To thrive in challenging environments, individuals must pursue rewards while avoiding
threats. Extensive studies in animals and humans have identified the central extended …

Depressive disorders are a leading cause of global disability, afflicting approximately 280
million individuals worldwide each year (1). In the United States, more than one in five …

Most of our knowledge about human emotional memory comes from animal research. Based
on this work, the amygdala is often labeled the brain's “fear center”, but it is unclear to what …

Objective Bad dreams and nightmares can have a strong psychological impact. However,
although the scientific literature points in the direction of an established association between …

Neuroticism/negative emotionality (N/NE)—the tendency to experience anxiety, fear, and
other negative emotions—is a fundamental dimension of temperament with profound …

Tobacco smoking imposes a staggering burden on public health, underscoring the urgency
of developing a deeper understanding of the processes that maintain addiction. Clinical and …

Perceived financial well-being (FWB) is an important aspect of life that can affect one's
attitude toward future experiences and happiness. However, the relationship between FWB …

Background Maladaptive stress responses are important risk factors in the etiology of mood
and anxiety disorders, but exact pathomechanisms remain to be understood. Mapping …

Previous studies have demonstrated that brain stimulation can alter an individual's physical
appearance via dysregulation of the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC). In this study, we …

Background We investigated the extent to which physiological/biological measures of
emotion dysregulation collected in the lab, resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) in …