Syllogisms delivered in an angry voice lead to improved performance and engagement of a different neural system compared to neutral voice

Despite the fact that most real-world reasoning occurs in some emotional context, very little is known about the underlying behavioral and neural implications of such context. To further understand the role of emotional context in logical reasoning we scanned 15 participants with fMRI while they eng...

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Main Authors: Kathleen Walton Smith, Laura-Lee eBalkwill, Oshin eVartanian, Vinod eGoel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00273/full