期刊
CEREBRAL CORTEX
卷 31, 期 1, 页码 15-31出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa193
关键词
voxel-based morphometry; frontotemporal dementia; subjective feeling; affect
资金
- National Institute on Aging [RO1AG041762, P01AG019724, K99 AG059947]
- National Institute of Mental Health [T32 MH020006]
This study examined the neuroanatomical correlates of subjective experience of non-target emotions in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. The findings indicated that smaller volume in left hemisphere regions was associated with greater experience of negative non-target emotions, with effects being left-lateralized. No correlates were found for positive non-target emotions.
Subjective emotional experience that is congruent with a given situation (i.e., target emotions) is critical for human survival (e.g., feeling disgusted in response to contaminated food motivates withdrawal behaviors). Neurodegenerative diseases including frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease affect brain regions critical for cognitive and emotional functioning, resulting in increased experience of emotions incongruent with the situation (i.e., non-target emotions, such as feeling happy when seeing someone grieving). We examined neuroanatomical correlates of subjective experience of non-target emotions in 147 patients with neurodegenerative diseases and 26 healthy individuals. Participants watched three films intended to elicit particular target emotions and rated their experience of negative and positive target and non-target emotions after watching each film. We found that smaller volume in left hemisphere regions (e.g., caudate, putamen, and dorsal anterior insula) was associated with greater experience of negative non-target emotions. Follow-up analyses confirmed that these effects were left-lateralized. No correlates emerged for positive non-target emotions. These findings suggest that volume loss in left-hemisphere regions produces a more diffuse, incongruent experience of non-target emotions. These findings provide a potential neuroanatomical basis for understanding how subjective emotional experience is constructed in the brain and how this can be disrupted in neurodegenerative disease.
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