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Neural Correlates of Envisioning Emotional Events in the near and Far Future
D'Argembeau, Arnaud; Xue, Gui; Lu, Zhong-Lin et al.
2008In NeuroImage, 40 (1), p. 398-407
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Keywords :
future thinking; emotion; temporal distance; medial prefrontal cortex; fMRI
Abstract :
[en] Being able to envision emotional events that might happen in the future has a clear adaptive value. This study addressed the functional neuroanatomy of this process and investigated whether it is modulated by temporal distance. Participants imagined positive and negative events pertaining to the near future or far future while their brain activity was measured with fMRI. The results demonstrate that the anterior part of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) was more active in envisioning emotional events in the far future than in the near future, whereas the caudate nucleus was engaged in envisioning emotional (especially positive) situations in the near future. We argue that the anterior part of the vmPFC might assign emotional values to mental representations of future events that pertain to long-term goals. On the other hand, the caudate might support more concrete simulations of action plans to achieve rewarding situations in the near future.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
D'Argembeau, Arnaud  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Xue, Gui;  University of Southern California > Department of Psychology
Lu, Zhong-Lin;  University of Southern California > Department of Psychology
Van der Linden, Martial ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Bechara, Antoine;  University of Southern California > Department of Psychology
Language :
English
Title :
Neural Correlates of Envisioning Emotional Events in the near and Far Future
Publication date :
01 March 2008
Journal title :
NeuroImage
ISSN :
1053-8119
eISSN :
1095-9572
Publisher :
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
40
Issue :
1
Pages :
398-407
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
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