Multivoxel pattern analysis does not provide evidence to support the existence of basic emotions

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1944-1948

  Clark Polner, Elizabeth ^a   Johnson, Timothy D ^b   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic emotion theory; Conceptual act theory; Construction; Emotion; Essentialism; Multivoxel pattern analysis; Pattern classification

Indexed keywords

ANGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; FEAR; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; REVIEW; SADNESS; THINKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION;

EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMANS; THINKING;

EID: 84992676957     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw028     Document Type: Review

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