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Having a word with yourself: neural correlates of self-criticism and self-reassurance.

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Longe, Olivia, Maratos, Frances A., Gilbert, Paul, Evans, Gaynor, Volker, Faye, Rockliff, Helen, Rippon, Gina·2010·NeuroImage

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Self-criticism is strongly correlated with a range of psychopathologies, such as depression, eating disorders and anxiety. In contrast, self-reassurance is inversely associated with such psychopathologies. Despite the importance of self-judgements and evaluations, little is known about the neurophysiology of these internal processes. The current study therefore used a novel fMRI task to investigate the neuronal correlates of self-criticism and self-reassurance. Participants were presented statements describing two types of scenario, with the instruction to either imagine being self-critical or self-reassuring in that situation. One scenario type focused on a personal setback, mistake or failure, which would elicit negative emotions, whilst the second was of a matched neutral event. Self-criticism was associated with activity in lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) regions and dorsal anterior cingulate (dAC), therefore linking self-critical thinking to error processing and resolution, and also behavioural inhibition. Self-reassurance was associated with left temporal pole and insula activation, suggesting that efforts to be self-reassuring engage similar regions to expressing compassion and empathy towards others. Additionally, we found a dorsal/ventral PFC divide between an individual's tendency to be self-critical or self-reassuring. Using multiple regression analyses, dorsolateral PFC activity was positively correlated with high levels of self-criticism (assessed via self-report measure), suggesting greater error processing and behavioural inhibition in such individuals. Ventrolateral PFC activity was positively correlated with high self-reassurance. Our findings may have implications for the neural basis of a range of mood disorders that are characterised by a preoccupation with personal mistakes and failures, and a self-critical response to such events.

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Authors: Longe, O., Maratos, F. A., Gilbert, P., Evans, G., Volker, F., Rockliff, H., & Rippon, G.
Affiliations: Aston University (GB)
University of Derby (GB)
Corresponding author: Longe, Olivia
ORCID: Maratos, Frances A.
Gilbert, Paul
Rippon, Gina
Venue: NeuroImage
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2010-01
Volume: 49
Issue: 2
Pages: 1849-1856
ISSN: 1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.09.019
OpenAlex: W2148636054
Cited by: 403
References: 83
Citations by year: 2026: 24 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 35 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 17
FWCI: 6.64
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
publications.aston.ac.uk
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Lord Dowding Fund
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords: self-criticism, self-reassurance, neural correlates, lateral prefrontal cortex, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, error processing, behavioral inhibition, insula, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, self-judgment, mood disorders, depression, anxiety, eating disorders
MeSH terms: Brain, Brain Mapping, Emotions, Female, Humans, Imagination, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Oxygen, Psychological Tests, Regression Analysis, Self-Assessment, Self Concept, Prefrontal Cortex, Young Adult

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