Background Chronic and/or extreme stress in early life, often referred to as early adversity,
childhood trauma, or early life stress, has been associated with a wide range of adverse …

This review paper provides an integrative account regarding neurophysiological correlates
of positive emotions and affect that cumulatively contribute to the scaffolding for positive …

Depression and obesity are common conditions with major public health implications that
tend to co-occur within individuals. The relationship between these conditions is …

A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in
the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness. What marked the evolutionary transition …

Abstract Arachidonic acid (AA), a 20 carbon chain polyunsaturated fatty acid with 4 double
bonds, is an integral constituent of biological cell membrane, conferring it with fluidity and …

This is the first comprehensive theoretical article on aesthetic emotions. Following Kant's
definition, we propose that it is the first and foremost characteristic of aesthetic emotions to …

The brain contains both generalized and stimulus-type-specific representations of aversive
events, but models of how these are integrated and related to subjective experience are …

Aesthetic perception and judgement are not merely cognitive processes, but also involve
feelings. Therefore, the empirical study of these experiences requires conceptualization and …

Social cognition broadly refers to the processing of social information in the brain that
underlies abilities such as the detection of others' emotions and responding appropriately to …

Epidemiological evidence indicates the presence of dysregulated homeostatic biological
pathways in depressed patients, such as increased inflammation and disrupted energy …