Research article summary (published 24 Mar 2008):

Individual differences in disgust imagery: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

Full Abstract

Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have examined neural correlates of disgust imagery, but have never taken into account the moderating effects of personality traits. Twenty-four women first viewed and subsequently visualized pictures with disgust-inducing and happiness-inducing content. Relative to the picture perception, disgust, and happiness imagery provoked activation of the insula, anterior cingulate cortex, and parietal cortex. Trait disgust was negatively correlated with localized brain activation (e.g. insula, amygdala, parietal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex) during disgust imagery. This study provides first evidence that disgust propensity is associated with brain activation during imagery of repulsive scenes.

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Author information

Author/s: Schienle, Anne (A); Schäfer, Axel (A); Vaitl, Dieter (D);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria. anne.schienle@uni-graz.at

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Neuroreport (Neuroreport), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Mar; vol 19 (issue 5) : pp 527-30

Dates: Created 2008/04/04; Completed 2008/06/12;

PMID: 18388732, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult Brain - blood supply; physiology Brain Mapping Emotions - physiology Female Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted

Imagery (Psychotherapy) Individuality Magnetic Resonance Imaging Oxygen - blood Photic Stimulation - methods Questionnaires Regression Analysis

Associated Chemicals: Oxygen (7782-44-7)

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