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Neural basis of affect and emotion
Author(s) -
Kirkland Tabitha,
Cunningham William A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.526
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1939-5086
pISSN - 1939-5078
DOI - 10.1002/wcs.145
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , perspective (graphical) , affective neuroscience , cognition , psychology , representation (politics) , affective science , cognitive neuroscience , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , neuroscience , computer science , communication , artificial intelligence , politics , political science , law
Research on affect and emotion has recently been informed by novel methods and theories in cognitive neuroscience. This perspective, known as affective neuroscience, has the potential to dramatically improve our understanding of fundamental processes of emotion. In this article, we review the major neural systems involved in emotion and consider the computational properties of these regions. Specifically, we consider affect systems associated with the representation of predicted and experienced affective states, the cortical re‐representation of body states, and the role of reflection in generating and maintaining emotional episodes. WIREs Cogni Sci 2011 2 656–665 DOI: 10.1002/wcs.145 This article is categorized under: Neuroscience > Cognition