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Emotion affects action: midcingulate cortex as a pivotal node of interaction between negative emotion and motor signals

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Pereira, Mirtes Garcia, de Oliveira, Letícia, Erthal, Fátima Smith, Joffily, Mateus, Mocaiber, Izabela F., Volchan, Eliane, Pessoa, Luiz·2010·Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

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Affective pictures drive the activity of brain networks and impact behavior. We showed previously that viewing unpleasant pictures interfered in the performance of a basic nonemotional visual detection task. In the present study, we employed functional magnetic resonance imaging to test the hypothesis that behavioral interference may result from the interaction between negatively valenced and motor-related signals in the brain. As in our previous study (Pereira et al., 2006), participants performed a simple target detection task that followed the presentation of unpleasant or neutral pictures. Our results revealed that an unpleasant emotional context modulated evoked responses in several regions engaged by the simple target detection task. In particular, the midcingulate cortex was recruited when participants performed target detection trials during the unpleasant context, and signal responses in this region closely mirrored the pattern of behavioral interference (as revealed via reaction time). Our findings suggest that the midcingulate cortex may be an important site for the interaction between negatively valenced signals and motor signals in the brain and that it may be involved in the implementation of defensive responses, such as freezing.

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  • Activation of midcingulate during REM sleep is consistent with previous imaging data finding critical activation in sensory and motor cortices, as midcingulate involves behavioral/motor responses to danger.

    “Not surprisingly, also the activation of midcingulate during REM sleep is consistent with previous imaging data that found a critical activation in sensory and motor cortices (De Carli et al., 2016), since that it is a region involving the behavioral/motor responses to danger (Pereira et al., 2010).”

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Authors
Pereira, M. G., de Oliveira, L., Erthal, F. S., Joffily, M., Mocaiber, I. F., Volchan, E., & Pessoa, L.
Affiliations
  • Universidade Federal Fluminense (BR)
  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
  • Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Corresponding author
Pessoa, Luiz
Venue
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Published
2010-03
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
94-106
ISSN
  • 1530-7026 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-135X
OpenAlex
W2159029148
Cited by
151
References
77
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FWCI
6.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH071589, R01MH071589)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
midcingulate cortex, negative emotions, emotional pictures, emotional context, motor signals, reaction time, defensive behavior, freezing, emotional valence
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Attention, Brain Mapping, Emotions, Facial Expression, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Oxygen, Photic Stimulation, Time Factors, Signal Detection, Psychological, Young Adult

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