Over the last decades, theoretical perspectives in the interdisciplinary field of the affective
sciences have proliferated rather than converged due to differing assumptions about what …

Accumulating data suggest that air pollution increases the risk of internalizing psychopathology,
including anxiety and depressive disorders. Moreover, the link between air pollution and …

Traumatic experiences early in life predispose animals and humans to later cognitive-behavioral,
emotional, and somatic problems. In humans, traumatic experiences are strong …

Early-life trauma is one of the strongest risk factors for later emotional psychopathology.
Although research in adults highlights that childhood trauma predicts deficits in emotion …

The human brain is highly dynamic, supporting a remarkable range of cognitive abilities that
emerge over the course of development. While flexible and dynamic coordination between …

Early life trauma exposure represents a potent risk factor for the development of mental
illnesses such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Moreover, deleterious …

The human brain undergoes dramatic maturational changes during late stages of fetal and
early postnatal life. The importance of this period to the establishment of healthy neural …

Background Interventions that promote mindfulness consistently show salutary effects on
cognition and emotional wellbeing in adults, and more recently, in children and adolescents. …

Childhood trauma exposure is a potent risk factor for psychopathology. Emerging research
suggests that aberrant saliency processing underlies the link between early trauma exposure …

Connections between the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are considered
critical for the expression and regulation of emotional behavior. Abnormalities in …