Dissociating intensity from valence as sensory inputs to emotion

Neuron. 2003 Aug 14;39(4):581-3. doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00504-x.

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Small and colleagues used fMRI to find evidence for a neural segregation of two dimensions underlying human gustatory experience: intensity and valence. These results join several recent reports that challenge long-held notions regarding amygdaloid representation of negatively valenced events.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amygdala / physiology*
  • Emotions / physiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Taste / physiology*