Projectdetails

The goal of this project is to identify the mechanisms underlying the perception of bodily expression of emotion. The research investigates: 1) whether recognition of body expression of emotions is based on two separate processes, one consisting in representing the movement component (motor resonance and action representation) and the other in recognition of the emotion (emotional contagion); 2) what the links are between those two processes and how these links differ with the specific emotion considered. Data will be collected by means of fMRI, physiological measurements (skin conductance and electromyography) and questionnaires about social awareness.

Artikelen

• G Bleijenberg, FP de Lange, P Hagoort, SP van der Werf, JS Kalkman, JW van der Meer, I Toni (2004). Neural correlates of the chronic fatigue syndrome--an fMRI study. Brain. pp. 1948-1957
• K Roelofs, I Toni, FP de Lange (2007). Increased self-monitoring during imagined movements in conversion paralysis. Neuropsychologia. pp. 2051-2058
• RH Helmich, I Toni, BR Bloem, FP de Lange (2007). Cerebral compensation during motor imagery in Parkinson's Disease. Neuropsychologia. pp. 2201-2215
• W Hulstijn, RB Mars, MGH Coles, I Toni (2008). Selection, preparation, and monitoring: current approaches to studying the neural control of action. Cortex. pp. 479-481
• P Hagoort, ML Noordzij, I Toni, FP de Lange (2008). Language beyond action. Journal of Physiology - Paris. pp. 71-79
• I Toni, FP de Lange, K Roelofs (2008). Motor imagery: a window into the mechanisms and alterations of the motor system. Cortex. pp. 494-506
• H Bekkering, I Toni, RM Willems, M Spronk, FP de Lange (2008). Complementary systems for understanding action intentions. Current Biology. pp. 454-457