A subcortical pathway is assumed to mediate non-conscious visual processing of emotional stimuli. In this provocative Perspective, Pessoa and Adolphs argue that this pathway does not exist in ...

In this circuit, pain signals are sent from the spinal cord into a different part of the thalamus, which has connections to ...

Emotional processing abilities or muscles, like any muscles, weaken without practice. The good news is that it’s natural and healthy to process emotion, just like it’s natural to eat, sleep ...

Both sides of the brain play a role in processing emotional communication, with the right side stepping in when we focus not on the "what" of an emotional message but rather on how it feels. By ...

Meditation appears to produce enduring changes in emotional processing in the brain. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 11 / 121112150339.htm.

A longitudinal neuroimaging study conducted in Brazil found that individuals who were exposed to maltreatment during childhood tended to have a smaller volume in the right hippocampus—a brain region ...

Emotional processing and attention control impairments in children with anxiety: An integrative review of event-related potentials findings. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 16.

A new study led by UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) shows that targeting emotional processing is key to treating and managing chronic pain.