Journal article

Publication year: 2004

Pages: 108-118

Journal: Neuropsychobiology

Volume number: 50

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0302-282X

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1159/000077948

Publisher: Karger Publishers

Abstract: 
We investigated subjective and hemodynamic responses towards disgust-inducing, fear-inducing, and neutral pictures in a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Within an interval of 1 week, 24 male subjects underwent the same block design twice in order to analyze possible response changes to the repeated picture presentation. The results showed that disgust-inducing and fear-inducing scenes provoked a similar activation pattern in comparison to neutral scenes. This included the thalamus, primary and secondary visual fields, the amygdala, the hippocampus, and various regions of the prefrontal cortex. During the retest, the affective ratings hardly changed. In contrast, most of the previously observed brain activations disappeared, with the exception of the temporo-occipital activation. An additional analysis, which compared the emotion-related activation patterns during the two presentations, showed that the responses to the fear-inducing pictures were more stable than the responses to the disgust-inducing ones. Copyright (C) 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Harvard Citation style: Stark, R., Schienle, A., Walter, B., Kirsch, P., Blecker, C., Ott, U., et al. (2004) Hemodynamic effects of negative emotional pictures -: A test-retest analysis, Neuropsychobiology, 50(1), pp. 108-118. https://doi.org/10.1159/000077948

APA Citation style: Stark, R., Schienle, A., Walter, B., Kirsch, P., Blecker, C., Ott, U., Schäfer, A., Sammer, G., Zimmermann, M., & Vaitl, D. (2004). Hemodynamic effects of negative emotional pictures -: A test-retest analysis. Neuropsychobiology. 50(1), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.1159/000077948