Recent years have witnessed the emergence of powerful new tools for assaying the brain
and a remarkable acceleration of research focused on the interplay of emotion and …

Anxiety disorders constitute a sizeable worldwide health burden with profound social and
economic consequences. The symptoms are wide-ranging; from hyperarousal to difficulties …

The rapid and efficient selection of emotionally salient or goal-relevant stimuli in the
environment is crucial for flexible and adaptive behaviors. Converging data from …

This article reviews the interactions of estrogen changes and psychosocial stress in
contributing to vulnerability to major depressive disorder (MDD) in women. Estrogen …

This article draws on research in neuroscience, cognitive science, developmental
psychology, and education, as well as scholarship from contemplative traditions concerning …

Episodic retrieval allows people to access memories from the past to guide current thoughts
and decisions. In many real‐world situations, retrieval occurs under conditions of acute …

For the selection of relevant information out of a continuous stream of information, which is a
common definition of attention, two core mechanisms are assumed: a competition-based …

Anxiety can be distracting, disruptive, and incapacitating. Despite problems with empirical
replication of this phenomenon, one fruitful avenue of study has emerged from working …

Anxiety impairs the ability to think and concentrate, suggesting that the interaction between
emotion and cognition may elucidate the debilitating nature of pathological anxiety. Using a …

Anxiety is characterized by the anticipation of aversive future events. The importance of
prestimulus anticipatory factors, such as goals and expectations, is well-established in both …