Relative left frontal activity in reappraisal and suppression of negative emotion: Evidence from frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA)

Choi, Damee; Sekiya, Takahiro; Minote, Natsumi; Watanuki, Shigeki

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.09.018

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“…Interestingly, relative to the AUT, RGT‐specific activation (RGT > AUT) was found in a rather right‐lateralized network, including the right SFG and MFG, the right MTG and the right precuneus, and bilateral angular gyri. Numerous studies emphasized the relevance of prefrontal regions and associated executive functions for successful reappraisal generation, implying both the left [Choi et al, ; Dörfel et al, ; Johnstone et al, ; Papousek et al, ; Price et al, ], and the right lateral PFC in the top–down regulation of negative affect [Falquez et al, ; Ochsner et al, ; Phan et al, ; Veit et al, ]. In our study, RGT‐specific activation of the right SFG was also positively correlated with RIT performance outside the scanner (RIT‐fluency, RIT‐flexibility).…”

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Affective creativity meets classic creativity in the scanner

Perchtold

Papousek

Koschutnig

et al. 2017

Human Brain Mapping

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The investigation of neurocognitive processes underlying more real-life creative behavior is among the greatest challenges in creativity research. In this fMRI study, we addressed this issue by investigating functional patterns of brain activity while participants were required to be creative in an affective context. Affective creativity was assessed in terms of individual's inventiveness in generating alternative appraisals for anger-evoking events, which has recently emerged as a new ability concept in cognitive reappraisal research. In addition, a classic divergent thinking task was administered. Both creativity tasks yielded strong activation in left prefrontal regions, indicating their shared cognitive processing demands like the inhibition of prepotent responses, shifting between different perspectives and controlled memory retrieval. Regarding task-specific differences, classic creative ideation activated a characteristic divergent thinking network comprising the left supramarginal, inferior temporal, and inferior frontal gyri. Affective creativity on the other hand specifically recruited the right superior frontal gyrus, presumably involved in the postretrieval monitoring of reappraisal success, and core hubs of the default-mode network, which are also implicated in social cognition. As a whole, by taking creativity research to the realm of emotion, this study advances our understanding of how more real-life creativity is rooted in the brain. Hum Brain Mapp 39:393-406, 2018.V C 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Affective creativity meets classic creativity in the scanner

Perchtold

Papousek

Koschutnig

et al. 2017

Human Brain Mapping

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“…Consistent with the findings of a previous study of non-affected siblings 5 , we here demonstrated for the first time that impaired reappraisal could also be detected in individuals with high schizotypal traits; evidence of this was obtained not only from subjective ratings but also from two neural indicators. Notwithstanding, the results obtained with the control group fairly replicated the results of previous studies in which LPP was decreased 38 and FAA was increased when reappraisal was applied 60 . The absence of early LPP reduction and the absence of an increase in FAA in the high schizotypy group indicate that the highly schizotypal individuals were less able than normal individuals to utilize voluntary reappraisal to downregulate negative affect.…”

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Using questionnaires and task-related EEG signals to reveal hindered reappraisal and biased suppression in individuals with high schizotypal traits

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Wang

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difficulties and increased episodes of dysphoric mood 11,14,15 , indicating the clinical significance of emotion regulation ability in schizophrenia. Nevertheless, schizophrenia is a spectrum disorder 16. There is substantial and increasing evidence showing that, although they fall outside the diagnostic boundaries specified in the current diagnostic systems (e.g., the ICD and the DSM), some aspects of the phenomenology of schizophrenia can also be found in the general population 17-19. The phenomenology of "schizotypy" expresses the inter-individual continuum of schizophrenia and refers to a complex construct that is intimately related to psychotic-spectrum disorders or to stable traits that resemble the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia 16,20-22. Individuals with high levels of schizotypal traits have been shown to display alterations in neurocognitive task performance (e.g., deficits in cognition, perception, and motor control) and altered brain structure (e.g., reductions in volume/cortical thickness in frontal and temporal areas, a lower ratio of prefrontal cortical area to temporal cortex area, and abnormalities in subcortical structures) similar to those of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia 23. Highly schizotypal individuals may be undetected carriers of schizophrenia risk alleles 24-26 , and the existence of such a continuum may provide important clues regarding the etiology of schizophrenia 17,23,27. Indeed, although information on deficits in emotion regulation in chronic patients with schizophrenia has been obtained 2,4 , it is not clear whether abnormal emotion regulation is associated with the onset of the disease. The defects in emotion regulation seen in schizophrenia patients may stem from the side effects of medication, since emotion regulation ability may greatly depend on cognitive functions (e.g., executive function and working memory) that are substantially affected by pharmacological treatment 28. Reduced social contact induced by hospitalization may also lead to abnormalities in emotional characteristics 29. Other treatments in patient studies may also affect emotion regulation. For example, a study reported that patients with schizophrenia can effectively downregulate their negative emotions, but 80% of the participants in that study had received cognitive behavior therapy 30. Given the perspective of a schizophrenia continuum, studying individuals who exhibit high schizotypy, are free from problems stemming from the use of chronic medication or other treatments and whose responses can be measured using objective psychometric questionnaires as a model system of schizophrenia can provide a reliable and less expensive 31 method that can be used to better elucidate the relationship between emotion regulation and schizophrenia. Emotion regulation in high schizotypy individuals is also an important topic for investigation in its own right. Longitudinal studies have indicated that measures of schizotypy are directly predictive of psychosis conversion 32 , suggesting high schizotypes as an ...

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“…This result supports the hypothesis that PFC asymmetry reflects the control of facial emotional expressions of facilitation and suppression, in accord with the motivational direction model. Choi et al (2016) analyzed frontal alpha asymmetry between the coping strategies for negative emotions. The results indicated that left frontal activity during reappraisal was relatively greater than that exhibited while simply viewing the negative images (control), but there was no difference in frontal asymmetry between the suppressing facial expression condition (suppression as coping strategy) and a control condition (Choi et al, 2016).…”

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“…Choi et al (2016) analyzed frontal alpha asymmetry between the coping strategies for negative emotions. The results indicated that left frontal activity during reappraisal was relatively greater than that exhibited while simply viewing the negative images (control), but there was no difference in frontal asymmetry between the suppressing facial expression condition (suppression as coping strategy) and a control condition (Choi et al, 2016). This result is inconsistent with our findings of right frontal activity while suppressing facial expression.…”

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confidence: 99%