title: Neural systems for recognizing emotion.
abstract: Recognition of emotion draws on a distributed set of structures that include the occipitotemporal neocortex, amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex and right frontoparietal cortices. Recognition of fear may draw especially on the amygdala and the detection of disgust may rely on the insula and basal ganglia. Two important mechanisms for recognition of emotions are the construction of a simulation of the observed emotion in the perceiver, and the modulation of sensory cortices via top-down influences.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, 200 Hawkins Drive, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 52242, USA. ralph-adolphs@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adolphs
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005149:Facial Expression; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology