The insular cortex, or “Island of Reil,” is hidden deep within the lateral sulcus of the brain.
Subdivisions within the insula have been identified on the basis of cytoarchitectonics, sulcal …

Recent research on empathy in humans and other mammals seeks to dissociate emotional
and cognitive empathy. These forms, however, remain interconnected in evolution, across …

Tunteet kaiken ytimessä. Tunteet ovat kaiken inhimillisen toiminnan ytimessä. Erilaiset
sosiaaliset tilanteet ja tapahtumat saavat meissä aikaan reaktioita, joita kutsumme tunteiksi …

Present day neuroscience places the brain at the centre of study. But what if researchers
viewed the brain not as the foundation of life, rather as a mediating organ? Ecology of the …

The mirror mechanism is a basic brain mechanism that transforms sensory representations
of others' behaviour into one's own motor or visceromotor representations concerning that …

Historically, research on emotion perception has focused on facial expressions, and findings
from this modality have come to dominate our thinking about other modalities. Here we …

Interest in and research on disgust has surged over the past few decades. The field,
however, still lacks a coherent theoretical framework for understanding the evolved function …

In academic and public life empathy is seen as a fundamental force of morality–a
psychological phenomenon, rooted in biology, with profound effects in law, policy, and …

Researchers have wondered how the brain creates emotions since the early days of
psychological science. With a surge of studies in affective neuroscience in recent decades …

This paper reviews the foundation for a role of the human anterior insular cortex (AIC) in
emotional awareness, defined as the conscious experience of emotions. We first introduce …