Discovering the processes through which early adverse experiences affect children's
nervous-system development, health, and behavior is critically important for developing …

In this article, the authors describe a new theory, the Evaluative Space Approach to
Challenge and Threat (ESACT). Prompted by the Biopsychosocial model of challenge and …

The aim of this article is to present an integrative conceptual framework that depicts the
effect of acute stress on the performance of visually guided motor skills. We draw upon …

Why does performing certain tasks cause the aversive experience of mental effort and
concomitant deterioration in task performance? One explanation posits a physical resource …

We test the theory that shame evolved as a defense against being devalued by others. By
hypothesis, shame is a neurocomputational program tailored by selection to orchestrate …

Eleven predictions derived from the recalibrational theory of anger were tested. This theory
proposes that anger is produced by a neurocognitive program engineered by natural …

Human foragers are obligately group-living, and their high dependence on mutual aid is
believed to have characterized our species' social evolution. It was therefore a central …

Challenge and threat states predict future performance; however, no research has examined
their immediate effect on motor task performance. The present study examined the effect of …

Behavioral-immune-system research has illuminated how people detect and avoid signs of
infectious disease. But how do we regulate exposure to pathogens that produce no …

Research suggests that elite athletes are at increased risk of poor mental health, partly due
to the intense demands associated with top-level sport. Despite growing interest in the topic …