Candace M. Raio

TL;DR: The adaptive role of reconsolidation as a window of opportunity to rewrite emotional memories is demonstrated, and a non-invasive technique that can be used safely in humans to prevent the return of fear is suggested.

TL;DR: How the brain generates this pervasive optimism bias was related specifically to enhanced activation in the amygdala and in the rostral anterior cingulate cortex when imagining positive future events relative to negative ones, suggesting a key role for areas involved in monitoring emotional salience in mediating the optimism bias.

TL;DR: It is found that stress response attenuates the contribution of model-based, but not model-free, contributions to behavior, suggesting that executive function may be protective against the deleterious effects of acute stress.

TL;DR: It is suggested that stress markedly impairs the cognitive regulation of emotion and highlights critical limitations of this technique to control affective responses under stress.

TL;DR: This work investigated nonconscious fear acquisition and how it may differ from conscious learning using classical fear conditioning, and found that conscious and unconscious fear acquisition both occur, but evolve differently over time.