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How Emotions Are Shaped by Bodily States

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Critchley, Hugo D., Nagai, Yoko·2012·Emotion Review

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The state of the body is central to guiding motivational behaviours. Here we discuss how afferent information from face and viscera influence the processing and communication of emotional states. We highlight (a) the fine-grained impact that facial muscular and patterned visceral responses exert on emotional appraisal and communicative signals; (b) short-term changes in visceral state that bias brain responses to emotive stimuli; (c) the commonality of brain pathways and substrates mediating short- and long-term bodily effects on emotional processes; (d) how topographically distinct representations of different bodily states are coupled to reported feelings associated with subtypes of disgust; and (e) how pupil signals contribute to affective exchange. Integrating these observations enriches our understanding of emotional processes and psychopathology.

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Authors
Critchley, H. D., & Nagai, Y.
Affiliations
Brighton and Sussex Medical School (GB)
Venue
Emotion Review
Published
2012-04
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pages
163-168
ISSN
  • 1754-0739 (ISSN-L)
  • 1754-0747
OpenAlex
W2172272509
Cited by
68
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
2.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Emotion Review (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords
bodily states, emotional appraisal, facial expressions, visceral responses, emotional communication, disgust, affective exchange, brain pathways, psychopathology

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