By: Michele Morningstar Previous research has suggested that the ability to recognize vocal portrayals of socio-emotional expressions improves with age throughout childhood and adolescence. The…
By: Michele Morningstar Adolescence is a period of intensive development in body, brain, and behavior. Potentiated by changes in hormones and neural response to social…
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Queen’s University. Previously, I completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Research Institute at Nationwide…
This project was supervised by Dr. Caroline Pukall and Katrina Bouchard (MSc, PHD candidate) from the Department of Psychology at Queen’s University. The connection between mental imagery…
Substantial uncertainty exists about the prevalence of depressive disorders in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This meta-analysis quantitatively summarized studies that assessed the lifetime…
Two of the most robust findings in depression research are (a) that women are twice as likely to become depressed than men and (b) that…
Studies of emotional memory typically focus on the memory-enhancing effects of emotional dimensions such as arousal and valence. However, it is unclear to what extent…
Converging evidence supports the “nonmonotonic plasticity” hypothesis, which states that although complete retrieval may strengthen memories, partial retrieval weakens them. Yet, the classic experimental paradigms…
Prosocial behavior is crucial for functioning societies. However, its reliable scientific assessment and the understanding of its underlying structure are still a challenge. We integrated…
Cross-modal representations of first-hand and vicarious pain, disgust and fairness in insular and cingulate cortex The anterior insula (AI) and mid-anterior cingulate cortex (mACC) have…