A growing body of evidence suggests that the amygdala is central to handling the demands
of complex social life in primates. In this paper, we synthesize extant anatomical and …

Aberrant eye gaze mechanisms have been implicated in autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Studies of eye movements in children with ASD reveal diminished eye gaze duration and …

Flow refers to a positive, activity-associated, subjective experience under conditions of a
perceived fit between skills and task demands. Using functional magnetic resonance …

The amygdala has long been known to play a key role in supporting memory for emotionally
arousing experiences. For example, classical fear conditioning depends on neural plasticity …

Many psychiatric illnesses are characterized by deficits in the social domain. For example,
there is a high rate of co-morbidity between autism spectrum disorders and anxiety …

The human amygdala plays a key role in recognizing facial emotions and neurons in the
monkey and human amygdala respond to the emotional expression of faces. However, it …

While economics and game theory are based on the assumption that people who engage in
economic exchange are able to infer other people's motives and beliefs to predict their …

The experience of frustration is common in early childhood, yet some children seem to
possess a lower tolerance for frustration than others. Characterizing the biological …

Although evidence supports the efficacy of early intervention for improving outcomes for
children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the mechanisms underlying their …

Tonal music is characterized by a continuous flow of tension and resolution. This flow of
tension and resolution is closely related to processes of expectancy and prediction and is a …