ABSTRACT

Emotional awareness is defined as the conscious experience of emotions and plays an important role in realising the link between our feelings and what we think, do and say. In this literature review, we included studies examining those alterations in emotional awareness elicited by non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, specifically by the transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and the transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). The anodal tDCS over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex increases the ability to discriminate facial expressions; TMS over the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex significantly interferes with emotion recognition abilities. Similarly, the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex contributes to emotional recognition abilities. Stimulations by repetitive repetitive TMS over the right intraparietal sulcus, improve the identification of emotions. The anodal stimulation over the orbitofrontal cortex, over the posterior superior temporal sulcus and over the right temporo-parietal junction, contributes to enhance emotion recognition abilities. The findings obtained from this work suggest that the brain stimulation techniques over specific brain regions may facilitate the increase of emotional awareness contributing to improve the psychological well-being of individuals.

摘要

情绪意识被定义​​为对情绪的有意识体验，在实现我们的感受与我们所想、所做和所说之间的联系方面发挥着重要作用。在这篇文献综述中，我们纳入了检查由非侵入性脑刺激技术引起的情绪意识改变的研究，特别是经颅磁刺激 (TMS) 和经颅直流电刺激 (tDCS)。背外侧前额叶皮层上的阳极 tDCS 增加了辨别面部表情的能力；背内侧前额叶皮层的 TMS 显着干扰情绪识别能力。同样，腹外侧前额叶皮层有助于情绪识别能力。通过对右顶内沟重复重复 TMS 的刺激，提高对情绪的识别能力。眶额皮质、颞上沟和右侧颞顶骨交界处的阳极刺激有助于增强情绪识别能力。从这项工作中获得的发现表明，特定大脑区域的大脑刺激技术可能有助于提高情绪意识，从而有助于改善个人的心理健康。