Pleasure is mediated by well-developed mesocorticolimbic circuitry and serves adaptive
functions. In affective disorders, anhedonia (lack of pleasure) or dysphoria (negative affect) …

The medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) has been posited to serve a variety of social, affective,
and cognitive functions. These conclusions have largely been driven by forward inference …

Human fMRI signals exhibit a spatial patterning that contains detailed information about a
person's mental states. Using classifiers it is possible to access this information and study …

Generous behaviour is known to increase happiness, which could thereby motivate
generosity. In this study, we use functional magnetic resonance imaging and a public pledge …

In the field of social neuroscience, major branches of research have been instrumental in
describing independent components of typical and aberrant social information processing …

An ever-increasing number of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies are
now using information-based multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA) techniques to decode …

Recent work has emphasized the role that orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) has in value-based
decision-making. However, it is also clear that a number of discrepancies have arisen when …

Limited understanding of infant pain has led to its lack of recognition in clinical practice.
While the network of brain regions that encode the affective and sensory aspects of adult …

Objective: Despite significant advances in neuroscience and treatment development, no
widely accepted biomarkers are available to inform diagnostics or identify preferred …

Balancing behaviors that provide a reward NOW versus behaviors that provide an
advantage LATER is critical for survival. We propose a model in which dopamine (DA) can …