Mapping the emotional homunculus with fMRI

Summary: Emotions are commonly associated with bodily sensations, e.g., boiling with anger when overwhelmed with rage. Studies have shown that emotions are related to specific body parts, suggesting that somatotopically organized cortical regions that commonly respond to somatosensory and motor expe...

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Main Authors: Michelle Giraud, Laura Zapparoli, Gianpaolo Basso, Marco Petilli, Eraldo Paulesu, Elena Nava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224012070