Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Social and Affective Neuroscience
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 300
Special Issue Editor
Interests: noninvasive brain stimulation; motor-evoked potentials; emotion perception; action control; action inhibition; fear confitioning; empathy; emotional body language; motor resonance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of non-invasive brain stimulation methods (NIBS) has become a common approach to study social processing, in addition to behavioural, imaging and lesion studies. NIBS offer the unique opportunity to investigate causal links between neural regions and specific functions, to study the time course of a specific process with a high temporal resolution, and to modulate cortico-cortical connectivity. Moreover, neuromodulation can be combined with brain measures of BOLD or EEG signals, to explore functional connectivity at rest or during task performance. Neuromodulation can also be applied in clinical settings to induce long-lasting neuroplasticity and behavioral changes.
This Special Issue invites original manuscripts on neuromodulation methods to map brain functions. More broadly, manuscripts on the study of social, emotional or affective functions are also welcome. In addition to single-pulse, repetitive or theta-burst TMS, cutting-edge brain stimulation methods are of interest, such as cortico-cortical paired pulse protocols, or the co-registering of TMS and neurobiological signals (BOLD, EEG or EMG). Finally, studies of neural or psychopathological disorders with diagnostic, therapeutical and rehabilitation purposes are also welcome.
Dr. Sara Borgomaneri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- non-invasive brain stimulation
- emotion perception
- social neuroscience
- affective neuroscience
