PLoS ONE: A Common Anterior Insula Representation of Disgust Observation, Experience an... - 0 views
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Todd Suomela on 14 Aug 08We found voxels in the anterior Insula and adjacent frontal operculum to be involved in all three modalities of disgust, suggesting that simulation in the context of social perception and mental imagery of disgust share a common neural substrates. Using effective connectivity, this shared region however was found to be embedded in distinct functional circuits during the three modalities, suggesting why observing, imagining and experiencing an emotion feels so different.