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Pain in the Past and Pleasure in the Future: The Development of Past–Future Preferences for Hedonic Goods

Abstract It seems self‐evident that people prefer painful experiences to be in the past and pleasurable experiences to lie in the future. Indeed, it has been claimed that, for hedonic goods, this preference is absolute (Sullivan, 2018). Yet very little is known about the extent to which people demonstrate explicit preferences regarding the temporal location […]

Published on August 30, 2020

How Older Adults Remember the World Depends On How They See It

Age-related changes in visual exploration and memory have typically been studied separately. However, recent evidence suggests that mnemonic processes both affect, and are affected by, eye movements (EMs). Thus, by relating older adults’ memory deficits to age-specific visual exploration patterns, we can improve upon models of cognitive aging. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David […]

Published on August 29, 2020

Transition of Neural Activity From the Chaotic Bipolar-Disorder State to the Periodic Healthy State Using External Feedback Signals

Chronotherapy is a treatment for mood disorders, including major depressive disorder, mania, and bipolar disorder (BD). Neurotransmitters associated with the pathology of mood disorders exhibit circadian rhythms. A functional deficit in the neural circuits related to mood disorders disturbs the circadian rhythm; chronotherapy is an intervention that helps resynchronize the patient’s biological clock with the […]

Published on August 28, 2020