Science of Emotion and Sensibility (감성과학)

Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility (한국감성과학회)
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Altered patterns of brain activity during transient anger among young males with alcohol use disorders: A preliminary study

  • Park, Mi-Sook (Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Sohn, Sunju (Department of Social Welfare, Cheongju University) ;
  • Seok, Ji-Woo (Department of Psychology, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Eun-Hye (Department of Psychology, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Sohn, Jin-Hun (Department of Psychology, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2015.03.24
  • Accepted : 2015.05.12
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the neural substrates associated with processing anger among young males with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Eighteen individuals with AUD and 15 demographically similar non-abusers participated in the study. Participants were scanned on their brain functioning while they viewed an audio-visual film clip that was previously designed specifically to induce anger emotion, followed by anpsychological assessment. Greater brain activities were detected in the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) among subjects with AUD compared to the controls during the exposure to anger-provoking stimuli. Despite the same level of subjective anger during anger induction, the greater activations both in the IFG and dACC regions may suggestthat individuals with AUD have a greater propensity to undergo cognitive control and self-regulation while experiencing anger.

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