The multimodal properties of the human somatosensory system continue to be unravelled.
There is mounting evidence that one of these submodalities—touch—has another …

Historically, the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system has been implicated in
arousal, but recent findings suggest that this system plays a more complex and specific role …

Emotional arousal enhances perception and memory of high-priority information but impairs
processing of other information. Here, we propose that, under arousal, local glutamate levels …

I propose a reconceptualization of key phenomena important in the study of emotion—those
phenomena that reflect functions and circuits related to survival, and that are shared by …

Oxytocin promotes social interactions and recognition of conspecifics that rely on olfaction in
most species. The circuit mechanisms through which oxytocin modifies olfactory processing …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is currently the mainstay of neuroimaging in
cognitive neuroscience. Advances in scanner technology, image acquisition protocols …

Mood, attention and motivation co-vary with activity in the neuromodulatory systems of the
brain to influence behaviour. These psychological states, mediated by neuromodulators …

Uncertainty in various forms plagues our interactions with the environment. In a Bayesian
statistical framework, optimal inference and prediction, based on unreliable observations in …

Many psychophysiologists have noted the striking similarities between the antecedent
conditions for the P3 component of the event‐related potential and the orienting response …

We present here a comprehensive, neurocognitive model to account for the psychological
consequences of acute exercise. There is a substantial amount of disparate research and …