The capacity to control emotion is important for human adaptation. Questions about the
neural bases of emotion regulation have recently taken on new importance, as functional …

Neuroimagingstudies with positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) have begun to describe the functional neuroanatomy of emotion …

A new theory is taking hold in neuroscience. It is the theory that the brain is essentially a
hypothesis-testing mechanism, one that attempts to minimise the error of its predictions …

This highly influential work--now in a revised and expanded third edition incorporating major
advances in the field--gives clinicians, educators, and students a new understanding of what …

A neuroimaging study examined the neural correlates of social exclusion and tested the
hypothesis that the brain bases of social pain are similar to those of physical pain …

Mindfulness describes a state of consciousness in which individuals attend to ongoing
events and experiences in a receptive and non-judgmental way. The present research …

Previous research on assessment of mindfulness by self-report suggests that it may include
five component skills: observing, describing, acting with awareness, nonjudging of inner …

Meditation can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and attentional
regulatory training regimes developed for various ends, including the cultivation of well …

Here we provide a review of the animal and human literature concerning the role of the
amygdala in fear conditioning, considering its potential influence over autonomic and …

The ability to cognitively regulate emotional responses to aversive events is important for
mental and physical health. Little is known, however, about neural bases of the cognitive …