The neurobiological basis of affect is consistent with psychological construction theory and shares a common neural basis across emotional categories

Analysis of fMRI recordings from an autobiographical memory recall tasks suggests that neural activation during emotional experiences can be better predicted by psychological construction theory, rather than classic basic emotions theory.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Doğa Gündem, Jure Potočnik, François-Laurent De Winter, Amal El Kaddouri, Daphne Stam, Ronald Peeters, Louise Emsell, Stefan Sunaert, Lukas Van Oudenhove, Mathieu Vandenbulcke, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Jan Van den Stock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04324-6