Naturalistic stimuli such as movies, music, and spoken and written stories elicit strong
emotions and allow brain imaging of emotions in close-to-real-life conditions. Emotions are …

How we process ongoing experiences is shaped by our personal history, current needs, and
future goals. Consequently, ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) activity involved in …

Affective disorders such as major depression are common but serious illnesses
characterized by altered processing of emotional information. Although the frequency and …

In neuroscience, empathy is often conceived as relatively automatic. The voluntary control
that people can exert on brain mechanisms that map the emotions of others onto our own …

High-quality video and audio recordings of violent crimes, captured using now ubiquitous
digital technologies, play an increasingly important role in the administration of justice …

To advance the understanding of the dynamic relationship between brain activities and
emotional experiences, we examined the neural patterns of tension, a unique emotion that …

Reporting on a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews, this paper seeks to elucidate
the nature and factors associated with emotional responses in archivists working with …

This thesis examines the functional and structural connections of the Bed Nucleus of the
Stria Terminalis (BNST). The principal motivation in doing so stems from the documented …

Dynamic and static stimuli could offer unique insights into emotional processing in the brain.
This study examines neural responses to emotional stimuli presented as still images …

Humans, inherently social creatures, instinctively employ facial behaviors for interpersonal
communication. Interestingly, when individuals find themselves alone, their facial behaviors …