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Emotion and personality factors influence the neural response to emotional stimuli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2012

Fionnuala C. Murphy
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, United Kingdom. fionnuala.murphy@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/michael.ewbank@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/andy.calder@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/
Michael P. Ewbank
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, United Kingdom. fionnuala.murphy@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/michael.ewbank@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/andy.calder@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/
Andrew J. Calder
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, United Kingdom. fionnuala.murphy@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/michael.ewbank@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/andy.calder@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/

Abstract

Lindquist et al. assess the neural evidence for locationist versus psychological construction accounts of human emotion. A wealth of experimental and clinical investigations show that individual differences in emotion and personality influence emotion processing. These factors may also influence the brain's response to emotional stimuli. A synthesis of the relevant neuroimaging data must therefore take these factors into consideration.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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