Computational imaging during video game playing shows dynamic synchronization of cortical and subcortical networks of emotions.

ABSTRACT: Emotions are multifaceted phenomena affecting mind, body, and behavior. Previous studies sought to link particular emotion categories (e.g., fear) or dimensions (e.g., valence) to specific brain substrates but generally found distributed and overlapping activation patterns across various emotions. In contrast, distributed patterns accord with multi-componential theories whereby emotions emerge from appraisal processes triggered by current events, combined with motivational, expressive, and physiological mechanisms orchestrating behavioral responses. According to this framework, components are recruited in parallel and dynamically synchronized during emotion episodes. Here, we use functional MRI (fMRI) to investigate brain-wide systems engaged by theoretically defined components and measure

SUBMITTER: Leitao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7685507 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature