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Beyond the Tripartite Cognition–Emotion–Interoception Model of the Human Insular Cortex

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Uddin, Lucina Q., Kinnison, Joshua, Pessoa, Luiz, Anderson, Michael L.·2014·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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Functional MRI studies report insular activations across a wide range of tasks involving affective, sensory, and motor processing, but also during tasks of high-level perception, attention, and control. Although insular cortical activations are often reported in the literature, the diverse functional roles of this region are still not well understood. We used a meta-analytic approach to analyze the coactivation profiles of insular subdivisions—dorsal anterior, ventral anterior, and posterior insula—across fMRI studies in terms of multiple task domains including emotion, memory, attention, and reasoning. We found extensive coactivation of each insular subdivision, with substantial overlap between coactivation partners for each subdivision. Functional fingerprint analyses revealed that all subdivisions cooperated with a functionally diverse set of regions. Graph-theoretical analyses revealed that the dorsal anterior insula was a highly “central” structure in the coactivation network. Furthermore, analysis of the studies that activate the insular cortex itself showed that the right dorsal anterior insula was a particularly “diverse” structure in that it was likely to be active across multiple task domains. These results highlight the nuanced functional profiles of insular subdivisions and are consistent with recent work suggesting that the dorsal anterior insula can be considered a critical functional hub in the human brain.

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  • The granular insular region is typically associated with somatosensory and perceptual processing.

    “The GI region is typically associated with somatosensory and perceptual processing [5,19,20].”

    From The Insular Cortex: An Interface Between Sensation, Emotion and Cognition (2024) · cites this paper as [20]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) describes the posterior insula as sensory and associates it with sensorimotor processes, supporting the somatosensory part of the claim. Our copy does not identify that subdivision as the granular insular region or specifically associate the granular region with perceptual processing. (LLM, conf=0.77)

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Authors
Uddin, L. Q., Kinnison, J., Pessoa, L., & Anderson, M. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Miami (US)
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
  • Franklin & Marshall College (US)
Corresponding author
  • Uddin, Lucina Q.
  • Anderson, Michael L.
Venue
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher
MIT Press
Published
2014-01-01
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
16-27
ISSN
  • 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-8898
OpenAlex
W2067267557
Cited by
275
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 1
FWCI
9.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Scholarship@Western (Western University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH071589, K01MH092288, R01MH071589)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Keywords
insula, dorsal anterior insula, ventral anterior insula, posterior insula, emotional processing, memory, attention, reasoning, cognitive control, functional specialization
MeSH terms
Cerebral Cortex, Cognition, Emotions, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nerve Net, Neural Pathways, Psychomotor Performance

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