We review the central tenets and neuroanatomical basis of the global neuronal workspace
(GNW) hypothesis, which attempts to account for the main scientific observations regarding …

Research over the past two decades broadly supports the claim that mindfulness meditation—
practiced widely for the reduction of stress and promotion of health—exerts beneficial effects …

In order to identify the employees who are most likely to be engaged in their work, we
conducted a meta‐analysis of 114 independent samples (N= 44,224) to provide estimates of …

Meditation is a family of mental practices that encompasses a wide array of techniques
employing distinctive mental strategies. We systematically reviewed 78 functional …

Numerous studies have begun to address how the brain's gray and white matter may be
shaped by meditation. This research is yet to be integrated, however, and two fundamental …

Some have claimed that the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) mediates decision making.
Others suggest mPFC is selectively involved in the retrieval of remote long-term memory. Yet …

Background The core clinical symptoms of addiction include an enhanced incentive for drug
taking (craving), impaired self-control (impulsivity and compulsivity), emotional dysregulation …

Emotion regulation is hypothesized to be a multifaceted process by which individuals
willfully modulate the intensity and direction of emotional response via prefrontally mediated …

Mental fatigue reflects a change in psychobiological state, caused by prolonged periods of
demanding cognitive activity. It has been well documented that mental fatigue impairs …

Research on executive functioning and on self-regulation have each identified a critical
resource that is central to that domain and is susceptible to depletion. In addition, studies …