Successful control of affect partly depends on the capacity to modulate negative emotional
responses through the use of cognitive strategies (ie, reappraisal). Recent studies suggest�…

The power of episodic memories is that they bring a past moment into the present, providing
opportunities for us to recall details of the experiences, reframe or update the memory, and�…

As critical as waking brain function is to cognition, an extensive literature now indicates that
sleep supports equally important, different yet complementary operations. This review will�…

Since Freud, clinicians have understood that disturbing memories contribute to
psychopathology and that new emotional experiences contribute to therapeutic change. Yet�…

Probabilistic maps of neocortical areas and subcortical fiber tracts, warped to a common
reference brain, have been published using microscopic architectonic parcellations in ten�…

In the past decade, there has been a tremendous increase in the use of neurophysiological
methods to better understand marketing phenomena among academics and practitioners�…

Though emotion conveys memory benefits, it does not enhance memory equally for all
aspects of an experience, nor for all types of emotional events. In this review, I outline the�…

Louann Brizendine, MD, is a neuropsychiatrist whose professional career has been devoted
to studying the female brain and writing and lecturing to both the public and professionals�…

Our everyday surroundings besiege us with information. The battle is for a share of our
limited attention and memory, with the brain selecting the winners and discarding the losers�…

Although the functions of sleep remain largely unknown, one of the most exciting
hypotheses is that sleep contributes importantly to processes of memory and brain plasticity�…