A study from the UJI reveals how the brain interprets social relationships and emotions through the anterior temporal lobe (IMAGE)
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Understanding how our brain interprets social hierarchy or facial emotions may be key to advancing our knowledge of anxiety and mood disorders. This is the aim of the project led by researcher Maya Visser at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, which studies the role of the anterior temporal lobe (ATL) in the brain network that gives meaning to social and emotional concepts.
The anterior temporal lobe (ATL) has traditionally been understudied due to the geometric distortions produced in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which have hindered accurate analysis of this region. However, previous studies by the NFN group at the Universitat Jaume I have used specific techniques to overcome these limitations and have demonstrated the ATL’s involvement in processing meaning and in making social and emotional decisions.
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Universitat Jaume I of Castellón (Spain)
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