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Words Activate Hidden Brain Processes Shaping Emotions, Decisions and Behavior

Words activate hidden brain processes shaping emotions, decisions, and behavior
Emotional words evoke region- and valence-specific patterns of concurrent neuromodulator release in the human thalamus and cortex. Batten et al/Cell Reports. Credit: Batten et al/Cell Reports

In an unprecedented new study, researchers have shown neurotransmitters in the human brain are released during the processing of the emotional content of language, providing new insights into how people interpret the significance of words.

The work, conducted by an international team led by Virginia Tech scientists, offers deeper understanding into how language influences human choices and mental health.

Spearheaded by computational neuroscientist Read Montague, a professor of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and director of the institute’s Center for Human Neuroscience Resear...

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