Bottom-Up and Top-Down Processes in Emotion Generation: Common and Distinct Neural Mechanisms

Emotions are generally thought to arise through the interaction of bottom-up and top-down processes. However, prior work has not delineated their relative contributions. In a sample of 20 females, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to compare the neural correlates of negative emotions gen...

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Main Authors: Ochsner, Kevin N. (Author), Ray, Rebecca R. (Author), Hughes, Brent (Author), McRae, Kateri (Author), Cooper, Jeffrey C. (Author), Weber, Jochen (Author), Gross, James J. (Author), Gabrieli, John D. E. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sage Publications, 2012-03-30T21:20:33Z.
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