I have been given a priceless opportunity to reflect on my career in the remarkably
productive field of risk factors for depression. Psychological research on depression …

Highlights•Within RDoC, forms of psychopathology are viewed as neurodevelopmental
disorders.•RDoC domains and constructs are defined across multiple units of analysis.• …

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 …

Maternal postpartum depression (PPD) exerts long-term negative effects on infants; yet the
mechanisms by which PPD disrupts emotional development are not fully clear. Utilizing an …

Highlights•Summarizes recent developmental epidemiological research in depression from
preschoolers, children, and adolescence.•Reviews recent risk factor and mechanism …

Background Theories of the intergenerational transmission of depression emphasize
alterations in emotion processing among offspring of depressed mothers as a key risk …

Vulnerability models of depression posit that individual differences in trait-like vulnerabilities
emerge early in life and increase risk for the later development of depression. In this review …

If the eyes are windows into the soul, then the pupils represent at least the gateway to the
brain and can provide a unique insight into the human mind from several aspects. The …

Of all peripheral measures of (neuro-) physiological activity, pupil size is probably the
easiest to access. Far beyond its well-known reaction to light incident on the eye, pupil size …

Although the intergenerational transmission of risk for depression is well documented, the
mechanisms and moderators involved in this transmission of risk from depressed parents to …