Stimulus-Preceding Negativity and heart rate changes in anticipation of affective pictures

Poli, Silvia; Sarlo, Michela; Bortoletto, Marta; Buodo, Giulia; Palomba, Daniela

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.02.008

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“…This fear-induced SPN showed a frontocentral potential distribution that probably stemmed from the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). In addition, Poli and colleagues recorded SPN occurring prior to presentations of affective pictures 7) . They compared SPNs before high arousal affective pictures (e.g., involving erotic couples), and low arousal affective pictures (e.g., household objects).…”

Section: Functional Significance Of Spn: Affective-motivational Hypotmentioning

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Anticipation process of the human brain measured by stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN)

Kotani

Ohgami

Yoshida

et al. 2017

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The human brain is activated even before a stimulus occurs if a person knows the stimulus will happen within a few seconds. The neural basis for this cognitive function, termed anticipation, is the subject of this review. One method for investigating the brain mechanism of anticipation employs stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN), which is a type of event-related potential (ERP). A critical feature of SPN is that SPN amplitude is greater at the right than at the left hemisphere. This feature suggests that the right hemisphere plays a significant role in the anticipation process. Some neuroimaging studies identified the anterior insula as a physiological source of SPN. The anterior insula is a part of the salience network that detects stimulus salience. Furthermore, recent neuroimaging studies reveal that the right anterior insula is involved in processing the salience outcome, whereas the left anterior insula is related to behavioral adaptation. The SPN study combining functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and ERP revealed that the right anterior insula showed increased activity preceding a stimulus, while the left anterior insula was not activated. Such studies lead to the hypothesis that saliency of an anticipated stimulus evokes the salience network in advance of a stimulus, and that this network then pre-activates other brain regions in perception of an anticipated stimulus. These processes can be shown as SPN variations in amplitude and cortical distribution. In general, SPN studies suggest that the saliency of an anticipated stimulus is a key factor in evoking anticipatory brain activity. Keywords : stimulus-preceding negativity, insular cortex, salience network Anticipation and event-related potentials (ERP)Anticipation is a cognitive phenomenon characterized by an individual's preparatory state of mind with respect to a forthcoming event or stimulus. Anticipation facilitates overt behavioral responses that render it possible for the individual to react faster to such events than without anticipation. On the other hand, anticipating an unwanted stressful event in the near future, for example, a student concerned about an upcoming examination, may sometimes also trigger strong anxiety. Investigating the neural mechanism of anticipation is also crucial for understanding how athletes exhibit fast and accurate movements in games, and why, on the other hand, some patients suffer from anticipatory anxiety in hospitals. In this review, we introduce studies concerned with stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN) that reflect anticipation. This entails a discussion of the neural mechanisms that underlie SPN and it leads to the revelation of a key factor in the evocation of brain activity related to anticipation.Studies on human brain activity related to anticipation date from the 1960's when the use of event-related potential (ERP) became popular 1) . The ERP is calculated from the electroencephalogram (EEG). To calculate ERP, an EEG is first determined by a duration with times fixed before and after reco...

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Section: Functional Significance Of Spn: Affective-motivational Hypotmentioning

confidence: 99%

Anticipation process of the human brain measured by stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN)

Kotani

Ohgami

Yoshida

et al. 2017

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“…There was no association between the RewP and win-stay percentage during the unpredictable context or the RewP and either behavioral adjustment during the predictable context (ps > 1 We also tested the impact of a task-irrelevant unpredictable context and IU on neural activity in anticipation of monetary gains and losses. To this end, we examined the stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN), a slow wave cortical potential that is enhanced in anticipation of pleasant or unpleasant relative to neutral stimuli (Poli, Sarlo, Bortoletto, Buodo, & Palomba, 2007), during the fixation cross that followed the door selection and preceded the response feedback. Stimulus-locked epochs were extracted with a duration of 1,000 ms and a 0-200 ms interval baseline.…”

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The impact of an unpredictable context and intolerance of uncertainty on the electrocortical response to monetary gains and losses

Nelson

Kessel

Jackson

et al. 2015

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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There is growing evidence that unpredictability and uncertainty can alter reward system functioning. The present study examined the impact of (1) a task-irrelevant unpredictable relative to predictable context and (2) individual differences in intolerance of uncertainty (IU) on the reward-related positivity (RewP), an event-related potential (ERP) response to monetary gains relative to losses. Specifically, 64 participants listened to predictable and unpredictable tone sequences while electroencephalography was recorded during a monetary gambling task. Participants also completed the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, which measures both cognitive distress (prospective IU) and behavioral inhibition (inhibitory IU) elicited by uncertainty, in addition to the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 and Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Results indicated that the RewP was reduced during the unpredictable relative to the predictable context. Greater selfreported anxiety elicited by the unpredictable context was associated with a decreased RewP, and a decreased RewP was associated with poorer lose-shift behavioral adjustment. Furthermore, the RewP mediated the relationship between selfreported anxiety elicited by the unpredictable context and lose-shift behavioral adjustment. The IU subscales demonstrated the opposite relationship with the RewP across both contexts-inhibitory IU was associated with an attenuated RewP and prospective IU was associated with an enhanced RewP. In contrast, anxiety, depression, stress, and worry symptomatology were not associated with the RewP. This is the first study to demonstrate that an unpredictable context and individual differences in the degree to which people cannot tolerate uncertainty impact an ERP measure of reward system functioning.

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“…The SPN has been shown to be an index of the expectancy or amount of attentional resources recruited to respond to the upcoming stimulus (van Boxtel & Böcker, 2004), and is more negative in anticipation of emotional pictures (e.g., Amrhein et al, 2005;Poli, Sarlo, Bortoletto, Buodo, & Palomba, 2007). More recent studies have found that during attention tasks or anxiety manipulations, anxiety symptoms are associated with a reduced contingent negative variation (Ansari & Derakshan, 2011;Judah, Grant, Mills, & Lechner, 2013), a slow-wave component that consists of the SPN and neural activity related to an upcoming motor response (e.g., Brunia, 1988).…”

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Worry and Discrimination of Threat and Safety Cues: An Event-Related Potential Investigation

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Stimulus-Preceding Negativity and heart rate changes in anticipation of affective pictures

Cited by 91 publications

References 37 publications

Anticipation process of the human brain measured by stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN)

Anticipation process of the human brain measured by stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN)

The impact of an unpredictable context and intolerance of uncertainty on the electrocortical response to monetary gains and losses

Worry and Discrimination of Threat and Safety Cues: An Event-Related Potential Investigation

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