title: Frontal negativity: An electrophysiological index of interpersonal guilt.
abstract: The present study aimed to reveal the temporal course and electrophysiological correlates of interpersonal guilt. Human participants were asked to perform multiple rounds of a dot-estimation task with their partners, while event-related potential being recorded. The paired participants were informed that they would win money if both responded correctly; otherwise, both of them would lose money. The feeling of guilt in Self-Wrong condition (SW) was significantly higher than that in Both-Wrong and Partner-Wrong conditions. At approximately 350 ms after the onset of feedback presentation, greater negativities were observed in the frontal regions in the guilt condition (i.e., SW) than those in the non-guilt condition. The guilt-modulated frontal negativity might reflect the interactions of self-reflection, condemnation, and negative emotion.
authors: a School of Psychology , Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang , China.|b Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Science , Liaoning Normal University , Dalian , China.
authors: Bingbing
authors: B
authors: Leng
authors: b Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Science , Liaoning Normal University , Dalian , China.
authors: Xiangling
authors: X
authors: Wang
authors: a School of Psychology , Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang , China.
authors: Bihua
authors: B
authors: Cao
authors: a School of Psychology , Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang , China.|b Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Science , Liaoning Normal University , Dalian , China.
authors: Fuhong
authors: F
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010865:Pilot Projects; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Interpersonal guilt; frontal negativity; self-reflection