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The participation of cortical areas of the brain in processes of the perception and reproduction of emotional states of man

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The participation of the cortical zones of the brain in the processes of the perception and reproduction of the emotional states of man was investigated by means of a new method of mapping intracortical interaction. During the recognition of emotions the focus of activity was in the left temporal area of the cortex. If the emotions were not recognized, a focus of activity was not observed in the temporal area of the cortex, but was found in the frontal divisions of both hemispheres. Foci of activity were observed primarily in the frontal areas of the cortex during the mental reproduction of emotional states.

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  1. Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

    O. A. Sidorova & M. B. Kostyunina

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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 1094–1101, November–December, 1991.

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Sidorova, O.A., Kostyunina, M.B. The participation of cortical areas of the brain in processes of the perception and reproduction of emotional states of man. Neurosci Behav Physiol 23, 135–141 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01189110

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