The application of positron emission tomography to the study of normal and pathologic emotions.

摘要: This report reviews six studies in which positron emission tomography (PET) was used to investigate the neuroanatomic correlates of emotion, anxiety, and anxiety disorders. PET study brain regions that participate film- recall-generated discrete emotions (happiness, sadness, disgust), picture-generated positive negative emotions, normal anticipatory anxiety; predisposition to, elicitation of, treatment panic attacks; social phobic specific anxiety. Results these investigations suggest thalamic medial prefrontal may aspects emotion unrelated its type, valence, or stimulus; modality-specific sensory association areas anterior temporal lobe appear evaluation procedure invests exteroceptive information with emotional significance; insular potentially distressing cognitive interoceptive cingulate, cerebellar vermis, midbrain, other elaboration pathologic forms As a complement research strategies, promises help determine how multiple mental operations they are related work concert produce conspire