Timing: A missing key ingredient in typical fMRI studies of emotion.

Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Jun;35(3):170-1

Authors: Waugh CE, Schirillo JA

Abstract
Lindquist et al. provide a compelling summary of the brain bases of the onset of emotion. Their conclusions, however, are constrained by typical fMRI techniques that do not assess a key ingredient in emotional experience - timing. We discuss the importance of timing in theories of emotion as well as the implications of neural temporal dynamics for psychological constructionism.

PMID: 22617678 [PubMed - in process]