Background Maternal infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of
schizophrenia and autism in the offspring. Supporting this correlation, experimentally …

Adolescence is the transition period that prepares individuals for fulfilling their role as adults.
Most conspicuous in this transition period is the peak level of risk-taking behaviors that …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

The bonding and early life attachment between the infant and caregiver is a dynamic,
bidirectional process involving caregiver nurturing of the infant, as well as complementary …

We review the evidence implicating the amygdala as a critical component of a neural
network of social cognition, drawing especially on research involving the processing of faces …

Antibodies directed against fetal brain proteins of 37 and 73 kDa molecular weight are found
in approximately 12% of mothers who have children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …

The amygdala, perhaps more than any other brain region, has been implicated in numerous
neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. It is part of a system initially evolved to …

Social anxiety disorder represents a debilitating condition that has large adverse effects on
the quality of social connections, educational achievement and wellbeing. Age-of-onset data …

Human epidemiological studies implicate exposure to infection during gestation in the
etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders. Animal models of maternal immune activation …

Crying is a universal vocalization in human infants, as well as in the infants of other
mammals. Little is known about the neural structures underlying cry production, or the …