Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience

You're interested in the relationship between emotion and cognition. How can you go about exploring the topic? 

You can explore the topic by utilizing different types of resources as detailed below. This method can also be applied to any topic you choose.

If you need further help, please contact Young-Joo Lee at YLEE214@gmu.edu. 

Search the Mason catalog, using the search terms "emotion and cognition". 

Then, limit to "Reference Entries" from the list of filters on the left to limit the search. 

Even with this filter applied you are still likely to get many returned results. Pay attention to the title of each source and choose  those that seem most relevant. Below are examples of titles worth checking out further. 

• "Emotion-Cognition Interactions in Memory and Decision Making" in Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
• "Memory and Emotion" in SAGE Handbook of Applied Memory

Searching "emotion and cognition" in the Mason catalog will return close to 7,000 results. Use the following steps to narrow down those results. 

Using the Advanced Search mode, refine the search as:

Title contains "emotion cognition"

Use Filters to further limit:

Choose Books from Resource Type.

This narrows the results down to about 400. Review the titles to find promising ones. Below are some examples:

• Lemaire, P. (2022). Emotion and Cognition : an Introduction. New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
• Power, M. & Dalgleish, T. (2016). Cognition and Emotion: From Order to Disorder. 3rd ed. London: Psychology Press.
• Pickering, G. & Gibson, G. (2015). Pain, Emotion and Cognition: A Complex Nexus. 5th ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

To study on the relationship between emotion and cognition, you can use "emotion" and "cognition" keyword searches to find references or books on these subjects. 

To find journal articles, your search has to be more specific otherwise you get too many results. 

Below is an example of a research question and search path which originally started from emotion and cognition. 

Research question: What does brain imaging show on the stress induced cognitive impairment?

Database: PsycInfo

Search terms: stress AND cognition

(To replicate the search results, click here first. Once you get the search results, check "brain imaging" under the Methodology filter on the left bar.)

Examples:

• Kniffin, A., Bangasser, D. A., & Parikh, V. (2023). Septohippocampal cholinergic system at the intersection of stress and cognition: Current trends and translational implications. European Journal of Neuroscience.
• Domes, G., & Frings, C. (2020). Stress and cognition in humans: Current findings and open questions in experimental psychology. Experimental Psychology, 67(2), 73–76. 
• Falzarano, F., & Siedlecki, K. L. (2021). Differences in cognitive performance between informal caregivers and non-caregivers. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 28(2), 284–307.