PSYC 473 Lecture : Berntson et al., The Insula and Evaluative Processes
16 Dec 2011
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Purpose: the insula is proposed to be implicated in evaluative and affective processes; the study examined the evaluative valence and arousal ratings of patients with lesions to their insula compared to two control groups. It is interconnected with the frontal, parietal, and temporal cortical areas which. The insular cortex is in the forebrain and its function is on autonomic regulation, emotion, and cognition have been involved in attention, memory, and cognition. Also, it interacts with neural circuitry underlying affective and cognitive processes anxiety) as well as in response to depictions of emotional contexts or facial expressions of emotion in self or other people. Studies show insula activation during diverse emotional states (disgust, pain: suggests that the insular cortex plays a broad role in cognitive-emotional integration. Insular lesions have been reported to impair sensitivity to aversive outcomes and. Research shows that the anterior insula is activated when people make risk-averse decisions the ability to adjust better strategies according to probabilistic odds.
