Higher-order topology uncovers the multidimensional dynamics of naturalistic emotion
Lorenzo Zaffina, Matteo Diano, Flavia Petruso, Maria Giulia Preti, Enrico Amico, Elenor Morgenroth, Giovanni Petri, Dimitri Van De Ville, Patrik O. Vuilleumier, Andrea Santoro
This paper uses higher-order topology to analyze brain activity during naturalistic emotion tasks, finding that it captures fine-grained affective structure while pairwise connectivity captures broad arousal.
bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience