A distributed fMRI-based signature for the subjective experience of fear

The brain systems underlying fear experience are debated. Here the authors develop an fMRI-based neural signature for fear and show that fear is represented in distributed brain systems rather than isolated ‘fear centers’.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Feng Zhou, Weihua Zhao, Ziyu Qi, Yayuan Geng, Shuxia Yao, Keith M. Kendrick, Tor D. Wager, Benjamin Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26977-3