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The neural correlates of incidental self-processing induced by handwritten negative words.
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Experimental Brain Research . Jul2013, Vol. 228 Issue 1, p1-8. 8p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Behavioral studies revealed that people were less likely to endorse negative information as self-descriptive. Neuroimaging studies have tapped on the neural mechanism underlying intentional self-processing of negative information using self-reflection tasks. Given that human self-processing occurring in our daily life is more likely to be captured by tasks involving incidental self-processing (automatic associations between the self- and external stimuli), rather than tasks involving intentional self-processing, it could be presumed that the relationship between self- and negative emotion might be better reflected during incidental self-processing. The present functional magnetic resonance imaging study aimed to explore incidental self-processing of negative information. To induce participants' incidental self-processing, we adopted negative and neutral words written by themselves or others as materials. They were scanned during judging whether the handwritten words were negative or neutral (additional non-self-task). Results revealed that incidental self-processing of negative information relied on the activation of left anterior insula, whereas medial prefrontal cortex activity was associated with incidental self-processing of neutral information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00144819
- Volume :
- 228
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Experimental Brain Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88109103
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-013-3531-3