Overlapping neural correlates of reading emotionally positive and negative adjectives.
Comparison of positive and negative naturally read adjectives to neutral adjectives yielded an overlapping higher BOLD response in the occipital and the orbitofrontal cortex (gyrus rectus). Superior medial frontal gyrus and posterior cingulate gyrus showed higher BOLD response to negative adjectives and inferior frontal gyrus to positive adjectives. The overlap of activated regions and lack of pronounced distinct regions supports the assumption that the processing of negative and positive words mainly takes place in overlapping brain regions.
Demirakca
Traute
T
Heidelberg Academy of Science, Department Neuroimaging, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany.
Herbert
Cornelia
C
Kissler
Johanna
J
Ruf
Matthias
M
Wokrina
Tim
T
Ende
Gabriele
G