Previous attempts to identify a unified theory of brain serotonin function have largely failed to
achieve consensus. In this present synthesis, we integrate previous perspectives with new …

By grounding the self in the body, experimental psychology has taken the body as the
starting point for a science of the self. One fundamental dimension of the bodily self is the …

The well-replicated observation that many people maintain mental health despite exposure
to severe psychological or physical adversity has ignited interest in the mechanisms that …

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by problems with social-
communication, restricted interests and repetitive behavior. A recent and thought-provoking …

In this Review, we discuss advances in computational neuroscience that relate to psychiatry.
We review computational psychiatry in terms of the ambitions of investigators, emerging …

This article presents a unifying theory of the embodied, situated human brain called the
Hierarchically Mechanistic Mind (HMM). The HMM describes the brain as a complex …

Research on stereotypes demonstrates how existing prejudice affects the way we process
outgroups. Recent studies have considered whether it is possible to change our implicit …

The purpose of this review was to integrate leading paradigms in psychology and
neuroscience with a theory of the embodied, situated human brain, called the Hierarchically …

There is converging evidence that high doses of hallucinogenic drugs can produce
significant alterations of self-experience, described as the dissolution of the sense of self …

Making predictions and validating the predictions against actual sensory information is
thought to be one of the most fundamental functions of the nervous system. A growing body …