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The emotional modulation of cognitive processing: an fMRI study

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Simpson, Joseph R., Öngür, Dost, Akbudak, Erbil, Conturo, Thomas E., Ollinger, John M., Snyder, Abraham Z., Gusnard, Debra A., Raichle, Marcus E.·2000·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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The functional neuroanatomy of visual processing of surface features of emotionally valenced pictorial stimuli was examined in normal human subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Pictorial stimuli were of two types: emotionally negative and neutral pictures. Task performance was slower for the negatively valenced than for the neutral pictures. Significant blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) increases occurred in the medial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, midbrain, substantia innominata, and/or amygdala, and in the posterior cortical visual areas for both stimulus types. Increases were greater for the negatively valenced stimuli. While there was a small but significant BOLD decrease in the subgenual prefrontal cortex, which was larger in response to the negatively valenced pictures, there was an almost complete absence of other decreases prominently seen during the performance of demanding cognitive tasks [Shulman, G. L., Fiez, J. A., Corbetta, M., Buckner, R. L., Miezin, F. M., Raichle, M. E., & Petersen, S. E. (1997). Common blood flow changes across visual tasks: II. Decreases in cerebral cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 9, 648--663]. These results provide evidence that the emotional valence and arousing nature of stimuli used during the performance of an attention-demanding cognitive task are reflected in discernable, quantitative changes in the functional anatomy associated with task performance.

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  • Top-down modulatory regions have shown opposite activations during specific attentional tasks, suggesting mutual active suppression.

    “However, these top-down modulatory regions have shown opposite activations during specific attentional tasks (Simpson et al., 2000; Dolcos and McCarthy, 2006; Dolcos et al., 2011)—suggesting mutual active suppression.”

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Authors
Simpson, J. R., Öngür, D., Akbudak, E., Conturo, T. E., Ollinger, J. M., Snyder, A. Z., Gusnard, D. A., & Raichle, M. E.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Washington University School of Medicine
Venue
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher
MIT Press
Published
2000-11-01
Volume
12
Issue
Supplement 2
Pages
157-170
ISSN
  • 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-8898
OpenAlex
W2029068231
Cited by
190
References
69
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5.18
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journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Keywords
emotional valence, emotional arousal, visual processing, negative pictures, cognitive task performance, subgenual prefrontal cortex, amygdala, substantia innominata, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, medial prefrontal cortex, BOLD signal changes, attention-demanding tasks
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Brain, Brain Mapping, Cerebellum, Cerebral Cortex, Cognition, Emotions, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Mesencephalon, Oxygen, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Reaction Time, Skin, Reproducibility of Results

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