Coda

Abstract

Abstract This coda provides a global conceptual summary of the data explosion of the last 20 years, our conceptual expansion to meet this, the idea that personality can provide a source of conceptual unity, and the role of cognitive bias and its interaction with disorder-specific systems and sensitivities. The data explosion has necessitated the addition of 33 supporting published reviews to the original 10 Appendices. Our conceptual expansion has involved the inclusion of additive arousal/attention circuits to our previous subtractive decision ones; and separation of ‘reward’ into its gain and attraction components (similarly for ‘punishment’). The theoretical treatment of personality is not only expanded but intertwined with our treatment of psychiatric disorder; and the interlinking of cognitive and neural approaches is emphasized. Our final conclusion is that, as with previous editions, this is a work in progress.