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The Journal of Neuroscience, 2001, 21:RC165:1-6
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Neural Correlates of Conscious Self-Regulation of Emotion
Mario
Beauregard1, 2, 3,
Johanne
Lévesque3, 4, and
Pierre
Bourgouin1
1 Département de Radiologie, Faculté de
Médecine, Université de Montréal and Centre
Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM),
Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2L 4M1,
2 Centre de Recherche en Sciences Neurologiques,
Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal,
Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7, 3 Centre de
Recherche, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal,
Montréal, Québec, Canada H3W 1W5, and
4 Département de Psychologie, Université de
Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
A fundamental question about the relationship between cognition and
emotion concerns the neural substrate underlying emotional self-regulation. To address this issue, brain activation was measured in normal male subjects while they either responded in a normal manner
to erotic film excerpts or voluntarily attempted to inhibit the sexual
arousal induced by viewing erotic stimuli. Results demonstrated that
the sexual arousal experienced, in response to the erotic film
excerpts, was associated with activation in "limbic" and paralimbic
structures, such as the right amygdala, right anterior temporal pole,
and hypothalamus. In addition, the attempted inhibition of the sexual
arousal generated by viewing the erotic stimuli was associated with
activation of the right superior frontal gyrus and right anterior
cingulate gyrus. No activation was found in limbic areas. These
findings reinforce the view that emotional self-regulation is normally
implemented by a neural circuit comprising various prefrontal regions
and subcortical limbic structures. They also suggest that humans have the capacity to influence the electrochemical dynamics of their brains,
by voluntarily changing the nature of the mind processes unfolding in
the psychological space.
Key words:
emotional self-regulation; consciousness; volition; metacognition; prefrontal cortex; "limbic" structures; functional
magnetic resonance imaging
Copyright © Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474//$05.00/0
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