Emotional susceptibility trait modulates insula responses and functional connectivity in flavor processing

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue NOVEMBER, 2015, Pages

  Ebisch, Sjoerd J H ^a   Bello, Annalisa ^b,c   Spitoni, Grazia F ^b,c   Perrucci, Mauro G ^a   Gallese, Vittorio ^d   Committeri, Giorgia ^a   Pastorelli, Concetta ^b   Pizzamiglio, Luigi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Emotion; Emotional susceptibility; Gustation; Individual differences; Insula; Personality traits; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84947759388     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00297     Document Type: Article

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