title: [Event-related synchronization/desynchronization of cortical theta- and alpha-electrical activity and cognitive set to emotionally negative face expression].
abstract: Alpha- and theta-band EEG synchronization/desynchronization, induced by the presentation of emotionally negative stimulus (angry faces), was studied in 35 healthy adults. In subjects with a plastic set induced theta-synchronization was greater, and its latency was shorter, than in subjects with a rigid set. This difference is particularly apparent in temporal and parieto-occipital brain regions. A sufficiently high level of theta-synchronization is essential for a quick set-shifting. This synchronization reflects the activity of cortico-hippocampal feedback system and its participation in the perception of emotional faces. In subjects with a plastic set this process induces alpha-synchronization, and in subjects with a rigid set--desynchronization. W. Klimesh (2007) suggests, that induced alpha-synchronization reflects processes of inhibition in cognitive activity. This inhibition plays an important role in the set-shifting. The role of tonic and phasic forms of cortex activation, produced by cortico-hippocampal and fronto-thalamic systems, in the shifting of a cognitive set to facial face expression is discussed.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kostandov
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Cheremushkin
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kozlov
mesh_terms: D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003344:Cortical Synchronization; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013826:Theta Rhythm; D055815:Young Adult