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The Neurodynamics of Affect in the Laboratory Predicts Persistence of Real-World Emotional Responses

Aaron S. Heller, Andrew S. Fox, Erik K. Wing, Kaitlyn M. McQuisition, Nathan J. Vack and Richard J. Davidson
Journal of Neuroscience 22 July 2015, 35 (29) 10503-10509; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0569-15.2015
Aaron S. Heller
1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706,
2Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, and
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Andrew S. Fox
1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706,
2Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, and
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Erik K. Wing
2Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, and
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Kaitlyn M. McQuisition
2Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, and
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Nathan J. Vack
2Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, and
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Richard J. Davidson
1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706,
2Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, and
3HealthEmotions Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53719
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    Schematic of EMA and fMRI task. A, EMA occurred over 10 d. Emotional effects of real-world reward were measured over minutes to hours. fMRI analyses parsed BOLD reward responses into amplitude and width. These parameters were used to predict individual differences in naturalistic emotional reactivity and duration. B, EMA and fMRI task. In the EMA task, subjects received text messages in which they rated their positive and negative emotion several times a day. Each day, subjects also played a game in which they could win $15. After game outcome, emotion was sampled frequently over the ensuing 90 min and allowed estimation of positive emotion duration. In the fMRI task, subjects played the identical game in which they could win or not win $1. Subjects saw the number 5, guessed whether the next number would be higher or lower than 5, and received the outcome. A green arrow pointing upward indicated that the participant had guessed correctly.

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    The EMA game impacts positive emotion as evidenced by deviation from baseline positive emotion. Histogram displays the distribution of duration of positive emotion following winning. Error bars represent standard error of the mean.

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    Amplitude of DLPFC engagement after winning predicts individual differences in real-world positive emotion reactivity. Thresholded at p < 0.05 corrected for multiple comparisons across the whole brain.

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    Width of ventral striatal engagement over seconds after winning predicts duration of real-world positive emotion. Green denotes the small volume mask used, and hot colors correspond to the suprathreshold activity within this a priori ROI; p < 0.05, corrected for multiple comparisons across the small volume ROI.

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Aaron S. Heller, Andrew S. Fox, Erik K. Wing, Kaitlyn M. McQuisition, Nathan J. Vack, Richard J. Davidson
Journal of Neuroscience 22 July 2015, 35 (29) 10503-10509; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0569-15.2015

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Aaron S. Heller, Andrew S. Fox, Erik K. Wing, Kaitlyn M. McQuisition, Nathan J. Vack, Richard J. Davidson
Journal of Neuroscience 22 July 2015, 35 (29) 10503-10509; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0569-15.2015
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