19. A fMRI study of frontal lobe functioning during emotional processing

M. L. Keightley, C. L. Grady, S. Graham, G. Winocur, H. S. Mayberg

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Abstract

This study investigated neuronal response in the frontal lobes during the emotional processing of faces and pictures in young adults, fMRI BOLD signals were obtained while participants performed implicit or explicit emotional processing tasks. Linear contrasts were specified using SPM to compare patterns of brain activation. We expected that explicit emotional processing would be accompanied by increased frontal activation. This assertion was supported by observing the activation patterns localized to Brodmann areas 8 and 32, although this effect was mainly seen for pictures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-93
Number of pages3
JournalBrain and Cognition
Volume47
Issue number1-2
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

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