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Role of the inferior frontal cortex in coping with distracting emotions.

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Dolcos, F; Kragel, P; Wang, L; McCarthy, G
Published in: Neuroreport
October 23, 2006

The role of inferior frontal cortex in coping with emotional distracters presented concurrently with a working memory task was investigated using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging. The study yielded two main findings: (i) processing of emotional distracters was associated with enhanced functional coupling between the amygdala and the inferior frontal cortex and (ii) the inferior frontal cortex showed a left-lateralized activation pattern discriminating successful from unsuccessful trials in the presence of emotional distraction. These findings provide evidence that coping with emotional distraction entails interactions between brain regions responsible for detection and inhibition of emotional distraction, and identified a hemispheric specialization in the inferior frontal cortex in controlling the impact of distracting emotions on cognitive performance (left hemisphere) vs. controlling the subjective feeling of being distracted (right hemisphere).

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Neuroreport

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ISSN

0959-4965

Publication Date

October 23, 2006

Volume

17

Issue

15

Start / End Page

1591 / 1594

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Photic Stimulation
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Memory, Short-Term
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Humans
  • Functional Laterality
  • Frontal Lobe
  • Female
  • Emotions
 

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Dolcos, F., Kragel, P., Wang, L., & McCarthy, G. (2006). Role of the inferior frontal cortex in coping with distracting emotions. Neuroreport, 17(15), 1591–1594. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.wnr.0000236860.24081.be
Dolcos, Florin, Philip Kragel, Lihong Wang, and Gregory McCarthy. “Role of the inferior frontal cortex in coping with distracting emotions.Neuroreport 17, no. 15 (October 23, 2006): 1591–94. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.wnr.0000236860.24081.be.
Dolcos F, Kragel P, Wang L, McCarthy G. Role of the inferior frontal cortex in coping with distracting emotions. Neuroreport. 2006 Oct 23;17(15):1591–4.
Dolcos, Florin, et al. “Role of the inferior frontal cortex in coping with distracting emotions.Neuroreport, vol. 17, no. 15, Oct. 2006, pp. 1591–94. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/01.wnr.0000236860.24081.be.
Dolcos F, Kragel P, Wang L, McCarthy G. Role of the inferior frontal cortex in coping with distracting emotions. Neuroreport. 2006 Oct 23;17(15):1591–1594.

Published In

Neuroreport

DOI

ISSN

0959-4965

Publication Date

October 23, 2006

Volume

17

Issue

15

Start / End Page

1591 / 1594

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Photic Stimulation
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Memory, Short-Term
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Humans
  • Functional Laterality
  • Frontal Lobe
  • Female
  • Emotions