For more than two decades, research focusing on both clinical and non-clinical populations
has suggested a key role for specific regions in the regulation of self-conscious emotions. It …

We aimed to investigate the neural correlates associated with judgments of a positive self-
conscious emotion, pride, and elucidate the difference between pride and a basic positive …

Presented is a model suggesting that the right hemisphere (RH) directly mediates the
identification and comprehension of positive and negative emotional stimuli, whereas the left …

The hypothesis assuming that the right hemisphere may play a critical role in emotional
processing was raised by clinical data which showed that patients with right brain lesions …

Self-conscious emotions are prevalent in our daily lives and play an important role in both
normal and pathological behavior. Despite their immense significance, the neural substrates …

Since the classical Babinski's (1914) observation of lack of awareness (“anosognosia”) for a
left-sided hemiplegia, the problem of the mechanisms underlying this surprising …

Eleven patients underwent injection of amobarbital into their right and left internal carotid
arteries (Wada test) to determine propositional language dominance as part of a standard …

Hemispheric asymmetries in affective and cognitive functions have been extensively
studied. While both cerebral hemispheres contribute to most affective and cognitive …

When someone asks,“How do you feel?”, your answer includes your bodily feelings as well
as your emotional feelings. Influential models of emotion view the embodiment of emotions …

Viewed from an anthropocentric perspective, emotions are intrinsically linked to the highest
human mental faculties seated in the neocortex. However, from another perspective …