Anticipatory affect: neural correlates and consequences for choice.

ABSTRACT: 'Anticipatory affect' refers to emotional states that people experience while anticipating significant outcomes. Historically, technical limitations have made it difficult to determine whether anticipatory affect influences subsequent choice. Recent advances in the spatio-temporal resolution of functional magnetic resonance imaging, however, now allow researchers to visualize changes in neural activity seconds before choice occurs. We review evidence that activation in specific brain circuits changes during anticipation of monetary incentives, that this activation correlates with affective experience and that activity in these circuits may influence subsequent choice. Specifically, an activation likelihood estimate meta-analysis of cued response studies indicates that nucleus accumbens (NA

SUBMITTER: Knutson B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2607363 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature