Imaging emotional brain functions: conceptual and methodological issues

Peper, Martin (2006). Imaging emotional brain functions: conceptual and methodological issues. Journal of physiology Paris, 99(4-6), pp. 293-307. Paris: Elsevier 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2006.03.009

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This article reviews the psychophysiological and brain imaging literature on emotional brain function from a methodological point of view. The difficulties in defining, operationalising and measuring emotional activation and, in particular, aversive learning will be considered. Emotion is a response of the organism during an episode of major significance and involves physiological activation, motivational, perceptual, evaluative and learning processes, motor expression, action tendencies and monitoring/subjective feelings. Despite the advances in assessing the physiological correlates of emotional perception and learning processes, a critical appraisal shows that functional neuroimaging approaches encounter methodological difficulties regarding measurement precision (e.g., response scaling and reproducibility) and validity (e.g., response specificity, generalisation to other paradigms, subjects or settings). Since emotional processes are not only the result of localised but also of widely distributed activation, a more representative model of assessment is needed that systematically relates the hierarchy of high- and low-level emotion constructs with the corresponding patterns of activity and functional connectivity of the brain.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine > Forensic Psychiatric Services
UniBE Contributor:	Peper, Martin
ISSN:	0928-4257
ISBN:	16740378
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:49
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:15
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.jphysparis.2006.03.009
PubMed ID:	16740378
Web of Science ID:	000238775200002
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/20396 (FactScience: 3687)