Can You See The Emotions I Hear? Brain Imaging Study Says Yes

Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 23:28 in Psychology & Sociology

By observing the pattern of activity in the brain, scientists have discovered they can "read" whether a person just heard words spoken in anger, joy, relief, or sadness. The discovery is the first to show that emotional information is represented by distinct spatial signatures in the brain that can be generalized across speakers.

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