Figure 2.

Selected brain structures implicated in the different functional components of emotion understanding discussed in the main text. Each structure is color-coded to indicate, based on existing evidence, the component(s) to which it contributes. To enable a clear visualization, a number of structures known to be involved in emotion understanding are discussed in the main text but not shown in this figure. aTC, anterior temporal cortex; pSTS, posterior superior temporal sulcus; dmPFC, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; vlPFC, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Portions of this figure adapted from Adolphs (2010).