The well-replicated observation that many people maintain mental health despite exposure
to severe psychological or physical adversity has ignited interest in the mechanisms that …

In the last decade, advances in neuroimaging technologies have given rise to a large
number of research studies that investigate the neural underpinnings of executive function …

Over the last fifteen years, the emerging field of developmental cognitive neuroscience has
described the relatively late development of prefrontal cortex in children and the relation …

Visual attention is a basic mechanism of information gathering and environment selection
and consequently plays a fundamental role in influencing developmental trajectories. Here …

Children born very preterm are exposed to repeated neonatal procedures that induce pain
and stress during hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The COMT …

A social ecological model of resilience avoids the reductionism of simple explanations of the
complex and multisystemic processes associated with well-being in contexts of adversity …

Genetic variants related to dopamine functioning (eg, the ANKK1/TaqIa polymorphism within
the DRD2 gene and the Val158Met polymorphism within the COMT gene) have previously …

Individuals who are born very preterm (< 32 weeks gestation) show differential development
of prefrontal cortex structure, function, and dependent behaviors, including executive …

We are delighted by the broad, intense, and fruitful discussion in reaction to our target
article. A major point we take from the many comments is a prevailing feeling in the research …

Kalisch et al. propose a positive appraisal style as the key mechanism that underlies
resilience. The present authors suggest that flexibility in emotion processing is more …