A large body of research has demonstrated that affective disorders are characterized by
attentional biases for emotional stimuli. However, this research relies heavily on manual …

Cognitive neuroscience continues to build meaningful connections between affective
behavior and human brain function. Within the biological sciences, a similar renaissance …

Arousal level changes constantly and it has a profound influence on performance during
everyday activities. Fluctuations in arousal are regulated by the autonomic nervous system …

A variety of psychological and physical phenomena elicit variations in the diameter of pupil
of the eye. Changes in pupil size are mediated by the relative activation of the sphincter …

The author reviews research showing that repetitive thought (RT) can have constructive or
unconstructive consequences. The main unconstructive consequences of RT are (a) …

The number of research groups studying the pupil is increasing, as is the number of
publications. Consequently, new standards in pupillography are needed to formalize the …

BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder is characterized by increased and sustained
emotional reactivity, which has been linked to sustained amygdala activity. It is also …

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of age, hearing loss,
and cognitive ability on the cognitive processing load during listening to speech presented …

Background: Previous research suggests that depressed individuals engage in prolonged
elaborative processing of emotional information. A computational neural network model of …

Purpose in life predicts both health and longevity suggesting that the ability to find meaning
from life's experiences, especially when confronting life's challenges, may be a mechanism …