en <div style=text-align: justify;><strong>Aims:</strong> Experienced bodily sensation with basic emotions seems to be a universal phenomenon, but<br> cross-cultural differences are expected. This study was designed to determine the topographic map of changes across six basic emotions and anxiety in a sample of Iranian people and to compare their perception of emotion-related bodily changes by sex.<br> <strong>Materials & Methods:</strong> A cross-sectional study was conducted on 220 Iranians aged 16-55 years. The Persian pencil and paper version of the emBODY application was used and validated during the study. The results were analyzed by SPSS 20 software using generalized linear models to determine the relationship between gender and emotion sensation in 5 main body areas and three main facial parts.<br> <strong>Findings</strong>: Anxiety was the most common reported basic emotion, and anger, fear, sadness, joy, surprise, and disgust, respectively, were identified basic emotions in both sexes. GLMs were significant (p<0.05) for bodily sensation changes in the head and neck, upper body, upper and lower limbs, and all three main facial parts. Results also showed a significant gender difference in lower limbs (p<0.05).</div> <div style=text-align: justify;><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results suggested the consistency of distinct emotion-triggered bodily sensation maps of Iranians with universal patterns.</div> Emotion,Cross-Cultural Comparison,Culture,Sensation,Gender Difference, 153 164 http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-59280-1&slc_lang=en&sid=4 M. Molaeinezhad 1003194753284600210643 1003194753284600210643 No Behavioral Sciences Research Center, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran C.E. Scheidt 1003194753284600210644 1003194753284600210644 No Department of Psychosomatic, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany H. Afshar 1003194753284600210645 1003194753284600210645 No “Psychosomatic Research Center” and “Departments of Psychiatry, School of Medicine”, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Sh. Jahanfar 1003194753284600210646 1003194753284600210646 No School of Public health, College of Health Professionals, Central University of Michigan, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America F. Sohran 1003194753284600210647 1003194753284600210647 No Department of Midwifery, Nursing and Midwifery School, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan, Iran M. Salehi 1003194753284600210648 1003194753284600210648 No Department of Midwifery, Nursing and Midwifery School, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan, Iran F. Goli drfgoli@gmail.com 1003194753284600210649 1003194753284600210649 Yes Danesh-e Tandorosti Institute, Isfahan, Iran