Emotion representations in context: maturation and convergence pathways

Shaozheng Qin

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2023.07.009

Emotion representations in context: maturation and convergence pathways

Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Oct;27(10):883-885. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.07.009. Epub 2023 Aug 17.

Author

Shaozheng Qin¹

Affiliation

¹ IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research & State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37598002
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.07.009

Abstract

How does the human brain develop stable emotion representations? According to recent work by Camacho et al., neural representations of contextualized emotional cues are distinct and fairly stable by mid-to-late childhood and activation patterns become increasingly similar between individuals during adolescence. Here, I propose a framework for investigating contextualized emotion processing.

Keywords: convergence; development; emotion; fMRI; movie; representation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Brain*
Child
Cues
Emotions*
Humans