Highlights•Depression involves cognitive biases, negative schemata, and over-general
processing.•We describe the cortico-limbic structures implicated in those cognitive …

Influential neurobiological models of the mechanism of action of psychotherapy attribute its
success to increases of activity in prefrontal areas and decreases in limbic areas, interpreted …

Accurate self-awareness is essential for adapting one's tasks and goals to one's actual
abilities. Patients with neurodegenerative diseases, particularly those with right frontal …

Although very difficult to define, happiness is becoming a core concept within contemporary
psychology and affective neuroscience. In the last two decades, the increased use of …

We investigated the episodic/semantic distinction in remembering the past and imagining
the future and explored cognitive mechanisms predicting events' specificity throughout the …

Normal aging is related to a decline in specific cognitive processes, in particular in executive
functions and memory. In recent years a growing number of studies have focused on …

Abstract Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is among the most prevalent of all psychiatric
disorders and is the single most burdensome disease worldwide. In attempting to …

The recollection of episodic-autobiographical memories (EAMs) entails a complex temporal
dynamic, from initial “construction” to subsequent “elaboration” of memories. While there is …

Age-related changes in autobiographical memory (AM) recall are characterized by a decline
in episodic details, while semantic aspects are spared. This deleterious effect is supposed to …

Background Depressed patients report more severe cognitive impairment than is detectable
by neuropsychological tests because they may underestimate their cognitive performance …