Christian E Salas1, Osvaldo Castro2, Kenneth Sl Yuen3, Darinka Radovic4, Giovanni d'Avossa5, Oliver H Turnbull5. 1. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Social (LaNCyS), Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad Diego Portales, Vergara 275, Santiago, Chile School of Psychology, Brigantia Building, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales LL57 2AS, UK Gwynedd salasriquelme@gmail.com. 2. Escuela De Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad Autonoma De Chile, Ricardo Morales, San Miguel 3369, Chile, Santiago. 3. Neuroimaging Centre, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, Langenbeckstr. 1 Geb. 701, EG, R. 0.035, Mainz 55131, Germany. 4. Manchester University, Manchester, England M139PL, UK. 5. School of Psychology, Brigantia Building, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales LL57 2AS, UK Gwynedd.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Historically, emotion regulation problems have been reported as a common consequence of right prefrontal cortex (rPFC) damage. It has been proposed that the rPFC, particularly the rIFG, has a key role inhibiting prepotent reflexive actions, thus contributing to emotion regulation and self-regulation. This study is the first to directly explore this hypothesis, by testing whether damage to the rIFG compromises the voluntary modulation of emotional responses, and whether performance on inhibition tasks is associated with emotion regulation. METHOD: 10 individuals with unilateral right prefrontal damage and 15 matched healthy controls were compared on a well-known response modulation task. During the task participants had to amplify and suppress their facial emotional expressions, while watching film clips eliciting amusement. Measures of executive control, emotion regulation strategies usage and symptomatology were also collected. RESULTS: As a group, individuals with rPFC damage presented a significantly reduced range of response modulation compared with controls. In addition, performance in the suppression task was associated with measures of cognitive inhibition and suppression usage. Interestingly, these effects were driven primarily by a subgroup of individuals with rPFC damage, all of whom also had damage to the right posterior insula, and who presented a marked impairment in suppressing facial emotional expressions.
INTRODUCTION: Historically, emotion regulation problems have been reported as a common consequence of right prefrontal cortex (rPFC) damage. It has been proposed that the rPFC, particularly the rIFG, has a key role inhibiting prepotent reflexive actions, thus contributing to emotion regulation and self-regulation. This study is the first to directly explore this hypothesis, by testing whether damage to the rIFG compromises the voluntary modulation of emotional responses, and whether performance on inhibition tasks is associated with emotion regulation. METHOD: 10 individuals with unilateral right prefrontal damage and 15 matched healthy controls were compared on a well-known response modulation task. During the task participants had to amplify and suppress their facial emotional expressions, while watching film clips eliciting amusement. Measures of executive control, emotion regulation strategies usage and symptomatology were also collected. RESULTS: As a group, individuals with rPFC damage presented a significantly reduced range of response modulation compared with controls. In addition, performance in the suppression task was associated with measures of cognitive inhibition and suppression usage. Interestingly, these effects were driven primarily by a subgroup of individuals with rPFC damage, all of whom also had damage to the right posterior insula, and who presented a marked impairment in suppressing facial emotional expressions.
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