Self-regulation via neural simulation.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 113(36): 10037-42, 2016 09 06.
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| ID: mdl-27551094
ABSTRACT
Can taking the perspective of other people modify our own affective responses to stimuli? To address this question, we examined the neurobiological mechanisms supporting the ability to take another person's perspective and thereby emotionally experience the world as they would. We measured participants' neural activity as they attempted to predict the emotional responses of two individuals that differed in terms of their proneness to experience negative affect. Results showed that behavioral and neural signatures of negative affect (amygdala activity and a distributed multivoxel pattern reflecting affective negativity) simulated the presumed affective state of the target person. Furthermore, the anterior medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)-a region implicated in mental state inference-exhibited a perspective-dependent pattern of connectivity with the amygdala, and the multivoxel pattern of activity within the mPFC differentiated between the two targets. We discuss the implications of these findings for research on perspective-taking and self-regulation.
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Autoestimulação
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Córtex Pré-Frontal
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Emoções Manifestas
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Compreensão
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Empatia
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Tonsila do Cerebelo
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article