Voluntary enhancement of neural signatures of affiliative emotion using FMRI neurofeedback.

In Ridley Scott's film "Blade Runner", empathy-detection devices are employed to measure affiliative emotions. Despite recent neurocomputational advances, it is unknown whether brain signatures of affiliative emotions, such as tenderness/affection, can be decoded and voluntarily modul...

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Main Authors: Jorge Moll, Julie H Weingartner, Patricia Bado, Rodrigo Basilio, João R Sato, Bruno R Melo, Ivanei E Bramati, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, Roland Zahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4029815?pdf=render