#3483. The Missing Link in Early Emotional Processing

October 2026publication date
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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology;
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Abstract:
Initial evaluation structures (IESs) currently proposed as the earliest detectors of affective stimuli (e.g., amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex, or insula) are high-order structures (a) whose response latency cannot account for the first visual cortex emotion-related response, and (b) lack the necessary infrastructure to locally analyze the visual features that define emotional stimuli. The research includes lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), a first-order thalamic nucleus that actively processes visual information. This LGN–TRN tandem could be supported by the pulvinar, a second-order thalamic structure, and by other extrathalamic nuclei. The visual thalamus, scarcely explored in affective neurosciences, seems crucial in early emotional evaluation.
Keywords:
emotion; initial evaluation; lateral geniculate nucleus; pulvinar; superior colliculus; thalamic reticular nucleus; visual thalamus

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