Motivation Science, Vol 11(1), Mar 2025, 20-21; doi:10.1037/mot0000386
Comments on the article by N. McNaughton (see record 2025-13434-001), which provides a thought-provoking overview of more than half a century of research on the neuropsychology of anxiety. Based on the development of the reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST) so clearly discussed by McNaughton (2025), the commenting author suggests that RST can be considered as a more general framework for emotion research, and that this may lead to more discoveries in the neuropsychology of emotion (beyond fear and anxiety), and, more broadly, in the affective sciences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)