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Abstract
Recognition of emotion draws on a distributed set of structures that include the occipitotemporal
neocortex, amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex and right frontoparietal cortices. Recognition
of fear may draw especially on the amygdala and the detection of disgust may rely
on the insula and basal ganglia. Two important mechanisms for recognition of emotions
are the construction of a simulation of the observed emotion in the perceiver, and
the modulation of sensory cortices via top-down influences.