title: Functional specialization does not require a one-to-one mapping between brain regions and emotions.
abstract: Lindquist et al. have assumed that functional specialization requires a one-to-one mapping between brain regions and discrete emotions. This assumption is in tension with the fact that regions can have multiple functions in the context of different, possibly distributed, networks. Once we open the door to other forms of functional specialization, neuroimaging data no longer favor constructionist models over natural kind models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy and Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA. ascarantino@gsu.edu
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scarantino
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging; D011859:Radiography