scholarly journals Alcohol Attenuates Activation in the Bilateral Anterior Insula during an Emotional Processing Task: A Pilot Study †

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia B. Padula ◽  
Alan N. Simmons ◽  
Scott C. Matthews ◽  
Shannon K. Robinson ◽  
Susan F. Tapert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Anterior Insula ◽  
Processing Task

Differential Effects of Worry and Imagery After Exposure to a Stressful Stimulus: A Pilot Study

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Butler ◽  
Adrian Wells ◽  
Hilary Dewick
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Intrusive Cognitions ◽  
Stressful Stimulus ◽  
Do So

Imagery appears to be associated with higher levels of anxiety than does worry. Borkovec has argued that worry could be a way of avoiding distressing imagery and the associated affect. Thus worry could suppress emotional activation, interfere with emotional processing, and contribute to the maintenance of anxiety. This hypothesis suggests that short and long-term effects of worrying after experiencing a distressing stimulus should differ from the effects of engaging in imagery. In the short term, imagery should maintain anxiety while worry should not do so, or should do so less. In the longer term, worry should be a less successful way of reducing anxiety associated with the stimulus than imagery, and should be followed by a greater number of intrusive cognitions (indicating the relative failure of emotional processing). These predictions were tested by asking subjects to worry, engage in imagery or “settle down” after watching a distressing video. The results were broadly consistent with the hypothesis. Other interpretations are also considered.

scholarly journals Functional neuroimaging of emotional processing in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a case-control pilot study

2013 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-207.e1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney A. Marsh ◽  
Alison Berent-Spillson ◽  
Tiffany Love ◽  
Carol C. Persad ◽  
Rodica Pop-Busui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Functional Neuroimaging ◽  
Polycystic Ovary ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Ovary Syndrome

scholarly journals Repeated noninvasive stimulation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex reveals cumulative amplification of pleasant compared to unpleasant scene processing: a single subject pilot study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantin Winker ◽  
Maimu A. Rehbein ◽  
Dean Sabatinelli ◽  
Markus Junghofer
Keyword(s):  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Cue Reactivity ◽  
Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Emotional Bias

AbstractThe ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) is a major hub of the reward system and has been shown to activate specifically in response to pleasant / rewarding stimuli. Previous studies demonstrate enhanced pleasant cue reactivity after single applications of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the vmPFC. Here we present a pilot case study in which we assess the cumulative impact of multiple consecutive vmPFC-tDCS sessions on the processing of visual emotional stimuli in an event-related MEG recording design. The results point to stable modulation of increased positivity biases (pleasant > unpleasant stimulus signal strength) after excitatory vmPFC stimulation and a reversed pattern (pleasant < unpleasant) after inhibitory stimulation across five consecutive tDCS sessions. Moreover, cumulative effects of these emotional bias modulations were observable for several source-localized spatio-temporal clusters, suggesting an increase in modulatory efficiency by repeated tDCS sessions. This pilot study provides evidence for improvements in the effectiveness and utility of a novel tDCS paradigm in the context of emotional processing.

scholarly journals State and trait characteristics of anterior insula time-varying functional connectivity

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Pasquini ◽  
Gianina Toller ◽  
Adam Staffaroni ◽  
Jesse A. Brown ◽  
Jersey Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Anterior Insula ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Eye Closure ◽  
Functional Connectivity Mri ◽  
Dispositional Empathy ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThe human anterior insula (aINS) is a topographically organized brain region, in which ventral portions contribute to socio-emotional function through limbic and autonomic connections, whereas the dorsal aINS contributes to cognitive processes through frontal and parietal connections. Open questions remain, however, regarding how aINS connectivity varies over time. We implemented a novel approach combining seed-to-whole-brain sliding-window functional connectivity MRI and k-means clustering to assess time-varying functional connectivity of aINS subregions. We studied three independent large samples of healthy participants and longitudinal datasets to assess inter- and intra-subject stability, and related aINS time-varying functional connectivity profiles to dispositional empathy. We identified four robust aINS time-varying functional connectivity modes that displayed both “state” and “trait” characteristics: while modes featuring connectivity to sensory regions were modulated by eye closure, modes featuring connectivity to higher cognitive and emotional processing regions were stable over time and related to empathy measures.

Dynamic Assessment of Social Cognition in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen M. Genova ◽  
Christopher J. Cagna ◽  
Nancy D. Chiaravalloti ◽  
John DeLuca ◽  
Jean Lengenfelder
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Dynamic Assessment ◽  
Dynamic Task ◽  
Social Inference ◽  
The Social ◽  
Inference Test

AbstractIt has recently been reported that individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) are impaired on tasks requiring emotional processing and social cognition, including tasks of Theory of Mind (ToM) and facial affect recognition. The current pilot study examined the ability of individuals with MS to understand and interpret lies and sarcasm using a dynamic task: The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT). Fifteen individuals with MS and 15 healthy controls (HCs) performed the Social Inference-Enriched subtest of the TASIT, in which they viewed video-taped social interactions in which lies and sarcasm are presented. Additionally, tests of cognition were also administered to better understand the relationship between specific cognitive abilities and the ability to understand lies and sarcasm. The MS group showed impairments in the ability to interpret and understand lies and sarcasm relative to HCs. These impairments were correlated with several cognitive abilities including processing speed, working memory, learning and memory, and premorbid IQ. The results indicate that the TASIT is a sensitive measure of social cognition in individuals with MS. Furthermore, performance on the TASIT was related to cognitive abilities. Results are discussed in terms of social cognition deficits in MS and how they relate to cognitive abilities. (JINS, 2016, 22, 83–88)

P73. Can iTBS modulate subjective and objective parameters of emotional processing in fear-relevant situations? A pilot study with spider phobics

2015 ◽  
Vol 126 (8) ◽  
pp. e130-e131
Author(s):  
S. Deppermann ◽  
S. Notzon ◽  
R. Britz ◽  
D. Wirsing ◽  
A. Kroczek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Emotional Processing

Creation of meaning: An emotional processing task in psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Processing Task
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