A subcortical pathway through the superior colliculus and pulvinar to the amygdala is
commonly assumed to mediate the non-conscious processing of affective visual stimuli. We …

This textbook provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion, using an
overarching organizational scheme of how biological, psychological, and environmental …

'Nobody bewitched by these mysteries can afford to ignore the solution proposed by Mark
Solms'-Oliver Burkeman, Guardian'A remarkable book. It changes everything'-Brian Eno …

On a traditional conception of the human mind, reasoning can be rational or irrational, but
perception cannot. Perception is simply a source of new information, and cannot be …

If you change your brain, you can change your life. Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus,
Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else's …

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its
own field of study. Because the study of emotion draws inspiration from areas of science …

The amygdala's historical role in processing stimuli related to threat and fear is being
modified to suggest a role that is broader and more abstract. Amygdala lesions impair the …

The modal view in the cognitive and neural sciences holds that consciousness is necessary
for abstract, symbolic, and rule-following computations. Hence, semantic processing of …

With a few yet increasing number of exceptions, the cognitive sciences enthusiastically
endorsed the idea that there are basic facial expressions of emotions that are created by …

Understanding the division of labor between conscious processes and unconscious ones is
central to our understanding of the human mind. This article proposes a simple “Yes It …