Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties in recognizing and verbalizing
emotions and the utilization of a cognitive style that is oriented toward external events, rather …

Damage to the primary visual cortex removes the major input from the eyes to the brain,
causing significant visual loss as patients are unable to perceive the side of the world …

Neuropsychotherapy is intended to inspire further development and continual empirical
updating of consistency theory. It is essential for psychotherapists, psychotherapy …

The human amygdala is a key structure for processing emotional facial expressions, but it
remains unclear what aspects of emotion are processed. We investigated this question with …

Recent behavioral and neuroimaging studies demonstrate that labeling one's emotional
experiences and perceptions alters those states. Here, we used a comprehensive meta …

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) induces profound changes in various mental domains,
including perception, self-awareness and emotions. We used functional magnetic …

Numerous theories posit a positive relation between perceiving emotion expressed in the
face of a stranger (emotion perception) and feeling or cognitively understanding the emotion …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been widely used to treat the major depressive
disorder (MDD), especially for treatment-resistant depression. However, the …

Adaptive social behavior requires transmission and reception of salient social information.
Impairment of this reciprocity is a cardinal symptom of autism. The amygdala is a critical …

Nonhuman primate neuroanatomical studies have identified a cortical pathway from the
superior temporal sulcus (STS) projecting into dorsal subregions of the amygdala, but …