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The Role of Amygdala in Self-Conscious Emotions in a Patient With Acquired Bilateral Damage.
Piretti, Luca; Pappaianni, Edoardo; Lunardelli, Alberta; Zorzenon, Irene; Ukmar, Maja; Pesavento, Valentina; Rumiati, Raffaella Ida; Job, Remo; Grecucci, Alessandro.
Afiliação
  • Piretti L; Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
  • Pappaianni E; Marica De Vincenzi Onlus Foundation, Rovereto, Italy.
  • Lunardelli A; Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
  • Zorzenon I; Rehabilitation Department, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
  • Ukmar M; Radiology Department, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
  • Pesavento V; Radiology Department, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
  • Rumiati RI; Rehabilitation Department, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
  • Job R; Neuroscience and Society Lab, Neuroscience Area, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.
  • Grecucci A; Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Front Neurosci ; 14: 677, 2020.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32733192
Shame plays a fundamental role in the regulation of our social behavior. One intriguing question is whether amygdala might play a role in processing this emotion. In the present single-case study, we tested a patient with acquired damage of bilateral amygdalae and surrounding areas as well as healthy controls on shame processing and other social cognitive tasks. Results revealed that the patient's subjective experience of shame, but not of guilt, was more reduced than in controls, only when social standards were violated, while it was not different than controls in case of moral violations. The impairment in discriminating between normal social situations and violations also emerged. Taken together, these findings suggest that the role of the amygdala in processing shame might reflect its relevance in resolving ambiguity and uncertainty, in order to correctly detect social violations and to generate shame feelings.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article