Approach–avoidance behavior can reshape how the brain interprets facial emotions

A research team from the Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit and the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory at Toyohashi ...
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Facial expression recognition is modulated by approach-avoidance behavior

A research team from the Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit and the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory at Toyohashi ...
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Should We Approach Approach and Avoid Avoidance? An Inquiry from Different Levels

Psychological Inquiry, Vol. 30, No. 3 (July-September 2019), pp. 111-124 (14 pages) Approach motivation (striving for desired end-states, eagerly focusing on where one wants to be) is often held up as ...
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Discovery of dopamine receptors in a previously overlooked part of the brain sheds light on the complex circuitry for anxiety and depression

Researchers have discovered distinct roles for two dopamine receptors located on nerve cells within the portion of the brain that controls approach vs. avoidance behavior. Mount Sinai researchers have ...