Neural correlates of processing “self-conscious” vs. “basic” emotions

Gilead, Michael; Katzir, Maayan; Eyal, Tal; Liberman, Nira

doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.12.009

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“…Guilt is a self-conscious emotion associated with the negative appraisal of one's behavior and recruits prefrontal regions known to be associated with self-processing and self-control. Further, consistent with our results, a previous study reported that relative to positive self-conscious emotion (i.e., pride), a negative self-conscious emotion (i.e., guilt) differentially activates a more dorsal portion of the mPFC (Gilead, Katzir, Eyal, & Liberman, 2016). Increased guiltrelated brain activation was reported in the precuneus as well (Fourie et al, 2014;Wagner et al, 2011).…”

Section: T a B L E 2 Correlation Results Between Baseline Psychologicsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Previous studies showed guilt-specific activations in the dmPFC (Fourie, Thomas, Amodio, Warton, & Meintjes, 2014;Michl et al, 2014;Moll et al, 2007;Wagner, N'Diaye, Ethofer, & Vuilleumier, 2011), dlPFC (Michl et al, 2014;Wagner et al, 2011), and inferior orbitofrontal cortex (Moll et al, 2007;Wagner et al, 2011). Further, consistent with our results, a previous study reported that relative to positive self-conscious emotion (i.e., pride), a negative self-conscious emotion (i.e., guilt) differentially activates a more dorsal portion of the mPFC (Gilead, Katzir, Eyal, & Liberman, 2016). The dmPFC plays a key role in selfreferential processing (Northoff et al, 2006) and mentalizing (Isoda & Noritake, 2013;Kang, Lee, Sul, & Kim, 2013); the vlPFC has been implicated in moral decision-making and patients with OCD showed the activation of this region during moral judgment (Harrison et al, 2012).…”

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The neural correlates of thought–action fusion in healthy adults: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

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Background: Thought-action fusion (TAF) represents an individual's belief that a thought is like action. Inflated TAF has been considered a central mechanism for developing obsessive thoughts. However, the neural mechanisms underlying TAF are yet unknown. Methods:We recruited 32 healthy men to participate in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. Whereas inside the 3T MRI scanner, participants were asked to read negative statements describing the expectation of bad events associated with close persons (CPs condition) or neutral persons (NPs condition). They also completed the assessment of TAF and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms.Results: Both CP and NP conditions commonly activated the lingual gyrus, caudate nucleus, precuneus, and several areas of the frontal cortex. Importantly, many of these regions were positively correlated with measures of OC symptoms, especially for the CP condition. The CP condition showed higher activation in the insula and temporal gyrus than the NP condition. In contrast, the NP condition evoked higher activation in regions associated with mentalizing, such as the medial prefrontal cortex and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex than the CP condition. Conclusions:We introduced and validated a TAF-induction paradigm suitable for fMRI studies and characterized the neural circuits engaged during this paradigm. Further studies using this task may help us to better understand how dysfunctions in TAF neural processing may contribute to psychiatric conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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The neural correlates of thought–action fusion in healthy adults: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

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“…Various studies show the that vmPFC is responsive to social evaluative feedback, especially in individuals with low self-esteem 62 , and serves selfprotection in terms of more positive self-evaluations when individuals are faced with negative social feedback 48 . In this line, updating of state self-esteem in response to evaluation through others was found to be positively correlated with activity in vmPFC 46 and thoughts about pride-associated events resulted in significant activations in this region 63 . Furthermore, several studies have supported the role of the vmPFC in updating selfrelated beliefs 45,47,64 .…”

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Internal control beliefs shape positive affect and associated neural dynamics during outcome valuation

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Experiencing events as controllable is essential for human well-being. Based on classic psychological theory, we test how internal control beliefs impact the affective valuation of task outcomes, neural dynamics and ensuing behavioral preferences. In three consecutive studies we show that dynamics in positive affect increase, with a qualitative shift towards self-evaluative pride, when agents believe they caused a given outcome. We demonstrate that these outcomes engage brain networks processing self-referential information in the cortical midline. Here, activity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex tracks outcome valence regarding both success as well as internal control, and covaries with positive affect in response to outcomes. These affective dynamics also relate to increased functional coupling between the ventral striatum and cortical midline structures. Finally, we show that pride predicts preferences for control, even at monetary costs. Our investigations extend recent models of positive affect and well-being, and emphasize that control beliefs drive intrinsic motivation.

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“…First, the rmPFC activity is often associated with different types of self-conscious emotions that can occur depending on whether one's behavior is appropriate to social standards or not (Edelmann, 1987;Leary and Kowalski, 1990;Keltner and Buswell, 1997;Tracy and Robins, 2004;Tangney et al, 2007). For example, in many studies using emotion-evoking scenarios, rmPFC activity has been linked to subjective experience of various selfconscious emotions such as embarrassment (Takahashi et al, 2004;Burnett et al, 2009;Bas-Hoogendam et al, 2017), shame (Michl et al, 2012), guilt (Shin et al, 2000;Takahashi et al, 2004;Zahn et al, 2008;Burnett et al, 2009;Basile et al, 2011;Wagner et al, 2011;Fourie et al, 2014;Gilead et al, 2016), and pride (Zahn et al, 2008;Gilead et al, 2016).…”

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Stability or Plasticity? – A Hierarchical Allostatic Regulation Model of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Function for Social Valuation

Kim

2020

Front. Neurosci.

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The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has long been recognized as the key component of the neurocircuitry involved in various social as well as non-social behaviors, however, little is known regarding the organizing principle of distinctive subregions in the mPFC that integrates a wide range of mPFC functions. The present study proposes a hierarchical model of mPFC functionality, where three functionally dissociable subregions, namely, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), rostromedial prefrontal cortex (rmPFC), and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), are differentially involved in computing values of decision-making. According to this model, the mPFC subregions interact with each other in such a way that more dorsal regions utilize additional external sensory information from environment to predict and prevent conflicts occurring in more ventral regions tuned to internal bodily signals, thereby exerting the hierarchically organized allostatic regulatory control over homeostatic reflexes. This model also emphasizes the role of the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) in arbitrating the transitions between different thalamo-cortical loops, detecting conflicts between competing options for decision-making, and in shifting flexibly between decision modes. The hierarchical architecture of the mPFC working in conjunction with the TRN may play a key role in adjusting the internal (bodily) needs to suit the constraints of external (environmental) variables better, thus effectively addressing the stability-plasticity dilemma.

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Neural correlates of processing “self-conscious” vs. “basic” emotions

Cited by 46 publications

References 81 publications

The neural correlates of thought–action fusion in healthy adults: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

The neural correlates of thought–action fusion in healthy adults: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Internal control beliefs shape positive affect and associated neural dynamics during outcome valuation

Stability or Plasticity? – A Hierarchical Allostatic Regulation Model of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Function for Social Valuation

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