Recent advancements in computational approaches and neuroimaging techniques have
refined our understanding of the precuneus. While previously believed to be largely a visual …

Anxiety is experienced in response to threats that are distal or uncertain, involving changes
in one's subjective state, autonomic responses, and behavior. Defensive and physiologic …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) was introduced in the DSM‐III in 1980. From the DSM‐
III to the DSM‐5, no major changes have occurred in its defining criteria. The disorder is …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a severe and disabling psychiatric disorder that presents
several challenges for neuroscience. Recent advances in its genetic and developmental …

The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) has been implicated in a variety of social,
cognitive, and affective functions that are commonly disrupted in mental illness. In this …

How does the brain maintain fear within an adaptive range? We found that the insular cortex
acts as a state-dependent regulator of fear that is necessary to establish an equilibrium …

Fear and anxiety play a central role in mammalian life, and there is considerable interest in
clarifying their nature, identifying their biological underpinnings, and determining their …

Learning the value of stimuli and actions from others—social learning—adaptively
contributes to individual survival and plays a key role in cultural evolution. We review …

The so-called 'replicability crisis' has sparked methodological discussions in many areas of
science in general, and in psychology in particular. This has led to recent endeavours to …

Fear extinction is a phenomenon that involves a gradual reduction in conditioned fear
responses through repeated exposure to fear-inducing cues. Functional brain connectivity …