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Emotion simulation and expression understanding: A case for time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2010

Marian Stewart Bartlett
Affiliation:
Institute for Neural Computation, University of California, San Diego, 92093-0440. [email protected]://mplab.ucsd.edu/~marni

Abstract

Niedenthal et al. present a model for embodied emotion simulation and expression understanding that spans multiple brain systems. This commentary addresses the potential role of time in this model, and its implications for understanding social dysfunction.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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