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Processing Words with Emotional Connotation: An fMRI Study of Time Course and Laterality in Rostral Frontal and Retrosplenial Cortices

Cato, M. Allison, Crosson, Bruce, Gökçay, Didem, Soltysik, David, Wierenga, Christina, Gopinath, Kaundinya, Himes, Nathan, Belanger, Heather, Bauer, Russell M., Fischler, Ira S., Gonzalez-Rothi, Leslie, Briggs, Richard W.·2004·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
DOI 10.1162/089892904322984481
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Responses of rostral frontal and retrosplenial cortices to the emotional significance of words were measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Twenty-six strongly righthanded participants engaged in a language task that alternated between silent word generation to categories with positive, negative, or neutral emotional connotation and a baseline task of silent repetition of emotionally neutral words. Activation uniquely associated with word generation to categories with positive or negative versus neutral emotional connotation occurred bilaterally in rostral frontal and retrosplenial cortices. Furthermore, the time courses of activity in these areas differed, indicating that they subserve different functions in processing the emotional connotation of words. Namely, the retrosplenial cortex appears to be involved in evaluating the emotional salience of information from external sources, whereas the rostral frontal cortex also plays a role in internal generation of words with emotional connotation. In both areas, activity associated with positive or negative emotional connotation was more extensive in the left hemisphere than the right, regardless of valence, presumably due to the language demands of word generation. The present findings localize specific areas in the brain that are involved in processing emotional meaning of words within the brain's distributed semantic system. In addition, time course analysis reveals diverging mechanisms in anterior and posterior cortical areas during processing of words with emotional significance.

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Cato, M. A., Crosson, B., Gökçay, D., Soltysik, D., Wierenga, C., Gopinath, K., Himes, N., Belanger, H., Bauer, R. M., Fischler, I. S., Gonzalez-Rothi, L., & Briggs, R. W.
Affiliations
  • University of Florida
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
  • University of Florida (US)
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Venue
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher
MIT Press
Published
2004-03-01
Volume
16
Issue
2
Pages
167-177
ISSN
  • 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-8898
DOI
10.1162/089892904322984481
OpenAlex
W2109787404
Cited by
149
References
48
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • University of Florida
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01dc003455-03)
  • Rehabilitation Research and Development Service
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01 DC03455)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
Keywords
emotional words, emotional connotation, retrosplenial cortex, hemispheric lateralization, word production, emotional salience, semantic processing, emotional valence, language processing
MeSH terms
Adult, Cerebral Cortex, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Cues, Emotions, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Kinetics, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Mental Processes

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