Dissociable large-scale networks anchored in the right anterior insula subserve affective experience and attention

Touroutoglou, Alexandra; Hollenbeck, Mark; Dickerson, Bradford C.; Feldman Barrett, Lisa

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.02.012

Dissociable large-scale networks anchored in the right anterior insula subserve affective experience and attention

Meta-analytic summaries of neuroimaging studies point to at least two major functional-anatomic subdivisions within the anterior insula that contribute to the detection and processing of salient information: a dorsal region that is routinely active during attention tasks and a ventral region that…