TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Emotional Intelligence’
T2 - Lessons from Lesions
AU - Hogeveen, J.
AU - Salvi, C.
AU - Grafman, J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Vietnam Head Injury Study has been supported by the Department of Defense and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke . For further information on the Vietnam Head Injury Study, please contact J.G. at jgrafman@northwestern.edu.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - ‘Emotional intelligence’ (EI) is one of the most highly used psychological terms in popular nomenclature, yet its construct, divergent, and predictive validities are contentiously debated. Despite this debate, the EI construct is composed of a set of emotional abilities – recognizing emotional states in the self and others, using emotions to guide thought and behavior, understanding how emotions shape behavior, and emotion regulation – that undoubtedly influence important social and personal outcomes. In this review, evidence from human lesion studies is reviewed in order to provide insight into the necessary brain regions for each of these core emotional abilities. Critically, we consider how this neuropsychological evidence might help to guide efforts to define and measure EI.
AB - ‘Emotional intelligence’ (EI) is one of the most highly used psychological terms in popular nomenclature, yet its construct, divergent, and predictive validities are contentiously debated. Despite this debate, the EI construct is composed of a set of emotional abilities – recognizing emotional states in the self and others, using emotions to guide thought and behavior, understanding how emotions shape behavior, and emotion regulation – that undoubtedly influence important social and personal outcomes. In this review, evidence from human lesion studies is reviewed in order to provide insight into the necessary brain regions for each of these core emotional abilities. Critically, we consider how this neuropsychological evidence might help to guide efforts to define and measure EI.
KW - affective theory of mind
KW - emotion recognition
KW - emotion regulation
KW - emotional intelligence
KW - empathy
KW - human lesion method
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tins.2016.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.tins.2016.08.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27647325
AN - SCOPUS:84989170899
VL - 39
SP - 694
EP - 705
JO - Trends in Neurosciences
JF - Trends in Neurosciences
SN - 0378-5912
IS - 10
ER -