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John Myers

Baylor College of Medicine

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The neural basis of emotional generalization in empathy

Jiayang Xiao, Anusha B. Allawala, Joshua A. Adkinson, Xiaoxu Fan, Melissa C. Franch, Victoria Gates, Raissa K. Mathura, Madaline M. Mocchi, John Myers, Bailey Pascuzzi, Suhruthaa Pulapaka, Garrett P. Banks, Eleonora Bartoli, Wayne K. Goodman, Sanjay J. Mathew, , Benjamin Y. Hayden

This study investigates how the brain generalizes emotions across individuals, finding that the insula encodes emotions and persons separately, enabling cross-person generalization.

bioRxiv · Oct 18, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Insula uses overlapping codes for emotion in self and others

Jiayang Xiao, Joshua A. Adkinson, Anusha B. Allawala, Garrett P. Banks, Eleonora Bartoli, Xiaoxu Fan, Madaline M. Mocchi, Bailey Pascuzzi, Suhruthaa Pulapaka, Melissa C. Franch, Sanjay J. Mathew, Raissa K. Mathura, John Myers, Victoria Pirtle, Nicole R. Provenza, , Benjamin Y. Hayden

The paper shows that the insula uses overlapping neural patterns for recognizing self and others' emotions, while other regions use different patterns.

bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience