Brain activations to emotional pictures are differentially associated with valence and arousal ratings

Several studies have investigated the neural responses triggered by emotional pictures, but the specificity of the involved structures such as the amygdala or the ventral striatum is still under debate. Furthermore, only few studies examined the association of stimuli’s valence and arousal and the u...

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Main Authors: Antje B M Gerdes, Matthias J Wieser, Andreas Muehlberger, Peter Weyers, Georg W Alpers, Michael M Plichta, Felix Breuer, Paul Pauli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00175/full