Richard J. Davidson

TL;DR: Neuroimaging methods have been used to characterize the circuitry underlying disorders of emotion and particular emphasis has been placed on the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate, parietal cortex, and the amygdala as critical components of the circuitry that may be dysfunctional in both depression and anxiety.

TL;DR: This collection of articles underscores the substantial progress that has occurred in the empirical study of mindfulness and it is a harbinger of a very promising future in this area.

TL;DR: The role of the amygdala in major depression was investigated and right amygdalar rCMRglu was positively correlated with negative affect and accounted for a significant portion of variance in depressives' negative affect scores over and above the contribution of thalamic rC MRglu.

TL;DR: These findings not only confirm that frontal EEG asymmetry modulates the propensity to engage in appetitively motivated behavior, but also provide anatomical details about the underlying brain systems.

TL;DR: A diversity of methods have been used to study cerebral asymmetries associated with emotion as discussed by the authors, and many different conceptual schemes have also been invoked to guide research on this topic. But, asymmetries are associated with the perception of emotional information and the posing of emotional expressions are not the same as those that accompany the actual production of emotion.