Patent ID: 8239000
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for correlating an emotional response to brain imaging data, comprising: exposing a subject to a stimulus; monitoring the subject with a brain imaging device to obtain brain imaging data of the subject's bilateral inferior frontal gyrus, bilateral middle temporal gyrus, right superior temporal gyrus, and right middle frontal gyrus, wherein said monitoring comprises determining which of the subject's brain regions exhibit discrete dimensional activity; determining the subject's emotional response score for the stimulus, wherein the subject's emotional response score is determined by having the subject complete a questionnaire while the subject is exposed to the stimulus or after the subject is exposed to the stimulus, wherein the questionnaire comprises a graphic or verbal character scale that combines the three emotional dimensions of pleasure, arousal, and dominance into a score; and correlating the subject's emotional response score with the brain imaging data to determine a relationship there between, wherein said correlating comprises: correlating the subject's emotional dimension of pleasure with the brain imaging data of the subject's bilateral inferior frontal gyrus and bilateral middle temporal gyrus; and correlating the subject's emotional dimension of arousal with the brain imaging data of the subject's right superior temporal gyrus and right middle frontal gyrus.