Threat-related stimuli are strong competitors for attention, particularly in anxious individuals. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with healthy human volunteers to study how the ...

Scientists at The University of Osaka and Tohoku University have developed a groundbreaking technique for creating nanoscale ...

While the role of barrier function in establishing a protective, nutrient-rich, and ionically balanced environment for neurons has been appreciated for some time, little is known about how signaling ...

The prefrontal cortex region of the human brain is responsible for a range of complex functions from decision-making to certain types of memory. When something goes wrong in this part of the brain, it ...

American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 56, No. 6 (May, 1951), pp. 569-574 (6 pages) Sociological analysis of humor has focused primarily upon its control and conflict functions. Such studies have been ...

A manager's responsibility is to get her team to achieve the organization's goals. The four functions of a manager are to plan, organize, lead and control her team. Feedback control is a process that ...