

The pursuit of happiness is a preoccupation for many people. Yet only the pursuit can be
promised, not happiness itself. Can science help? We focus on the most tractable ingredient …

A “fascinating” and groundbreaking work of science that demonstrates the possibilities for
human control over the workings of the brain (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Conventional …

According to economic theories, preference for one item over others reveals its rank value
on a common scale. Previous studies identified brain regions encoding such values. Here …

An action may lead to either a reward or a punishment. Therefore, an appropriate action
needs to be chosen on the basis of the values of both expected rewards and expected …

Aesthetic judgments, like most judgments, depend on context. Whether an object or image is
seen in daily life or in an art gallery can significantly modulate the aesthetic value humans …

A great deal of behavioral and economic research suggests that the value attached to a
reward stands in inverse relation to the amount of effort required to obtain it, a principle …

In this paper we provide a focused review of the literature examining neural mechanisms
involved in cognitive control over memory processes that can influence, and in turn are …