Semantic Space Theory: A Computational Approach to Emotion

What music makes us feel: At least 13 dimensions organize subjective experiences associated with music across different cultures

(2020) Alan S. Cowen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A central master driver of psychosocial stress responses in the rat

(2020) Naoya Kataoka et al.   SCIENCE

Facial expressions of emotion states and their neuronal correlates in mice

(2020) Nejc Dolensek et al.   SCIENCE

Universal facial expressions uncovered in art of the ancient Americas: A computational approach

(2020) Alan S. Cowen et al.   Science Advances

Sixteen facial expressions occur in similar contexts worldwide

(2020) Alan S. Cowen et al.   NATURE

Intense threat switches dorsal raphe serotonin neurons to a paradoxical operational mode

(2019) Changwoo Seo et al.   SCIENCE

Emotional Mirror Neurons in the Rat’s Anterior Cingulate Cortex

(2019) Maria Carrillo et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Towards a neural model of infant cry perception

(2019) J. Witteman et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Emotion schemas are embedded in the human visual system

(2019) Philip A. Kragel et al.   Science Advances

Discovering the Computational Relevance of Brain Network Organization

(2019) Takuya Ito et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

The Default Mode Network’s Role in Discrete Emotion

(2019) Ajay B. Satpute et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

A hypothalamic circuit for the circadian control of aggression

(2018) William D. Todd et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Distributed affective space represents multiple emotion categories across the human brain

(2018) Heini Saarimäki et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Clarifying the Conceptualization, Dimensionality, and Structure of Emotion: Response to Barrett and Colleagues

(2018) Alan S. Cowen et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Supraorbital morphology and social dynamics in human evolution

(2018) Ricardo Miguel Godinho et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Self-report captures 27 distinct categories of emotion bridged by continuous gradients

(2017) Alan S. Cowen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pupil-mimicry conditions trust in partners: moderation by oxytocin and group membership

(2017) Mariska E. Kret et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The theory of constructed emotion: an active inference account of interoception and categorization

(2017) Lisa Feldman Barrett   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Emotion Perception from Face, Voice, and Touch: Comparisons and Convergence

(2017) Annett Schirmer et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Smiles as Multipurpose Social Signals

(2017) Jared Martin et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Long-term consistency in chimpanzee consolation behaviour reflects empathetic personalities

(2017) Christine E. Webb et al.   Nature Communications

AffectNet: A Database for Facial Expression, Valence, and Arousal Computing in the Wild

(2017) Ali Mollahosseini et al.   IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

Modelling the emergence of rodent filial huddling from physiological huddling

(2017) Stuart P. Wilson   Royal Society Open Science

Consolation in the aftermath of robberies resembles post-aggression consolation in chimpanzees

(2017) Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard et al.   PLoS One

A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex

(2016) Matthew F. Glasser et al.   NATURE

Natural speech reveals the semantic maps that tile human cerebral cortex

(2016) Alexander G. Huth et al.   NATURE

Hypothalamic control of male aggression-seeking behavior

(2016) Annegret L Falkner et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A fast pathway for fear in human amygdala

(2016) Constantino Méndez-Bértolo et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Situating the default-mode network along a principal gradient of macroscale cortical organization

(2016) Daniel S. Margulies et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Displacement behaviors in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): A neurogenomics investigation of the RDoC Negative Valence Systems domain

(2016) Robert D. Latzman et al.   PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Neural correlates of ticklishness in the rat somatosensory cortex

(2016) S. Ishiyama et al.   SCIENCE

Wiring the altruistic brain

(2016) S. Gluth et al.   SCIENCE

Oxytocin-dependent consolation behavior in rodents

(2016) J. P. Burkett et al.   SCIENCE

The Anatomy of Suffering: Understanding the Relationship between Nociceptive and Empathic Pain

(2016) Jamil Zaki et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Rough-and-tumble play as a window on animal communication

(2015) Elisabetta Palagi et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Mirth and laughter elicited by electrical stimulation of the human anterior cingulate cortex

(2015) Fausto Caruana et al.   CORTEX

Neural correlates of mirth and laughter: A direct electrical cortical stimulation study

(2015) Yukihiro Yamao et al.   CORTEX

Human Screams Occupy a Privileged Niche in the Communication Soundscape

(2015) Luc H. Arnal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Neural Representations of Emotion Are Organized around Abstract Event Features

(2015) Amy E. Skerry et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Empathic concern drives costly altruism

(2015) Oriel FeldmanHall et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Appraisals Generate Specific Configurations of Facial Muscle Movements in a Gambling Task: Evidence for the Component Process Model of Emotion

(2015) Kornelia Gentsch et al.   PLoS One

Deer Mothers Are Sensitive to Infant Distress Vocalizations of Diverse Mammalian Species

(2014) Susan Lingle et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Assessing Anxiety in Nonhuman Primates

(2014) K. Coleman et al.   ILAR JOURNAL

Phonetic Feature Encoding in Human Superior Temporal Gyrus

(2014) N. Mesgarani et al.   SCIENCE

Ready for action: a role for the human midbrain in responding to infant vocalizations

(2013) Christine E. Parsons et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Facilitating Play Through Communication: Significance of Teeth Exposure in the Gorilla Play Face

(2012) BRIDGET M. WALLER et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Functional specialization does not require a one-to-one mapping between brain regions and emotions

(2012) Andrea Scarantino   BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

The brain basis of emotion: A meta-analytic review

(2012) Kristen A. Lindquist et al.   BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

Maternal Contact Differentially Modulates Central and Peripheral Oxytocin in Rat Pups During a Brief Regime of Mother-Pup Interaction that Induces a Filial Huddling Preference

(2012) S. Kojima et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

A Continuous Semantic Space Describes the Representation of Thousands of Object and Action Categories across the Human Brain

(2012) Alexander G. Huth et al.   NEURON

Oxytocin enhances pupil dilation and sensitivity to ‘hidden’ emotional expressions

(2012) Siri Leknes et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Sound familiar? Acoustic similarity provokes responses to unfamiliar heterospecific alarm calls

(2011) Pamela M. Fallow et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Emotional and Social Behaviors Elicited by Electrical Stimulation of the Insula in the Macaque Monkey

(2011) Fausto Caruana et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Reconstructing Visual Experiences from Brain Activity Evoked by Natural Movies

(2011) Shinji Nishimoto et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Functional identification of an aggression locus in the mouse hypothalamus

(2011) Dayu Lin et al.   NATURE

Discrete emotions predict changes in cognition, judgment, experience, behavior, and physiology: A meta-analysis of experimental emotion elicitations.

(2011) Heather C. Lench et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN

‘The bone is mine’: affective and referential aspects of dog growls

(2010) Tamás Faragó et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Autonomic nervous system activity in emotion: A review

(2010) Sylvia D. Kreibig   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Variation in oxytocin is related to variation in affiliative behavior in monogamous, pairbonded tamarins

(2010) Charles T. Snowdon et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Coding of facial expressions of pain in the laboratory mouse

(2010) Dale J Langford et al.   NATURE METHODS

Consolation as possible expression of sympathetic concern among chimpanzees

(2010) T. Romero et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Social vocalizations can release oxytocin in humans

(2010) L. J. Seltzer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Natural variations in maternal and paternal care are associated with systematic changes in oxytocin following parent–infant contact

(2010) Ruth Feldman et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The Social Neuroscience of Empathy

(2009) Tania Singer et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Reconstructing the Evolution of Laughter in Great Apes and Humans

(2009) Marina Davila Ross et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Subgenual cingulate activity reflects individual differences in empathic concern

(2009) Roland Zahn et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

The social role of touch in humans and primates: Behavioural function and neurobiological mechanisms

(2008) R.I.M. Dunbar   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

The spontaneous expression of pride and shame: Evidence for biologically innate nonverbal displays

(2008) J. L. Tracy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stress reduction through consolation in chimpanzees

(2008) O. N. Fraser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA