In this paper, we suggest that affect meets the traditional definition of “cognition” such that
the affect–cognition distinction is phenomenological, rather than ontological. We review how�…

Co-published with and Miriam, a freshman Calculus student at Louisiana State University,
made 37.5% on her first exam but 83% and 93% on the next two. Matt, a first year General�…

De novo transcription of DNA is a fundamental requirement for the formation of long-term
memory. It is required during both consolidation and reconsolidation, the posttraining and�…

The hippocampus plays key roles in cognition and affect and serves as a model system for
structure/function studies in animals. So far, its complex anatomy has challenged�…

Epidemiological studies have shown that a substantial proportion of acute coronary events
occur in individuals who lack the traditional high-risk cardiovascular (CV) profile. Mental�…

Reason and emotion have long been considered opposing forces. However, recent
psychological and neuroscientific research has revealed that emotion and cognition are�…

Long-term memories are influenced by the emotion experienced during learning as well as
by the emotion experienced during memory retrieval. The present article reviews the�…

Background Understanding the neural mechanisms of psychiatric disorders requires the use
of rodent models; however, frontal-striatal homologies between rodents and primates are�…

Emotional events are remembered better than neutral events, and this emotion advantage
becomes particularly pronounced over time. The time-dependent effects of emotion impact�…

The memory-enhancing effect of emotion can be powerful and long-lasting. Most studies
investigating the neural bases of this phenomenon have focused on encoding and early�…