Voluntary Enhancement of Neural Signatures of Affiliative Emotion Using fMRI Neurofeedback

In Ridley Scott’s film “Blade Runner”, empathy-detection devices are employed to measure affiliative emotions. Despite recent neurocomputational advances, it is unknown whether brain signatures of affiliative emotions, such as tenderness/affection, can be decoded and voluntarily modulated. Here, we...

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Main Authors: Moll, Jorge, Weingartner, Julie H., Bado, Patricia, Basilio, Rodrigo, Sato, João R., Melo, Bruno R., Bramati, Ivanei E., de Oliveira-Souza, Ricardo, Zahn, Roland
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029815/