Why do we remember a hug forever? A new neurobiological model explains how "affective tactile memory" stores emotional touch ...

National Institute of Science and Technology on Social and Affective Neuroscience (INCT-SANI) has the following research output in the current window (1 January 2025 - 31 December 2025) of the Nature ...

Affective tactile memory explains how touch lingers in our minds, influencing how we feel, connect, and respond to ...

Faul, L. & Kensinger , E.A. (accepted). Emotional memory. Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, 3rd Edition. Elsevier. Garcia, S.M. & Kensinger, E.A ...

Empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, is underpinned by complex neural networks that also mediate the direct experience of pain. Research in this field has revealed a ...

Affect is a positive-to-negative experience in consciousness that has eluded a consensus understanding within psychology and neuroscience. The contemporary neuroscience perspectives of predictive ...

A study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience provides evidence that the brain’s reward system ...

We have created a collection of videos to keep you informed about topics including sleep, memory, cognitive aging, and brain health. We also have compiled the scientific posters that were presented at ...

At every moment, there is something a person/animal is trying to do (a goal) and a reason they are trying to do it (a context for that goal). In the Affect Management Framework (AMF; Haynes-LaMotte, ...

A parent's gentle touch stays with us and shapes our future development and wellbeing Why does a comforting touch stay with ...