Publication Date
3-2008
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology
Keywords
Extraversion, Emotional response, Neural response
Abstract
Extraversion has been shown to positively correlate with activation within the ventral striatum, amygdala and other dopaminergically innervated, reward-sensitive regions. These regions are implicated in emotional responding, in a manner sensitive to attentional focus. However, no study has investigated the interaction among extraversion, emotion and attention. We used fMRI and dynamic, evocative film clips to elicit amusement and sadness in a sample of 28 women. Participants were instructed either to respond naturally (n = 14) or to attend to and continuously rate their emotions (n = 14) while watching the films. Contrary to expectations, striatal response was negatively associated with extraversion during amusement, regardless of attention. A negative association was also observed during sad films, but only when attending to emotion. These findings suggest that attentional focus does not influence the relationship between extraversion and neural response to positive (amusing) stimuli but does impact the response to negative (sad) stimuli.
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Publication Statement
This article was originally published as:
Hutcherson, C. A., Goldin, P. R., Ramel, W., McRae, K., & Gross, J. J. (2008). Attention and emotion influence the relationship between extraversion and neural response, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3(1), 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsm040
Rights Holder
C.A. Hutcherson, P.R. Goldin, W. Ramel, Kateri McRae, J.J. Gross
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
9 pgs
File Size
361 KB
Publication Title
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Volume
3
First Page
71
Last Page
79
ISSN
1749-5016
Recommended Citation
Hutcherson, C. A.; Goldin, P. R.; Ramel, W.; McRae, Kateri; and Gross, J. J., "Attention and Emotion Influence the Relationship Between Extraversion and Neural Response" (2008). Psychology: Faculty Scholarship. 188.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/psychology_faculty/188
https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsm040
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsm040