Freeze for action: neurobiological mechanisms in animal and human freezing

K Roelofs - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Upon increasing levels of threat, animals activate qualitatively different defensive modes,
including freezing and active fight-or-flight reactions. Whereas freezing is a form of …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic literature review of neuroimaging of psychopathic traits

M Johanson, O Vaurio, J Tiihonen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Core psychopathy is characterized by grandiosity, callousness,
manipulativeness, and lack of remorse, empathy, and guilt. It is often comorbid with conduct …

Anterior prefrontal brain activity during emotion control predicts resilience to post-traumatic stress symptoms

R Kaldewaij, SBJ Koch, MM Hashemi, W Zhang… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Regulating social emotional actions is essential for coping with life stressors and is
associated with control by the anterior prefrontal cortex (aPFC) over the amygdala. However …

[HTML][HTML] Anxious individuals shift emotion control from lateral frontal pole to dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

B Bramson, S Meijer, A van Nuland, I Toni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anxious individuals consistently fail in controlling emotional behavior, leading to excessive
avoidance, a trait that prevents learning through exposure. Although the origin of this failure …

[HTML][HTML] Anabolic–androgenic steroid use is associated with psychopathy, risk-taking, anger, and physical problems

BS Nelson, T Hildebrandt, P Wallisch - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Previous research has uncovered medical and psychological effects of anabolic–
androgenic steroid (AAS) use, but the specific relationship between AAS use and risk-taking …

[HTML][HTML] On the role of sex steroids in biological functions by classical and non-classical pathways. An update

M Pillerová, V Borbélyová, J Hodosy, V Riljak… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The sex steroid hormones (SSHs) play several roles in regulation of various processes in
the cardiovascular, immune, muscular and neural systems. SSHs affect prenatal and …

[HTML][HTML] Emotional control, reappraised

SBJ Koch, RB Mars, I Toni, K Roelofs - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2018 - Elsevier
We are frequently challenged with situations requiring the control of our emotions, often
under substantial time-pressure and rapidly changing contextual demands. Coping with …

The contribution of brain imaging to the understanding of psychopathy

J Pujol, BJ Harrison, O Contreras-Rodriguez… - Psychological …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Psychopathy is a personality type characterized by both callous emotional dysfunction and
deviant behavior that affects society in the form of actions that harm others. Historically …

[HTML][HTML] Neural correlates of aggression in personality disorders from the perspective of DSM-5 maladaptive traits: a systematic review

NJ Kolla, J Tully, K Bertsch - Translational Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5),
published in 2013, includes an alternative model of personality disorders (AMPD) focusing …

A neurocognitive theory of flexible emotion control: The role of the lateral frontal pole in emotion regulation

K Roelofs, B Bramson, I Toni - … of the New York Academy of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Emotion regulation is essential to survive in a world full of challenges with rapidly changing
contextual demands. The ability to flexibly shift between different emotional control …