Can modular psychological concepts like affect and emotion be assigned to a distinct subset of regional neural circuits?

Fehr, Thorsten; Herrmann, Manfred

doi:10.1016/j.plrev.2015.04.027

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“…We conclude that the concepts of flight and fight do not apply to the interpreted data presented by Buades-Rotger et al (2017) due to the experimental FOE design. Further, the study of Buades-Rotger et al (2017) does not distinguish the different kinds of emotional categories (cf., Fehr and Herrmann, 2015). Therefore, the reported findings can neither be interpreted as emotional nor pure arousal effects.…”

Section: Brain Physiological Studies On Different Kinds Of Reactive Aggressionmentioning

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“…(1) Besides a baseline condition (in the present study, the neutral condition), there must be at least one additional emotional or cognitive task category (in the present study, the social positive interaction category) to ensure that the results are not only due to general attentional and/or arousal related processing (e.g., Fehr and Herrmann, 2015). (2) the stimulus materials and procedures should be as realistic as possible, and all the stimuli should be carefully evaluated by the participants through ratings on scales (cf., Fehr et al, 2014).…”

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Neural Correlates of Decisions in Quasi-Realistic, Affective Social Interactions in Individuals With Violence-Related Socialization

Wiechert

Janzen²,

Achtziger

et al. 2021

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Appropriate social behavior in aggressive-provocative interactions is a prerequisite for a peaceful life. In previous research, the dysfunctions of the control of aggression were suggested to be modulated by enhanced bottom-up (sub-cortically driven) and reduced top-down (iso-cortical frontal) processing capability. In the present study, two groups of individuals with enhanced (EG) and normal (NG) experiences of violent acts during their socialization made binary behavioral decisions in quasi-realistic social interactions. These interactions were presented in short video clips taken from a first-person perspective. The video clips showed social interaction scenarios oriented on realistic everyday life situations. The behavioral data supported the distinct affective qualities of three categories of social interactions. These categories were labeled as aggressive–provocative, social–positive, and neutral–social interactions. Functional neuroimaging data showed extended activation patterns and higher signal intensity for the NG compared to the EG in the lateral inferior frontal brain regions for the aggressive provocative interactions. Furthermore, the peri-aqueductal gray (PAG) produced enhanced activations for the affective interaction scenarios (i.e., aggressive-provocative and social-positive) in both groups and as a trend with the medium effect size for the neutral interactions in the EG. As the individuals in the EG did not show open aggression during the functional MRIA (fMRI) investigation, we concluded that they applied individual self-control strategies to regulate their aggressive impulses immediately. These strategies appeared to be top-down regulated through the dorsal frontal brain areas. The predominant recruitment of the heteromodal cortices during the neural processing of complex social interactions pointed to the important role of the learning history of individuals and their socialization with differing levels of violent experiences as crucial modulators in convicts. Our data suggest that building or strengthening the association between prototypical social contexts (e.g., aggressive-provocative interactions) and appropriate behaviors as a response to it provides a promising approach to successfully re-socialize people with a delinquent history.

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Section: Brain Physiological Studies On Different Kinds Of Reactive Aggressionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Section: The Present Pilot Study and Working Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neural Correlates of Decisions in Quasi-Realistic, Affective Social Interactions in Individuals With Violence-Related Socialization

Wiechert

Janzen²,

Achtziger

et al. 2021

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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“…Its key components are anatomically connected to the dopaminergic neurons and receive their input: the striatum dence that the more complex a function is, the more idiosyncratic its localization in the brain is. While there might be starting regions for basic functions, common to all individuals, higher-order complex processes might be organized differently in each individual brain (see Fehr 2013;Fehr and Herrmann 2015).…”

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A Review Essay onSocial Neuroscience: Can Research on the Social Brain and Economics Inform Each Other?

Alós–Ferrer

2018

Journal of Economic Literature

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Social neuroscience studies the “social brain,” conceived as the set of brain structures and functions supporting the perception and evaluation of the social environment. This article provides an overview of the field, using the book Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society (Russell K. Schutt, Larry J. Seidman, and Matcheri S. Keshavan, editors) as a starting point. Topics include the evolution of the social brain, the concept of “theory of mind,” the relevant brain networks, and documented failures of the social brain. I argue that social neuroscience and economics can greatly benefit from each other because the social brain underlies interpersonal decision making, as studied in economics. (JEL D11, D71, D87, Z13)

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“…Additionally, several modular psychological conceptions, such as learning and memory, antecedents of affective activity, emotion satiation, cognitive complexity, subjective emotions, and degree of conscious appraisal, are assigned to different affect systems in this theory. However, the hypothesis that modular psychological concepts such as affect and emotion can be assigned to a distinct subset of regional neural circuits remains questionable [ 54 ].…”

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Toward Model Building for Visual Aesthetic Perception

Liu

Lughofer

Zeng

2017

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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Several models of visual aesthetic perception have been proposed in recent years. Such models have drawn on investigations into the neural underpinnings of visual aesthetics, utilizing neurophysiological techniques and brain imaging techniques including functional magnetic resonance imaging, magnetoencephalography, and electroencephalography. The neural mechanisms underlying the aesthetic perception of the visual arts have been explained from the perspectives of neuropsychology, brain and cognitive science, informatics, and statistics. Although corresponding models have been constructed, the majority of these models contain elements that are difficult to be simulated or quantified using simple mathematical functions. In this review, we discuss the hypotheses, conceptions, and structures of six typical models for human aesthetic appreciation in the visual domain: the neuropsychological, information processing, mirror, quartet, and two hierarchical feed-forward layered models. Additionally, the neural foundation of aesthetic perception, appreciation, or judgement for each model is summarized. The development of a unified framework for the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the aesthetic perception of visual art and the validation of this framework via mathematical simulation is an interesting challenge in neuroaesthetics research. This review aims to provide information regarding the most promising proposals for bridging the gap between visual information processing and brain activity involved in aesthetic appreciation.

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Can modular psychological concepts like affect and emotion be assigned to a distinct subset of regional neural circuits?

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

Neural Correlates of Decisions in Quasi-Realistic, Affective Social Interactions in Individuals With Violence-Related Socialization

Neural Correlates of Decisions in Quasi-Realistic, Affective Social Interactions in Individuals With Violence-Related Socialization

A Review Essay onSocial Neuroscience: Can Research on the Social Brain and Economics Inform Each Other?

Toward Model Building for Visual Aesthetic Perception

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