title: Brain activity in advantageous and disadvantageous situations: implications for reward/punishment sensitivity in different situations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study modeled win and lose trials in a simple gambling task to examine the effect of entire win-lose situations (WIN, LOSS, or TIE) on single win/lose trials and related neural underpinnings.
  
  
  METHODS
  The behavior responses and brain activities of 17 participants were recorded by an MRI scanner while they performed a gambling task. Different conditions were compared to determine the effect of the task on the behavior and brain activity of the participants. Correlations between brain activity and behavior were calculated to support the imaging results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In win trials, LOSS caused less intense posterior cingulate activity than TIE. In lose trials, LOSS caused more intense activity in the right superior temporal gyrus, bilateral superior frontal gyrus, bilateral anterior cingulate, bilateral insula cortex, and left orbitofrontal cortex than WIN and TIE.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The experiences of the participants in win trials showed great similarity among different win-lose situations. However, the brain activity and behavior responses of the participants in lose trials indicated that they experienced stronger negative emotion in LOSS. The participants also showed an increased desire to win in LOSS than in WIN or TIE conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Guangheng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yanbo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Qilin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001611:Beta Rhythm; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005260:Female; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011678:Punishment / Q000523:psychology; D012201:Reward; D055815:Young Adult