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SUBMITTER: Berntson GG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3261800 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berntson Gary G GG Norman Greg J GJ Bechara Antoine A Bruss Joel J Tranel Daniel D Cacioppo John T JT
Psychological science 20101209 1
The insula has been implicated as a component of central networks subserving evaluative and affective processes. This study examined evaluative valence and arousal ratings in response to picture stimuli in patients with lesions of the insula and two contrast groups: a control-lesion group (the primary contrast group) and an amygdala-lesion group. Patients rated the positivity and negativity of picture stimuli (from very unpleasant to very pleasant) and how emotionally arousing they found the pic ...[more]