Dear Dr. Qwerty:
When a target article or recent book has been accepted for BBS Open Peer Commentary, the
editorial office sends out the Call for Commentary Proposals to thousands of people.
Commentary proposals help the editors craft a well-balanced commentary invitation list.
Please DO NOT submit a commentary article unless you are formally invited.
If this target article interests you as a possible subject for commentary, please download
the full un-copyedited preprint to see if you would like to *propose* a commentary.
If you are interested, carefully follow the instructions below the target article
information. Please keep in mind that we are not asking you to submit a commentary article
-- but rather, a short proposal in order to be considered as an invited author after the
proposal deadline. Also be aware that we typically receive far more commentary proposals
than we can accommodate with formal invitations.
NOW PROCESSING COMMENTARY PROPOSALS ON:
Target Article: "The brain basis of emotion: A meta-analytic review"
Authors: Kristen A. Lindquist, Tor D. Wager, Hedy Kober, Eliza Bliss-Moreau, and Lisa
Feldman Barrett
Deadline for Commentary Proposals: May 5, 2011
Abstract: Researchers have wondered how the brain creates emotions since the early days of
psychological science. With a surge of studies in affective neuroscience in recent
decades, scientists are poised to answer this question. In this paper, we present a
meta-analytic summary of the human neuroimaging literature on emotion. We compare the
locationist approach (i.e., the hypothesis that discrete emotion categories consistently
and specifically correspond to distinct brain regions) with the psychological
constructionist approach (i.e., the hypothesis that discrete emotion categories are
constructed of more general brain networks not specific to those categories) to better
understand the brain basis of emotion. We review both locationist and psychological
constructionist hypotheses of brain-emotion correspondence and report meta-analytic
findings bearing on these hypotheses. Overall, we found little evidence that discrete
emotion categories can be consistently and
specifically localized to distinct brain regions. Instead, we found evidence that is
consistent with a psychological constructionist approach to the mind: a set of interacting
brain regions commonly involved in basic psychological operations of both an emotional and
non-emotional nature are active during emotion experience and perception across a range of
discrete emotion categories.
Keywords: emotion, psychological construction, discrete emotion, emotion experience,
emotion perception, meta-analysis, neuroimaging
Download Target Article Preprint:
http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Call/Lindquist_preprint
COMMENTARY PROPOSALS *MUST* INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
1. What aspect of the target article or book you would anticipate commenting on.
**Please note: This article includes a link to supplemental materials, but your commentary
proposal should discuss the main target article, not the supplemental materials---unless
you reference something in the supplemental materials that is germane to a theoretical
point raised in the target article.**
2. The relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the target article or book.
Please include names and affiliations of your co-authors, if applicable, in the text of
your commentary proposal.
SUGGESTING COMMENTATORS AND NOMINATING BBS ASSOCIATES
Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS
Associate, please follow the instructions below. To suggest others as possible
Commentators, or to nominate others for BBS Associateship status, please email
bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org.
http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Inst/Assoc
HOW TO SUBMIT A COMMENTARY PROPOSAL
If you would like to nominate yourself for potential commentary invitation, you must
submit a Commentary Proposal via our BBS Editorial Manager site:
1. Log-in as Author
Username: CQwerty-545
Password: Qwerty875632
Log-in to your BBS Editorial Manager account as an author:
http://www.editorialmanager.com/bbs.
If you do not have an account, please visit the site and register. You can also submit a
request for missing username and password information if you have an existing account.
2. Submit New Manuscript
Within your author main menu please select Submit New Manuscript.
3. Select Article Type
Choose the article type of your manuscript from the pull-down menu. Commentary Proposal
article types are temporarily created for each accepted target article or book. Only
select the Commentary Proposal article type that you wish to submit a proposal on. For
example: "Commentary Proposal (Lindquist)"
4. Enter Title
Please title your proposal submission by indicating the relevant first author name of the
target article or book. For example: "Commentary Proposal on Lindquist"
5. Add Co-Authors
If you are proposing to write a commentary with any co-authors, the system will not allow
you to enter their information here. Instead, include their names in the commentary
proposal document you upload. These potential co-authors need not contribute to the
Commentary Proposal itself.
6. Attach Files
The only required submission Item is your Commentary Proposal in MSWord or RTF format. In
the Description field please add the first author name of the target article or book. For
example: "Commentary Proposal on Lindquist"
7. Approve Your Submission
Editorial Manager will process your Commentary Proposal submission and will create a PDF
for your approval. On the "Submissions Waiting for Author's Approval" page,
you can view your PDF, edit, approve, or remove the submission. (You might have to wait
several minutes for the blue "Action" menu to appear, allowing you to approve.
Once you have Approved the Submission, the PDF will be sent to the editorial office.
**It is VERY important that you check and approve your Commentary Proposal manuscript as
described above. Otherwise, we cannot process your submission.**
8. Editorial Office Decision
At the conclusion of the Commentary Proposal period, the editors will review all the
submitted Commentary Proposals. An undetermined number of Commentary Proposals will be
approved and those author names will be added to the final commentary invitation list. At
that time you will be notified of the decision. If you are formally invited to submit a
commentary, you will be asked to confirm your intention to submit by the commentary
deadline.
Note: Before the commentary invitations are sent, the copy-edited and revised target
article will be posted for invitees. In the case of Multiple Book Review, invitees will be
sent a copy of the book to be commented upon if requested. With Multiple Book Reviews, it
is the book, not the précis article that is the target of commentary.
Please do not write a commentary unless you have received an official invitation!
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Sincerely,
Ralph DeMarco
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Associate Editor, STM Journals
Cambridge University Press
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