Human anterior cingulate function has been explained primarily within a cognitive framework.
We used functional MRI experiments with simultaneous electrocardiography to examine …

Central feedback of peripheral states of arousal influences motivational behavior and decision
making. The sympathetic skin conductance response (SCR) is one index of autonomic …

We used functional magnetic resonance neuroimaging to measure brain activity during delay
between reward-related decisions and their outcomes, and the modulation of this delay …

The degree to which perceptual awareness of threat stimuli and bodily states of arousal
modulates neural activity associated with fear conditioning is unknown. We used functional …

Background Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal and still poorly understood degenerative
movement disorder that is characterised by autonomic failure, cerebellar ataxia, and …

The James-Lange theory of emotion proposes that automatically generated bodily reactions
not only color subjective emotional experience of stimuli, but also necessitate a mechanism …

Abstract Changes in bodily states, particularly those mediated by the autonomic nervous
system, are crucial to ongoing emotional experience. A theoretical model proposes a first-order …

This fifth edition of the Autonomic Failure covers the many recent advances made in our
understanding of the autonomic nervous system. There are numerous new chapters and …

Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is a poorly understood but important cause of orthostatic
intolerance resulting from cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction. PoTS is distinct from …

Electrodermal activity reflects autonomic sympathetic innervation of dermal sweat glands
providing an index of emotion-related bodily states of arousal. Relaxation techniques, which …