The role of language in the experience and perception of emotion: a neuroimaging meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Recent behavioral and neuroimaging studies demonstrate that labeling one's emotional experiences and perceptions alters those states. Here, we used a comprehensive meta-analysis of the neuroimaging literature to systematically explore whether the presence of emotion words in experimental tasks has an impact on the neural representation of emotional experiences and perceptions across studies. Using a database of 386 studies, we assessed brain activity when emotion words (e.g. 'anger', 'disgust') and more general affect words (e.g. 'pleasant', 'unpleasant') were present in experimental tasks vs not present. As predicted, when emotion words were present, we observed more frequent activations in regions related to semantic processing. When emotion words were not present, we observed more frequ

SUBMITTER: Brooks JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5390741 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature