Depression and prospection

AM Roepke, MEP Seligman - British Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Prospection, the mental representation of possible futures, is usually adaptive.
When it goes awry, however, it disrupts emotion and motivation. A negative view of the future …

The role of the amygdala and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in emotional regulation: implications for post-traumatic stress disorder

DG Andrewes, LM Jenkins - Neuropsychology review, 2019 - Springer
The importance of the amygdala as a salience detector and in emotional learning is now
well accepted. The mechanisms that regulate and inhibit the amygdala, however, are less …

The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for the cultivation of human flourishing

CJ Dahl, CD Wilson-Mendenhall… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Research indicates that core dimensions of psychological well-being can be cultivated
through intentional mental training. Despite growing research in this area and an increasing …

Social distancing and lockdown–an introvert's paradise? An empirical investigation on the association between introversion and the psychological impact of COVID19 …

M Wei - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic has effected the implementation of
social distancing and lockdown measures across the globe, and the psychological impact of …

Episodic foresight and anxiety: Proximate and ultimate perspectives

B Miloyan, A Bulley… - British Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective In this paper, we examine the relationship between episodic foresight and anxiety
from an evolutionary perspective, proposing that together they confer an advantage for …

A review of default mode network connectivity and its association with social cognition in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and early-onset psychosis

A Nair, M Jolliffe, YSS Lograsso, CE Bearden - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies have demonstrated substantial phenotypic overlap, notably social
impairment, between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] “Average is good, extremes are bad”–Non-linear inverted U-shaped relationship between neural mechanisms and functionality of mental features

G Northoff, S Tumati - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Traditionally, studies emphasize differences in neural measures between pathological and
healthy groups, assuming a binary distinction between the groups, and a linear relationship …

Patterns of brain activity associated with nostalgia: a social-cognitive neuroscience perspective

Z Yang, T Wildschut, K Izuma, R Gu… - Social Cognitive and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Nostalgia arises from tender and yearnful reflection on meaningful life events or important
persons from one's past. In the last two decades, the literature has documented a variety of …

Subclinical depression severity is associated with distinct patterns of functional connectivity for subregions of anterior cingulate cortex

CL Philippi, JC Motzkin, MS Pujara… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Depression is a prevalent psychiatric condition characterized by sad mood and anhedonia.
Neuroscientific research has consistently identified abnormalities in a network of brain …

How past trauma impacts emotional intelligence: Examining the connection

RK Gottfredson, WJ Becker - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Backed by both research and practice, the organizational psychology field has come to
value emotional intelligence (EI) as being vital for leader and employee effectiveness. While …