Project 170804
Neural processing of emotional expressions across modalities: From perception to memory
Neural processing of emotional expressions across modalities: From perception to memory
Project Information
| Study Type: | Observational Cross_Sectional |
| Therapeutic Area: | Mental_Health |
| Research Theme: | Biomedical |
| Disease Area: | schizophrenia |
| Data Type: | Canadian |
Institution & Funding
| Principal Investigator(s): | Armony, Jorge |
| Institution: | CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'Ile-de-Montréal-Douglas Hospital |
| CIHR Institute: | Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction |
| Program: | |
| Peer Review Committee: | Behavioural Sciences - C: Behavioural Studies, Neuroscience and Cognition |
| Competition Year: | 2008 |
| Term: | 3 yrs 0 mth |
Abstract Summary
The goal of this project is to explore the brain structures involved in the perception and memory of various types of emotional expressions, such as faces, vocalizations (e.g., laughs, cries) and music in healthy men and women. To do so, we will employ state-of-the-art techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Findings from these studies should contribute to a better understanding of how the brain perceives and remembers emotional information across different modalities. In addition, our findings may have clinical relevance, as abnormal patterns in emotional processing, especially in the auditory domain, are an often observed, yet poorly understood, feature of several psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia.
Research Characteristics
This project includes the following research characteristics:
Study Justification
"explore the brain structures involved in the perception and memory of various types of emotional expressions, such as faces, vocalizations (e.g., laughs, cries) and music in healthy men and women"
Novelty Statement
"our findings may have clinical relevance, as abnormal patterns in emotional processing, especially in the auditory domain, are an often observed, yet poorly understood, feature of several psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia."
Methodology Innovation
using fMRI to explore neural processing of emotional expressions across different modalities