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[[File:Yakunchikova Fear.jpg|thumb|right|400px]]Welcome to the Wikiversity [[learning project]] about the '''neurobiology of emotion'''. This is a [[Wikiversity:Learning by doing|learn by doing]] project where [[#Participants|participants]] collaborate to explore what [[Topic:Neuroscience|neuroscience]] research has revealed about the biology of [[emotion]].

This project is starting with a [[#Reading|literature review]], so please add useful links to this page and participate in [[#Discussion|discussion]] of previously published research.

==Reading==
If you are not familiar with the major brain regions that have been associated with emotions then start with the introductory reading, below.
===Introductory===
Start with the [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci 2001 Neuroscience textbook by Dale Purves, et al.] and read the [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2050&rendertype=box&id=A2053 case study about patient "SM"] then read [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2030#A2030.contents other sections of the textbook chapter about emotion]:
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2031 Physiological Changes Associated with Emotion]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2038 The Integration of Emotional Behavior]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2041 The Limbic System]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2050 The Importance of the Amygdala]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2058 The Relationship between Neocortex and Amygdala]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2073 Cortical Lateralization of Emotional Functions]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2075 The Interplay of Emotion and Reason]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=neurosci&part=A2076 Summary]
[[File:Brainfmriarrow.png|thumb|right|300px|A cortical brain region (white area indicated by the green arrow) with activity that is associated with disgust in humans, from [[#Jabbi2008|Jabbi et al. 2008]]. Panels b, c and d show patterns of activity induced by thinking about digust, seeing someone who was disgusted and drinking a disgusting liquid.]]
===Research literature===
*'''Empathy.''' [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206036/?tool=pubmed The empathic brain and its dysfunction in psychiatric populations: implications for intervention across different clinical conditions] by [[w:Jean Decety|Jean Decety]] and [http://yomorigu.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Yoshiya Moriguchi] in [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/issues/142499/ Biopsychosoc Medicine], volume 1, page 22 (2007).
*'''Single neuron responses to emotion.''' [http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/97/2/1379 Responses of single neurons in monkey amygdala to facial and vocal emotions] by Koji Kuraoka and Katsuki Nakamura in [[w:Journal of Neurophysiology|Journal of Neurophysiology]] volume 97, pages 1379-1387 (2007).
*'''Disgust.''' [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002939 A Common Anterior Insula Representation of Disgust Observation, Experience and Imagination Shows Divergent Functional Connectivity Pathways] by Mbemba Jabbi, Jojanneke Bastiaansen, [[w:Christian Keysers|Christian Keysers]] in [[w:PLoS ONE|PLoS ONE]] volume 3, page e2939 (2008).
*'''Narcissistic rage.''' [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778434 Narcissistic rage: The Achilles’ heel of the patient with chronic physical illness] by Thomas Hyphantis, Augustina Almyroudi, Vassiliki Paika, Panagiota Goulia and Konstantinos Arvanitakis in Patient Preference and Adherence volume 3, pages 239–250 (2009).
*'''Social cognition.''' [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871162 What does the amygdala contribute to social cognition?] by [http://www.cns.caltech.edu/people/faculty/adolfs.html Ralph Adolphs] in [[w:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences|Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences]] volume 1191 pages 42-61 (2010).
*'''Darwin's emotion experiment.''' [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20446159 Charles Darwin's emotional expression "experiment" and his contribution to modern neuropharmacology] by Peter J. Snyder, Rebecca Kaufman, John Harrison and Paul Maruff in [[Wikipedia:Journal of the History of the Neurosciences|Journal of the History of the Neurosciences]], volume 19, pages 158-170 (2010).
*'''Empathy and alexithymia.''' [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859151 Empathic brain responses in insula are modulated by levels of alexithymia but not autism] by Geoffrey Bird, Giorgia Silani, Rachel Brindley, Sarah White, Uta Frith and Tania Singer in [[w:Brain (journal)|Brain]] volume 133, pages 1515-1525 (2010).
[[File:Limbic lobe animation small.gif|thumb|right|[[w:Limbic lobe|Limbic lobe]] (red) of left cerebral hemisphere.]]
==Discussion==
This page section is for discussion of recently published articles about the neurobiology of emotion.[[File:Amygdala small.gif|thumb|left|[[w:Amygdala|amygdala]] ([http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amygdala.gif larger version])]]
===Specific brain regions involved in emotion===
In "[[#Adolphs2010|What does the amygdala contribute to social cognition?]]", it is suggested that the amygdala plays a role in allowing humans to understand the emotions of others, particularly when we look at faces. Is the [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871162/table/T1/ subject SM] a representative experimental subject? --[[User:JWSchmidt|JWSchmidt]] 09:11, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
:[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206036/?tool=pubmed Decety & Moriguchi] cite additional patients with limbic system damage and altered emotions (cases N.M and N.K.). --[[User:JWSchmidt|JWSchmidt]] 17:52, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
*[[#Jabbi2008|Jabbi et al.]] and [[#Bird2010|Bird et al.]] describe roles for [[w:Insular cortex|insular cortical]] areas in emotion (insular cortex connects to the [[w:Amygdala|amygdala]]). What are the [[w:Limbic system|distributed neural networks]] that make emotion possible? --[[User:JWSchmidt|JWSchmidt]] 00:52, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
[[#Kuraoka2007|Kuraoka & Nakamura]] recorded from individual neurons and showed that there are neurons in the monkey amygdala that respond to either facial or vocal emotional stimuli. [[#Jabbi2008|Jabbi et al.]] studied humans using [[w:Functional magnetic resonance imaging|fMRI]] and observed that anterior insular cortex was active when test subjects either 1) saw others look disgusted or 2) tasted unpleasant liquids to induce disgust or 3) read and imagine scenarios involving disgust. Such experiments suggest that limbic system components including the amygdala and insular cortex contain neurons with activity patterns corresponding to the generation of core emotional responses that can be elicited by several different types of stimuli. --[[User:JWSchmidt|JWSchmidt]] 16:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

==Participants==
Please add yourself to the list of project participants:
*[[User:JWSchmidt]]

==Related resources==
*[[Motivation and emotion/Textbook]]

==External links==
*[http://psyphz.psych.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin - Madison research on brain mechanisms of emotion]
*[http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~daplab/mainindex.html Diego Pizzagalli's lab that studies brain mechanisms of emotion]
*[[w:Affective neuroscience|Affective neuroscience]] at Wikipedia

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