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The Emotional Homunculus: ERP Evidence for Independent Somatosensory Responses during Facial Emotional Processing

Alejandra Sel, Bettina Forster and Beatriz Calvo-Merino
Journal of Neuroscience 26 February 2014, 34 (9) 3263-3267; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0106-13.2014
Alejandra Sel
1Department of Psychology, City University London, EC1V 0HB, London, United Kingdom, and
2Department of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28223, Madrid, Spain
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Bettina Forster
1Department of Psychology, City University London, EC1V 0HB, London, United Kingdom, and
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Beatriz Calvo-Merino
1Department of Psychology, City University London, EC1V 0HB, London, United Kingdom, and
2Department of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28223, Madrid, Spain
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0106-13.2014
PubMed 
24573285
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History 
  • Received January 8, 2013
  • Revision received January 21, 2014
  • Accepted January 26, 2014
  • First published February 26, 2014.
  • Version of record published February 26, 2014.
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Copyright © 2014 the authors 0270-6474/14/343263-05$15.00/0 This article is freely available online through the J Neurosci Author Open Choice option.

Author Information

  1. Alejandra Sel1,2,
  2. Bettina Forster1, and
  3. Beatriz Calvo-Merino1,2
  1. 1Department of Psychology, City University London, EC1V 0HB, London, United Kingdom, and
  2. 2Department of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28223, Madrid, Spain
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: A.S., B.F., and B.C.-M. designed research; A.S. performed research; A.S., B.F., and B.C.-M. analyzed data; A.S., B.F., and B.C.-M. wrote the paper.

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Disclosures

    • Received January 8, 2013.
    • Revision received January 21, 2014.
    • Accepted January 26, 2014.
  • This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Grant AP2008-00664 to A.S. and Grants RYC-2008-03090 and PSI2012-34558/PSIC to B.C.-M.), and the City University London Pump Priming Scheme (B.C.-M., B.F.).

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Beatriz Calvo-Merino, Department of Psychology, City University London, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB, London, United Kingdom. b.calvo{at}city.ac.uk

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Alejandra Sel, Bettina Forster, Beatriz Calvo-Merino
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