Emotionotopy in the human right temporo-parietal cortex

People can experience a wide variety of emotions, and how the brain represents these varying affective states is a matter of debate. Here the authors show that coding mechanisms of emotions in right temporo-parietal cortex resemble those of low-level stimulus features in primary sensory regions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giada Lettieri, Giacomo Handjaras, Emiliano Ricciardi, Andrea Leo, Paolo Papale, Monica Betta, Pietro Pietrini, Luca Cecchetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13599-z