Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Our everyday life is characterized by a multitude of emotionally relevant cues that we perceive and communicate via various sensory channels. This does not only encompass the obvious cases of auditory and visual modalities, but also olfactory, gustatory, and even tactile stimuli. Any kind of emotional situation in a natural setting is usually a multimodal experience: A friend welcomes us with warm words, a smile, and a happy voice; the sight of our favourite food is accompanied by a seductive smell and a delicious taste; the thrill of watching an exciting movie scene is intensified by a gripping soundtrack. In these situations, the signals from various senses do not stand on their own; they interact and create a unified emotional experience. Recent neuroscientific research has begun to accommodate this inherent multimodality of emotions in natural situations by studying the interaction of affectively relevant information from more than one sensory channel. Fascinating new aspects emerge concerning the neurobiology of emotion processing, and there is evidence that integrating emotional cues from various sources invokes brain processes that go beyond the well-known patterns observed during unimodal stimulation. The aim of this volume is to present novel and interesting studies dealing with the multimodality of emotions and their neural processing. This includes findings from novel paradigms beyond the classical stimulus-response pattern, fascinating new insights into the interaction of the chemical senses, new analysis methods, comprehensive reviews of selected topics, multimodality in social interactions, and clinical perspectives. Taken together, the studies of this volume thus help us to better understand the interplay of various senses in our daily emotional experiences.

emotion --- multisensory integration --- Crossmodal Prediction --- Attention --- audiovisual --- chemosensation --- Schizophrenia --- Fear extinction --- Valence --- Arousal

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a pivotal role in regulating our emotions. The importance of ventromedial regions in emotion regulation, including the ventral sector of the medial PFC, the medial sector of the orbital cortex and subgenual cingulate cortex, have been recognized for a long time. However, it is increasingly apparent that lateral and dorsal regions of the PFC, as well as neighbouring dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, also play a role. Defining the underlying psychological mechanisms by which these functionally distinct regions modulate emotions and the nature and extent of their interactions is a critical step towards better stratification of the symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders. It is also important to extend our understanding of these prefrontal circuits in development. Specifically, it is important to determine whether they exhibit differential sensitivity to perturbations by known risk factors such as stress and inflammation at distinct developmental epochs. This Special Issue brings together the most recent research in humans and other animals that addresses these important issues, and in doing so, highlights the value of the translational approach.

Williams Syndrome --- neuron density --- glia density --- ventromedial prefrontal cortex --- prelimbic --- infralimbic --- medial prefrontal cortex --- cognitive control --- hierarchical control --- occasion setting --- extinction --- Pavlovian --- fear extinction --- adolescence --- prefrontal cortex --- amygdala --- triadic neural systems model --- development --- adolescence --- machine learning --- networks --- anxiety --- depression --- adolescence --- emotion regulation --- fMRI --- psychophysiology --- psychological treatment --- reliability --- functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) --- connectivity --- emotion processing --- amygdala --- prefrontal cortex --- depression --- adolescent --- prefrontal cortex --- neural --- reward --- positive and negative --- prefrontal cortex --- stress adolescence --- aging --- calcium --- cAMP --- dopamine --- norepinephrine --- serotonin transporter --- rat --- fear extinction --- medial prefrontal cortex --- NMDA --- BDNF --- adolescence --- age --- area 25 --- infralimbic --- autonomic --- emotion --- anhedonia --- negative affect --- anticipatory arousal

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Sleep-related symptoms are common in the majority of psychiatric diagnostic categories. The overlap of sleep and psychiatric disorders have been demonstrated in numerous studies. The understanding of sleep and child psychiatry has progressively evolved in the last decade and newer insights have developed regarding the complex interaction between sleep and psychopathology. This collection of articles represents updates on sleep and psychiatric disorders with medical and neurological co-morbidities in children and adolescents.

Theory of Mind --- sleep --- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder --- executive functions --- emotional information processing cognition --- social functioning --- sleep disordered breathing --- obstructive sleep apnea --- children --- attention --- learning --- behavior --- adolescent --- cannabis --- sleep --- interventions --- traumatic brain injury --- anxiety --- depression --- post-traumatic stress --- attention deficit disorder --- sleep–wake disorders --- narcolepsy --- schizophrenia --- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder --- depression --- anxiety --- psychiatric disorders --- child psychiatry --- sleep problems --- medical education --- sleep --- mental health --- electroencephalography (EEG) --- children --- adolescents --- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) --- anxiety --- autism --- arousal --- insomnia --- adolescents --- adolescence --- teenagers --- delayed sleep phase --- cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) --- sleep disturbance --- psychosis --- schizophrenia --- pediatric sleep --- multidisciplinary --- pediatric sleep --- anticipatory guidance --- Acute illness --- children --- circadian disturbance --- mechanical ventilation --- melatonin --- non-pharmacologic management --- pediatric intensive care unit --- screening --- sedation --- autism spectrum disorder --- sleep disorders in ASD --- medications for sleep disorders in ASD --- comorbidities in ASD