It has been argued that emotion, pain and cognitive control are functionally segregated in
distinct subdivisions of the cingulate cortex. However, recent observations encourage a …

Compassion is a key motivator of altruistic behavior, but little is known about individuals’
capacity to cultivate compassion through training. We examined whether compassion may be …

Evidence from imaging and anatomical studies suggests that the midcingulate cortex (MCC)
is a dynamic hub lying at the interface of affect and cognition. In particular, this neural …

Anhedonia, the loss of pleasure or interest in previously rewarding stimuli, is a core feature
of major depression. While theorists have argued that anhedonia reflects a reduced capacity …

On the basis of a review of the extant literature describing emotion-cognition interactions,
the authors propose 4 methodological desiderata for studying how task-irrelevant affect …

Shortcomings of approaches to classifying psychopathology based on expert consensus have
given rise to contemporary efforts to classify psychopathology quantitatively. In this paper, …

Two experiments using event-related potentials (ERPs) examined the extent to which early
traumatic experiences affect children's ability to regulate voluntary and involuntary attention …

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 cognition. …

For more than a century, research on psychopathology has focused on categorical diagnoses.
Although this work has produced major discoveries, growing evidence points to the …

Individuals show marked variation in their responses to threat. Such individual differences
in behavioral inhibition play a profound role in mental and physical well-being. Behavioral …