Emotions are highly complex mental states. The feelings they provoke can produce strong physical and psychological changes which influence both thought and behavior. They facilitate social interactions by using mechanisms such as emotional mimicry and difficulties with emotional regulation have been linked to psychiatric disorders.
Past studies have used mapping techniques to increase our neuroanatomical understanding of emotions yet this has proven difficult with little success, although stimulation techniques have been more successful in unraveling the complex networks involved with emotions. We wish to build upon past research to uncover novel neurobiology and excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs associated with emotions.
This Research Topic aims to provide a platform to gather the latest brain imaging and stimulation studies that will contribute to furthering our knowledge of emotions from a neuroanatomical perspective. We aim to uncover research that can aid treatment for emotion dysregulation disorders and broaden our current understanding of emotions.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to :
1. The neural anatomy of emotional regulation and reactivity (including excitatory and inhibitory synaptic input and responses)
2. Imaging Techniques that can be used to map emotions and the study of their neural network
3. Production of emotions using stimulation methods including transcranial electric stimulation
4. Brain Imaging and/or stimulation of psychophysiological responses
Emotions are highly complex mental states. The feelings they provoke can produce strong physical and psychological changes which influence both thought and behavior. They facilitate social interactions by using mechanisms such as emotional mimicry and difficulties with emotional regulation have been linked to psychiatric disorders.
Past studies have used mapping techniques to increase our neuroanatomical understanding of emotions yet this has proven difficult with little success, although stimulation techniques have been more successful in unraveling the complex networks involved with emotions. We wish to build upon past research to uncover novel neurobiology and excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs associated with emotions.
This Research Topic aims to provide a platform to gather the latest brain imaging and stimulation studies that will contribute to furthering our knowledge of emotions from a neuroanatomical perspective. We aim to uncover research that can aid treatment for emotion dysregulation disorders and broaden our current understanding of emotions.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to :
1. The neural anatomy of emotional regulation and reactivity (including excitatory and inhibitory synaptic input and responses)
2. Imaging Techniques that can be used to map emotions and the study of their neural network
3. Production of emotions using stimulation methods including transcranial electric stimulation
4. Brain Imaging and/or stimulation of psychophysiological responses