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Page D, Buchanan CR, Moodie JE, Harris MA, Taylor A, Valdés Hernández M, Muñoz Maniega S, Corley J, Bastin ME, Wardlaw JM, Russ TC, Deary IJ, Cox SR. Examining the neurostructural architecture of intelligence: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study. Cortex 2024; 178:269-286. [PMID: 39067180 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2024.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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Examining underlying neurostructural correlates of specific cognitive abilities is practically and theoretically complicated by the existence of the positive manifold (all cognitive tests positively correlate): if a brain structure is associated with a cognitive task, how much of this is uniquely related to the cognitive domain, and how much is due to covariance with all other tests across domains (captured by general cognitive functioning, also known as general intelligence, or 'g')? We quantitatively address this question by examining associations between brain structural and diffusion MRI measures (global tissue volumes, white matter hyperintensities, global white matter diffusion fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity, and FreeSurfer processed vertex-wise cortical volumes, smoothed at 20mm fwhm) with g and cognitive domains (processing speed, crystallised ability, memory, visuospatial ability). The cognitive domains were modelled using confirmatory factor analysis to derive both hierarchical and bifactor solutions using 13 cognitive tests in 697 participants from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study (mean age 72.5 years; SD = .7). Associations between the extracted cognitive factor scores for each domain and g were computed for each brain measure covarying for age, sex and intracranial volume, and corrected for false discovery rate. There were a range of significant associations between cognitive domains and global MRI brain structural measures (r range .008 to .269, p < .05). Regions implicated by vertex-wise regional cortical volume included a widespread number of medial and lateral areas of the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes. However, at both global and regional level, much of the domain-MRI associations were shared (statistically accounted for by g). Removing g-related variance from cognitive domains attenuated association magnitudes with global brain MRI measures by 27.9-59.7% (M = 46.2%), with only processing speed retaining all significant associations. At the regional cortical level, g appeared to account for the majority (range 22.1-88.4%; M = 52.8% across cognitive domains) of regional domain-specific associations. Crystallised and memory domains had almost no unique cortical correlates, whereas processing speed and visuospatial ability retained limited cortical volumetric associations. The greatest spatial overlaps across cognitive domains (as denoted by g) were present in the medial and lateral temporal, lateral parietal and lateral frontal areas.
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- Danielle Page
- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK; Division of Neuroimaging Sciences and Row Fogo Centre for Small Vessel Diseases Research, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute Centre at the University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK; Division of Neuroimaging Sciences and Row Fogo Centre for Small Vessel Diseases Research, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute Centre at the University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK; Division of Neuroimaging Sciences and Row Fogo Centre for Small Vessel Diseases Research, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute Centre at the University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK; Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK; Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
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Kwak S, Kim H, Kim KY, Oh DY, Lee D, Nam G, Lee JY. Neuroanatomical and neurocognitive correlates of delusion in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. BMC Neurol 2024; 24:89. [PMID: 38448803 PMCID: PMC10916051 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-024-03568-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Neuropsychiatric symptoms and delusions are highly prevalent among people with dementia. However, multiple roots of neurobiological bases and shared neural basis of delusion and cognitive function remain to be characterized. By utilizing a fine-grained multivariable approach, we investigated distinct neuroanatomical correlates of delusion symptoms across a large population of dementing illnesses. METHODS In this study, 750 older adults with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease completed brain structural imaging and neuropsychological assessment. We utilized principal component analysis followed by varimax rotation to identify the distinct multivariate correlates of cortical thinning patterns. Five of the cognitive domains were assessed whether the general cognitive abilities mediate the association between cortical thickness and delusion. RESULTS The result showed that distributed thickness patterns of temporal and ventral insular cortex (component 2), inferior and lateral prefrontal cortex (component 1), and somatosensory-visual cortex (component 5) showed negative correlations with delusions. Subsequent mediation analysis showed that component 1 and 2, which comprises inferior frontal, anterior insula, and superior temporal regional thickness accounted for delusion largely through lower cognitive functions. Specifically, executive control function assessed with the Trail Making Test mediated the relationship between two cortical thickness patterns and delusions. DISCUSSION Our findings suggest that multiple distinct subsets of brain regions underlie the delusions among older adults with cognitive impairment. Moreover, a neural loss may affect the occurrence of delusion in dementia largely due to impaired general cognitive abilities.
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- Seyul Kwak
- Department of Psychology, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, 07061, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Medical Device Development, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Stoewen DL. The vital connection between emotional intelligence and well-being - Part 1: Understanding emotional intelligence and why it matters. THE CANADIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL = LA REVUE VETERINAIRE CANADIENNE 2024; 65:182-184. [PMID: 38304477 PMCID: PMC10783582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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- Debbie L Stoewen
- Dr. Stoewen, DVM, MSW, RSW, PhD, is an academic, facilitator, and social entrepreneur committed to advancing the health and welfare of people and animals through speaking, writing, and continuing education
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Siwek J, Żywica P, Siwek P, Wójcik A, Woch W, Pierzyński K, Dyczkowski K. Implementation of an Artificially Empathetic Robot Swarm. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 24:242. [PMID: 38203107 PMCID: PMC10781239 DOI: 10.3390/s24010242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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This paper presents a novel framework for integrating artificial empathy into robot swarms to improve communication and cooperation. The proposed model uses fuzzy state vectors to represent the knowledge and environment of individual agents, accommodating uncertainties in the real world. By utilizing similarity measures, the model compares states, enabling empathetic reasoning for synchronized swarm behavior. The paper presents a practical application example that demonstrates the efficacy of the model in a robot swarm working toward a common goal. The evaluation methodology involves the open-source physical-based experimentation platform (OPEP), which emphasizes empirical validation in real-world scenarios. The paper proposes a transitional environment that enables automated and repeatable execution of experiments on a swarm of robots using physical devices.
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- Joanna Siwek
- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 4, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; (J.S.); (P.Ż.); (W.W.); (K.P.)
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 4, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; (J.S.); (P.Ż.); (W.W.); (K.P.)
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- Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence, Faculty of Automatic Control, Robotics and Electrical Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3A, 60-965 Poznań, Poland; (P.S.); (A.W.)
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- Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence, Faculty of Automatic Control, Robotics and Electrical Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3A, 60-965 Poznań, Poland; (P.S.); (A.W.)
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 4, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; (J.S.); (P.Ż.); (W.W.); (K.P.)
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 4, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; (J.S.); (P.Ż.); (W.W.); (K.P.)
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 4, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; (J.S.); (P.Ż.); (W.W.); (K.P.)
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Licata F, Maruca R, Citrino EA, Bianco A. Building a healthy lifestyle: the role of emotional intelligence among Italian university students. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17682. [PMID: 37848471 PMCID: PMC10582115 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44141-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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Given the numerous evidence demonstrating the influence of emotions in engaging risky behaviors, it seems inevitable to consider new approaches that promote healthy lifestyles. This study examines the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and unhealthy lifestyles among undergraduate university students in Southern Italy, since a correlation between EI and harmful health behaviors has been postulated. The present cross-sectional study was conducted among over 18-year-old university students using an online, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire. Socio-demographic characteristics, tobacco use, nicotine dependence, alcohol consumption, and skipping breakfast were investigated. Nearly a third of the sample were current smokers (30.9%). Problematic drinking was shown in 9.9% of the students. Almost one-fourth (23.1%) reported breakfast skipping ≥ 3 days a week. Emotional clarity and total EI scores were significantly lower in current smokers with moderate/high nicotine dependence. Problematic drinking revealed lower emotional clarity and total EI scores. Breakfast skippers showed lower emotional attention and total EI scores. The interconnectedness of unhealthy behaviors and the potential for one behavior to lead to or predict another were also shown. The study findings provide useful insights to develop evidence-based strategies to empower the young adults to choose a health-promoting lifestyle. The figures suggest that emotional learning interventions could support this goal.
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- Francesca Licata
- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Magnotti JF, Patterson JS, Schnur TT. Using predictive validity to compare associations between brain damage and behavior. Hum Brain Mapp 2023; 44:4738-4753. [PMID: 37417774 PMCID: PMC10400786 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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Lesion-behavior mapping (LBM) provides a statistical map of the association between voxel-wise brain damage and individual differences in behavior. To understand whether two behaviors are mediated by damage to distinct regions, researchers often compare LBM weight outputs by either the Overlap method or the Correlation method. However, these methods lack statistical criteria to determine whether two LBM are distinct versus the same and are disconnected from a major goal of LBMs: predicting behavior from brain damage. Without such criteria, researchers may draw conclusions from numeric differences between LBMs that are irrelevant to predicting behavior. We developed and validated a predictive validity comparison method (PVC) that establishes a statistical criterion for comparing two LBMs using predictive accuracy: two LBMs are distinct if and only if they provide unique predictive power for the behaviors being assessed. We applied PVC to two lesion-behavior stroke data sets, demonstrating its utility for determining when behaviors arise from the same versus different lesion patterns. Using region-of-interest-based simulations derived from proportion damage from a large data set (n = 131), PVC accurately detected when behaviors were mediated by different regions (high sensitivity) versus the same region (high specificity). Both the Overlap method and Correlation method performed poorly on the simulated data. By objectively determining whether two behavioral deficits can be explained by single versus distinct patterns of brain damage, PVC provides a critical advance in establishing the brain bases of behavior. We have developed and released a GUI-driven web app to encourage widespread adoption.
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- John F. Magnotti
- Department of NeurosurgeryBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTexasUSA
- Department of NeurosurgeryPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of NeurosurgeryBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTexasUSA
- Department of NeuroscienceBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTexasUSA
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Calić G, Glumbić N, Petrović-Lazić M, Đorđević M, Mentus T. Searching for Best Predictors of Paralinguistic Comprehension and Production of Emotions in Communication in Adults With Moderate Intellectual Disability. Front Psychol 2022; 13:884242. [PMID: 35880187 PMCID: PMC9308010 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.884242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Paralinguistic comprehension and production of emotions in communication include the skills of recognizing and interpreting emotional states with the help of facial expressions, prosody and intonation. In the relevant scientific literature, the skills of paralinguistic comprehension and production of emotions in communication are related primarily to receptive language abilities, although some authors found also their correlations with intellectual abilities and acoustic features of the voice. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate which of the mentioned variables (receptive language ability, acoustic features of voice, intellectual ability, social-demographic), presents the most relevant predictor of paralinguistic comprehension and paralinguistic production of emotions in communication in adults with moderate intellectual disabilities (MID). The sample included 41 adults with MID, 20–49 years of age (M = 34.34, SD = 7.809), 29 of whom had MID of unknown etiology, while 12 had Down syndrome. All participants are native speakers of Serbian. Two subscales from The Assessment Battery for Communication – Paralinguistic comprehension of emotions in communication and Paralinguistic production of emotions in communication, were used to assess the examinees from the aspect of paralinguistic comprehension and production skills. For the graduation of examinees from the aspect of assumed predictor variables, the following instruments were used: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test was used to assess receptive language abilities, Computerized Speech Lab (“Kay Elemetrics” Corp., model 4300) was used to assess acoustic features of voice, and Raven’s Progressive Matrices were used to assess intellectual ability. Hierarchical regression analysis was applied to investigate to which extent the proposed variables present an actual predictor variables for paralinguistic comprehension and production of emotions in communication as dependent variables. The results of this analysis showed that only receptive language skills had statistically significant predictive value for paralinguistic comprehension of emotions (β = 0.468, t = 2.236, p < 0.05), while the factor related to voice frequency and interruptions, form the domain of acoustic voice characteristics, displays predictive value for paralinguistic production of emotions (β = 0.280, t = 2.076, p < 0.05). Consequently, this study, in the adult population with MID, evidenced a greater importance of voice and language in relation to intellectual abilities in understanding and producing emotions.
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Vorobyeva EV, Kovsh EM, Kosonogov VV. Emotional Intelligence in Carriers of Different СОМТ, BDNF, DRD2 and HTR2A Genotypes. PSYCHOLOGY IN RUSSIA: STATE OF ART 2022; 15:83-96. [PMID: 36699706 PMCID: PMC9833606 DOI: 10.11621/pir.2022.0206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background Emotional intelligence is the ability to quickly and correctly recognize the emotional expressions of other people and to express and manage one's own emotions. It contributes to the success of a person in activities related to communication and interaction with people. Emotional intelligence has been studied largely in the context of organizational and education psychology, but less is known about the influence of genetics on it. Objective We aim to study emotional intelligence in carriers of different СОМТ, BDNF, DRD2, and HTR2A genotypes. Design We used three methods to measure emotional intelligence. Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test is a set of tasks with forced choice and frequency-based correct responses. We also applied two self-report questionnaires by Lyusin and Hall. We recruited 280 participants who took part in all three measures. We also identified their genotypes of the СОМТ, BDNF, DRD2, and HTR2A genes. Results Carriers of the Val/Met genotype of the COMT gene, A/A genotype of the HTR2A gene and C/C genotype of the DRD2 gene showed the highest level of emotional intelligence, while no differences were found between carriers of the BDNF genotypes. These data were obtained by using the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test. Self-report scores of emotional intelligence did not differ between carriers of different genotypes across all four of the genes in question. Conclusion Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test scores were differed for carriers of some genotypes, whereas self-reported emotional intelligence scores did not differ between according to genotype.
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- Elena V. Vorobyeva
- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia,Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Lim MD, Lau MC. Can We "Brain-Train" Emotional Intelligence? A Narrative Review on the Features and Approaches Used in Ability EI Training Studies. Front Psychol 2021; 12:569749. [PMID: 34484016 PMCID: PMC8415904 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.569749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Recent studies had demonstrated that specific emotional intelligence (EI) abilities (as measured using the MSCEIT) were related to better performance on cognitive tasks that involved emotional information but not on their non-emotional counterparts. These findings suggest that cognitive control and other executive functioning processes (e.g., working memory) contribute to EI abilities. A well-functioning EI ability is crucial for a number of everyday activities and life outcomes. However, the evidence for training ability EI remains vague as to how these improvements occur. The purpose of this narrative review was to synthesize findings from past EI training research, specifically focusing on their methodology. This was to identify key aspects of the interventions used, to determine the prototypical features between them, as well as to propose a compelling research agenda for future EI training studies. Based on the features found in these studies, we identified two possible approaches in which EI improvements occurred. The first approach was through increasing emotional knowledge and related competencies through teaching and practice. These features were found in the majority of training interventions using a workshop-style training format, reflections, role-plays, and practice with other participants. The second approach used brain-training principles to improve basic cognitive processes, such as executive control or emotional inhibition. Using a cognitive training approach to EI training can provide several advantages, such as allowing researchers to examine EI improvements using the theories of (1) transfer; (2) plasticity; and (3) process-specific changes.
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- Ming D Lim
- School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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Bajaj S, Killgore WDS. Association between emotional intelligence and effective brain connectome: A large-scale spectral DCM study. Neuroimage 2021; 229:117750. [PMID: 33454407 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a well-documented aspect of social and interpersonal functioning, but the underlying neural mechanisms for this capacity remain poorly understood. Here we used advanced brain connectivity techniques to explore the associations between EI and effective connectivity (EC) within four functional brain networks. METHODS The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) was used to collect EI data from 55 healthy individuals (mean age = 30.56±8.3 years, 26 males). The MSCEIT comprises two area cores - experiential EI (T1) and strategic EI (T2). The T1 core included two sub-scales - perception of emotions (S1) and using emotions to facilitate thinking (S2), and the T2 core included two sub-scales - understanding of emotions (S3) and management of emotions (S4). All participants underwent structural and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) scans. The spectral dynamic causal modeling approach was implemented to estimate EC within four networks of interest - the default-mode network (DMN), dorsal attention network (DAN), control-execution network (CEN) and salience network (SN). The strength of EC within each network was correlated with the measures of EI, with correlations at pFDR < 0.05 considered as significant. RESULTS There was no significant association between any of the measures of EI and EC strength within the DMN and DAN. For CEN, however, we found that there were significant negative associations between EC strength from the right anterior prefrontal cortex (RAPFC) to the left anterior prefrontal cortex (LAPFC) and both S2 and T1, and significant positive associations between EC strength from LAPFC to RAPFC and S2. EC strength from the right superior parietal cortex (SPC) to RAPFC also showed significant negative association with S4 and T2. For the SN, S3 showed significant negative association with EC strength from the right insula to RAPFC and significant positive association with EC strength from the left insula to dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (DACC). CONCLUSIONS We provide evidence that the negative ECs within the right hemisphere, and from the right to left hemisphere, and positive ECs within the left hemisphere and from the left to right hemisphere of CEN (involving bilateral frontal and right parietal region) and SN (involving right frontal, anterior cingulate and bilateral insula) play a significant role in regulating and processing emotions. These findings also suggest that measures of EC can be utilized as important biomarkers to better understand the underlying neural mechanisms of EI.
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- Sahil Bajaj
- Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory (SCAN Lab), Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; Multimodal Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory (MCNL), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, 14015 Flanagan Blvd. Suite #102, Boys Town, NE 68010, USA.
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- Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory (SCAN Lab), Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Łowicki P, Zajenkowski M, van der Linden D. The Interplay Between Cognitive Intelligence, Ability Emotional Intelligence, and Religiosity. JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND HEALTH 2020; 59:2556-2576. [PMID: 31748923 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-019-00953-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The negative association between cognitive intelligence (CI) and religiosity has been widely studied and is now well documented. In contrast, the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in this context has been poorly investigated thus far. Some available data indicate that EI, unlike CI, correlates positively with religiosity. To date, however, no study has explored the relationship between religiosity and both intelligences simultaneously. In current studies (Ns = 301 and 200), we examined the interplay between all three constructs. The results showed that CI was positively correlated with ability EI and negatively with some measures of religiosity. EI, on the other hand, revealed no direct, significant relationship with religiosity. However, when combined into a single regression model with CI, EI became a significant positive predictor of religiosity. Moreover, Study 2 revealed that the link between EI and religiosity was mediated by empathy. Interestingly, we also found a reciprocal suppression between CI and EI, since both predictors increased their influence on religiosity when analyzed together. Although the suppression was present in both studies, it was observed for different religiosity measures in each case, indicating that this effect is probably dependent on various factors, such as sample structure or type of religiosity.
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- Paweł Łowicki
- Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Psychology, Education, and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Déli E, Kisvárday Z. The thermodynamic brain and the evolution of intellect: the role of mental energy. Cogn Neurodyn 2020; 14:743-756. [PMID: 33101528 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-020-09637-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The living state is low entropy, highly complex organization, yet it is part of the energy cycle of the environment. Due to the recurring presence of the resting state, stimulus and its response form a thermodynamic cycle of perception that can be modeled by the Carnot engine. The endothermic reversed Carnot engine relies on energy from the environment to increase entropy (i.e., the synaptic complexity of the resting state). High entropy relies on mental energy, which represents intrinsic motivation and focuses on the future. It increases freedom of action. The Carnot engine can model exothermic, negative emotional states, which direct the focus on the past. The organism dumps entropy and energy to its environment, in the form of aggravation, anxiety, criticism, and physical violence. The loss of mental energy curtails freedom of action, forming apathy, depression, mental diseases, and immune problems. Our improving intuition about the brain's intelligent computations will allow the development of new treatments for mental disease and novel find applications in robotics and artificial intelligence.
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- MTA-DE Neuroscience Research Group, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Ramchandran K, Tranel D, Duster K, Denburg NL. The Role of Emotional vs. Cognitive Intelligence in Economic Decision-Making Amongst Older Adults. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:497. [PMID: 32547361 PMCID: PMC7274021 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The links between emotions, bio-regulatory processes, and economic decision-making are well-established in the context of age-related changes in fluid, real-time, decision competency. The objective of the research reported here is to assess the relative contributions, interactions, and impacts of affective and cognitive intelligence in economic, value-based decision-making amongst older adults. Additionally, we explored this decision-making competency in the context of the neurobiology of aging by examining the neuroanatomical correlates of intelligence and decision-making in an aging cohort. Thirty-nine, healthy, community dwelling older adults were administered the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), an ecologically valid laboratory measure of complex, economic decision-making; along with standardized, performance-based measures of cognitive and emotional intelligence (EI). A smaller subset of this group underwent structural brain scans from which thicknesses of the frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, cingulate cortices and their sub-sections, were computed. Fluid (online processing) aspects of Perceptual Reasoning cognitive intelligence predicted superior choices on the IGT. However, older adults with higher overall emotional intelligence (EI) and higher Experiential EI area/sub-scores learned faster to make better choices on the IGT, even after controlling for cognitive intelligence and its area scores. Thickness of the left rostral anterior cingulate (associated with fluid affective, processing) mediated the relationship between age and Experiential EI. Thickness of the right transverse temporal gyrus moderated the rate of learning on the IGT. In conclusion, our data suggest that fluid processing, which involves "online," bottom-up, cognitive processing, predicts value-based decision-making amongst older adults, while crystallized intelligence, which relies on "offline" previously acquired knowledge, does not. However, only emotional intelligence, especially its fluid "online" aspects of affective processing predicts the rate of learning in situations of complex choice, especially when there is a paucity of cues/information available to guide decision-making. Age-related effects on these cognitive, affective and decision mechanisms may have neuroanatomical correlates, especially in regions that form a subset of the human mirror-neuron and mentalizing systems. While superior decision-making may be stereotypically associated with "smarter people" (i.e., higher cognitive intelligence), our data indicate that emotional intelligence has a significant role to play in the economic decisions of older adults.
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- Kanchna Ramchandran
- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States
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The right kind of smart: emotional intelligence's relationship to cognitive status in community-dwelling older adults. Int Psychogeriatr 2019; 31:1241-1247. [PMID: 30696497 DOI: 10.1017/s1041610218002284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To examine whether emotional intelligence (EI) is associated with cognitive function (CF) in a sample of community-dwelling, non-demented elderly out-patients. DESIGN Correlational cross-sectional study. SETTING Two memory clinics in an urban community in central Israel. PARTICIPANTS Individuals age 60 and older without dementia, recruited from two memory clinics (N = 151). MEASUREMENTS Health history was obtained from medical charts. All participants underwent tests measuring CF, basic and instrumental function, general mental ability (GMA), EI, and depression. RESULTS Mean age of the participants was 79 years (SD = 7.00) with 96 females (63.6%). Mean score for Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was 21.62 (SD = 3.09) and for EI was 14.08 (SD = 3.30). Linear multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine associations of CF with EI while controlling for gender, age, education, GMA, and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). Age, education, GMA, and CCI were significant correlates of CF and accounted for 31.1% of the variance [F(7,143) = 10.8, p<0.01] in CF. EI was added in the second block and was the factor most strongly associated with CF, explaining an additional 9.1% (a total of 40.2%) of the variance in CF [F(8,142) = 13.2, p<0.01]. CONCLUSION This study is the first to show the association between EI and CF in older adults. Future prospective studies are needed to explicate the possibility of EI as a protective factor against cognitive decline.
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Emotional Awareness and Cognitive Performance in Borderline Intellectual Functioning Young Adolescents. J Nerv Ment Dis 2019; 207:365-370. [PMID: 30932986 DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000000972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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According to DSM-5 and ICD-10, borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) should not be classified properly as a disorder. However, BIF people may present relevant problems of adaptive functioning in several areas of daily activities, and they seem to be more vulnerable to mental diseases. Young adolescence may be considered a particular period for emotional information processing. The "own and others' emotions" awareness can play a crucial role in many daily life situations, such as decision making, interpersonal relationships, and decoding of facial expressions. On this background, a BIF young adolescents group underwent a neuropsychological assessment including emotional and cognitive domains, and was compared with a healthy young adolescents control group (HC). In the overall sample, a significant negative correlation between general intellectual abilities and emotional awareness was found. The BIF group showed a significantly greater level of alexithymia and a poorer performance in higher cognitive tasks than HC group. As hypothesized, a border cognitive functioning influences mentalization processes as ability to discriminate and monitor emotions, as well as higher domains of cognition.
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Kosonogov V, Vorobyeva E, Kovsh E, Ermakov P. A review of neurophysiological and genetic correlates of emotional intelligence. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE RESEARCH IN SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND EDUCATION 2019. [DOI: 10.5937/ijcrsee1901137k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The article is an overview of modern studies of brain organization and genetic correlates of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is becoming the subject of more and more attentive study of psychologists due to the fact that it influences the mental development of humans, plays an important role in many professions, and its impairment is a marker of some disorders. Nevertheless, the brain organization and genetic correlates of emotional intelligence have not been studied enough – first studies appeared only in the early 2000s. A review of the literature on the enceph-alographic showed that in rest, people with higher emotional intelligence show greater excitation of the left anterior regions of the brain. When per-ceiving affective stimuli, participants with high emotional intelligence show stronger synchronization of some EEG rhythms. Brain mapping technique made it possible to identify the areas of the brain involved in activities related to emotional intelligence. In regard to genetic correlates of emotional intelligence, some genes of neurotransmitter systems have been associated to this trait: the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene COMT, the dopamine DRD2 receptor gene, the serotonin receptor gene HTR2A, and the BDNF brain neurotrophic factor gene.
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- Don State Technical University, Southern Federal University, Russian Federation
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- Southern Federal University, Don State Technical University, Russian Federation
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Karle KN, Ethofer T, Jacob H, Brück C, Erb M, Lotze M, Nizielski S, Schütz A, Wildgruber D, Kreifelts B. Neurobiological correlates of emotional intelligence in voice and face perception networks. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2018; 13:233-244. [PMID: 29365199 PMCID: PMC5827352 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsy001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Facial expressions and voice modulations are among the most important communicational signals to convey emotional information. The ability to correctly interpret this information is highly relevant for successful social interaction and represents an integral component of emotional competencies that have been conceptualized under the term emotional intelligence. Here, we investigated the relationship of emotional intelligence as measured with the Salovey-Caruso-Emotional-Intelligence-Test (MSCEIT) with cerebral voice and face processing using functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging. MSCEIT scores were positively correlated with increased voice-sensitivity and gray matter volume of the insula accompanied by voice-sensitivity enhanced connectivity between the insula and the temporal voice area, indicating generally increased salience of voices. Conversely, in the face processing system, higher MSCEIT scores were associated with decreased face-sensitivity and gray matter volume of the fusiform face area. Taken together, these findings point to an alteration in the balance of cerebral voice and face processing systems in the form of an attenuated face-vs-voice bias as one potential factor underpinning emotional intelligence.
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- Kathrin N Karle
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.,Department for Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department for Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Functional Imaging Group, Department for Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University of Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Technical University Chemnitz, 09111 Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bamberg, 96045 Bamberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Smith R, Killgore WD, Alkozei A, Lane RD. A neuro-cognitive process model of emotional intelligence. Biol Psychol 2018; 139:131-151. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2018.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Neuropsychological evidence for the crucial role of the right arcuate fasciculus in the face-based mentalizing network: A disconnection analysis. Neuropsychologia 2018; 115:179-187. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nakajima R, Kinoshita M, Okita H, Yahata T, Matsui M, Nakada M. Neural Networks Mediating High-Level Mentalizing in Patients With Right Cerebral Hemispheric Gliomas. Front Behav Neurosci 2018; 12:33. [PMID: 29559899 PMCID: PMC5845682 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Mentalizing is the ability to understand others' mental state through external cues. It consists of two networks, namely low-level and high-level metalizing. Although it is an essential function in our daily social life, surgical resection of right cerebral hemisphere disturbs mentalizing processing with high possibility. In the past, little was known about the white matter related to high-level mentalizing, and the conservation of high-level mentalizing during surgery has not been a focus of attention. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to examine the neural networks underlying high-level mentalizing and then, secondarily, investigate the usefulness of awake surgery in preserving the mentalizing network. A total of 20 patients with glioma localized in the right hemisphere who underwent awake surgery participated in this study. All patients were assigned to two groups: with or without intraoperative assessment of high-level mentalizing. Their high-level mentalizing abilities were assessed before surgery and 1 week and 3 months after surgery. At 3 months after surgery, only patients who received the intraoperative high-level mentalizing test showed the same score as normal healthy volunteers. The tract-based lesion symptom analysis was performed to confirm the severity of damage of associated fibers and high-level mentalizing accuracy. This analysis revealed the superior longitudinal fascicles (SLF) III and fronto-striatal tract (FST) to be associated with high-level mentalizing processing. Moreover, the voxel-based lesion symptom analysis demonstrated that resection of orbito-frontal cortex (OFC) causes persistent mentalizing dysfunction. Our study indicates that damage of the OFC and structural connectivity of the SLF and FST causes the disorder of mentalizing after surgery, and assessing high-level mentalizing during surgery may be useful to preserve these pathways.
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- Riho Nakajima
- Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Institute of Liberal Arts and Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Déli E, Tozzi A, Peters JF. Relationships between short and fast brain timescales. Cogn Neurodyn 2017; 11:539-552. [PMID: 29147146 PMCID: PMC5670088 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-017-9450-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Brain electric activity exhibits two important features: oscillations with different timescales, characterized by diverse functional and psychological outcomes, and a temporal power law distribution. In order to further investigate the relationships between low- and high- frequency spikes in the brain, we used a variant of the Borsuk-Ulam theorem which states that, when we assess the nervous activity as embedded in a sphere equipped with a fractal dimension, we achieve two antipodal points with similar features (the slow and fast, scale-free oscillations). We demonstrate that slow and fast nervous oscillations mirror each other over time via a sinusoid relationship and provide, through the Bloch theorem from solid-state physics, the possible equation which links the two timescale activities. We show that, based on topological findings, nervous activities occurring in micro-levels are projected to single activities at meso- and macro-levels. This means that brain functions assessed at the higher scale of the whole brain necessarily display a counterpart in the lower ones, and vice versa. Our topological approach makes it possible to assess brain functions both based on entropy, and in the general terms of particle trajectories taking place on donut-like manifolds. Condensed brain activities might give rise to ideas and concepts by combination of different functional and anatomical levels. Furthermore, cognitive phenomena, as well as social activity can be described by the laws of quantum mechanics; memories and decisions exhibit holographic organization. In physics, the term duality refers to a case where two seemingly different systems turn out to be equivalent. This topological duality holds for all the types of spatio-temporal brain activities, independent of their inter- and intra-level relationships, strength, magnitude and boundaries, allowing us to connect the physiological manifestations of consciousness to the electric activities of the brain.
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- Eva Déli
- Institute for Consciousness Studies (ICS), Benczurter 9, Nyíregyháza, 4400 Hungary
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- Center for Nonlinear Science, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #311427, Denton, TX 76203-5017 USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, 75A Chancellor’s Circle, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6 Canada
- Department of Mathematics, Adıyaman University, 02040 Adıyaman, Turkey
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Cohen-Zimerman S, Chau A, Krueger F, Gordon B, Grafman J. Machiavellian tendencies increase following damage to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychologia 2017; 107:68-75. [PMID: 29126929 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Machiavellianism - a personality trait that is characterized by a tendency to distrust, deceive and exploit others - has been the focus of growing attention in psychological research. Neuroimaging studies of Machiavellianism highlight the influence of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) on Machiavellianism tendencies. However, knowledge regarding the causal role of the left and right dlPFC on Machiavellianism is still obscure. Here, we measured general Machiavellian tendencies, as well as two subscales (i.e., Machiavellian Views and Machiavellian Tactics) in a large sample of brain-injured patients (N = 129) and non-brain-injured control participants (N = 37) to determine whether Machiavellianism tendencies can be altered by brain damage. We analyzed Machiavellianism tendencies as a function of lesion location, with patients separated into four groups based on dlPFC damage: left dlPFC damage, right dlPFC damage, non-dlPFC damage, and healthy controls. We found that left dlPFC damage increased Machiavellianism in general, and Machiavellian perspective (views) in particular, but did not modulate behavior (tactics). Critically, left dlPFC damage predicted higher levels of Machiavellianism after controlling for general and emotional intelligence, linguistic abilities, empathy and psychopathology. These findings establish a causal role of the left dlPFC in modulating Machiavellian views, and indicate that one can hold Machiavellian views without necessarily endorsing Machiavellian tactics.
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA
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- School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA; Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Cognitive Science Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Che D, Hu J, Zhen S, Yu C, Li B, Chang X, Zhang W. Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence and Online Gaming Addiction in Adolescence: The Indirect Effects of Two Facets of Perceived Stress. Front Psychol 2017; 8:1206. [PMID: 28751876 PMCID: PMC5508004 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study tested a parallel two-mediator model in which the relationship between dimensions of emotional intelligence and online gaming addiction are mediated by perceived helplessness and perceived self-efficacy, respectively. The sample included 931 male adolescents (mean age = 16.18 years, SD = 0.95) from southern China. Data on emotional intelligence (four dimensions, including self-management of emotion, social skills, empathy and utilization of emotions), perceived stress (two facets, including perceived self-efficacy and perceived helplessness) and online gaming addiction were collected, and bootstrap methods were used to test this parallel two-mediator model. Our findings revealed that perceived self-efficacy mediated the relationship between three dimensions of emotional intelligence (i.e., self-management, social skills, and empathy) and online gaming addiction, and perceived helplessness mediated the relationship between two dimensions of emotional intelligence (i.e., self-management and emotion utilization) and online gaming addiction. These findings underscore the importance of separating the four dimensions of emotional intelligence and two facets of perceived stress to understand the complex relationship between these factors and online gaming addiction.
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- Dexin Che
- Laboratory for Behavioral and Regional Finance, Guangdong University of FinanceGuangzhou, China
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- Laboratory for Behavioral and Regional Finance, Guangdong University of FinanceGuangzhou, China
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- School of Psychology and Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal UniversityGuangzhou, China
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- School of Education and Center for Mind and Brain Science, Guangzhou UniversityGuangzhou, China
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- Laboratory for Behavioral and Regional Finance, Guangdong University of FinanceGuangzhou, China
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- Laboratory for Behavioral and Regional Finance, Guangdong University of FinanceGuangzhou, China
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- School of Psychology and Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal UniversityGuangzhou, China
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An Improved Brain-Inspired Emotional Learning Algorithm for Fast Classification. ALGORITHMS 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/a10020070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bahrami N, Seibert TM, Karunamuni R, Bartsch H, Krishnan A, Farid N, Hattangadi-Gluth JA, McDonald CR. Altered Network Topology in Patients with Primary Brain Tumors After Fractionated Radiotherapy. Brain Connect 2017; 7:299-308. [PMID: 28486817 PMCID: PMC5510052 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2017.0494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Radiation therapy (RT) is a critical treatment modality for patients with brain tumors, although it can cause adverse effects. Recent data suggest that brain RT is associated with dose-dependent cortical atrophy, which could disrupt neocortical networks. This study examines whether brain RT affects structural network properties in brain tumor patients. We applied graph theory to MRI-derived cortical thickness estimates of 54 brain tumor patients before and after RT. Cortical surfaces were parcellated into 68 regions and correlation matrices were created for patients pre- and post-RT. Significant changes in graph network properties were tested using nonparametric permutation tests. Linear regressions were conducted to measure the association between dose and changes in nodal network connectivity. Increases in transitivity, modularity, and global efficiency (n = 54, p < 0.0001) were all observed in patients post-RT. Decreases in local efficiency (n = 54, p = 0.007) and clustering coefficient (n = 54, p = 0.005) were seen in regions receiving higher RT doses, including the inferior parietal lobule and rostral anterior cingulate. These findings demonstrate alterations in global and local network topology following RT, characterized by increased segregation of brain regions critical to cognition. These pathological network changes may contribute to the late delayed cognitive impairments observed in many patients following brain RT.
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- Naeim Bahrami
- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics (CMIG), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Department of Radiation Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics (CMIG), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Department of Radiation Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Lee JY, Lindquist KA, Nam CS. Emotional Granularity Effects on Event-Related Brain Potentials during Affective Picture Processing. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:133. [PMID: 28392761 PMCID: PMC5364149 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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There is debate about whether emotional granularity, the tendency to label emotions in a nuanced and specific manner, is merely a product of labeling abilities, or a systematic difference in the experience of emotion during emotionally evocative events. According to the Conceptual Act Theory of Emotion (CAT) (Barrett, 2006), emotional granularity is due to the latter and is a product of on-going temporal differences in how individuals categorize and thus make meaning of their affective states. To address this question, the present study investigated the effects of individual differences in emotional granularity on electroencephalography-based brain activity during the experience of emotion in response to affective images. Event-related potentials (ERP) and event-related desynchronization and synchronization (ERD/ERS) analysis techniques were used. We found that ERP responses during the very early (60-90 ms), middle (270-300 ms), and later (540-570 ms) moments of stimulus presentation were associated with individuals' level of granularity. We also observed that highly granular individuals, compared to lowly granular individuals, exhibited relatively stable desynchronization of alpha power (8-12 Hz) and synchronization of gamma power (30-50 Hz) during the 3 s of stimulus presentation. Overall, our results suggest that emotional granularity is related to differences in neural processing throughout emotional experiences and that high granularity could be associated with access to executive control resources and a more habitual processing of affective stimuli, or a kind of "emotional complexity." Implications for models of emotion are also discussed.
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- Ja Y. Lee
- Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, MadisonWI, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel HillNC, USA
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- Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, RaleighNC, USA
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Yordanova YN, Duffau H, Herbet G. Neural pathways subserving face-based mentalizing. Brain Struct Funct 2017; 222:3087-3105. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1388-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Hyer RN, Covello VT. Breaking Bad News in the High-concern, Low Trust Setting: How to Get Your Story Heard. HEALTH PHYSICS 2017; 112:111-115. [PMID: 28027147 DOI: 10.1097/hp.0000000000000623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- Randall N Hyer
- *CrisisCommunication.net and Center for Risk Communication, 415 East 52nd Street, Suite 3DA, New York, NY 10022
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Anderson LB, Paul LK, Brown WS. Emotional Intelligence in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2017; 32:267-279. [DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acx001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Impaired socio-emotional processing in a developmental music disorder. Sci Rep 2016; 6:34911. [PMID: 27725686 PMCID: PMC5057155 DOI: 10.1038/srep34911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Some individuals show a congenital deficit for music processing despite normal peripheral auditory processing, cognitive functioning, and music exposure. This condition, termed congenital amusia, is typically approached regarding its profile of musical and pitch difficulties. Here, we examine whether amusia also affects socio-emotional processing, probing auditory and visual domains. Thirteen adults with amusia and 11 controls completed two experiments. In Experiment 1, participants judged emotions in emotional speech prosody, nonverbal vocalizations (e.g., crying), and (silent) facial expressions. Target emotions were: amusement, anger, disgust, fear, pleasure, relief, and sadness. Compared to controls, amusics were impaired for all stimulus types, and the magnitude of their impairment was similar for auditory and visual emotions. In Experiment 2, participants listened to spontaneous and posed laughs, and either inferred the authenticity of the speaker's state, or judged how much laughs were contagious. Amusics showed decreased sensitivity to laughter authenticity, but normal contagion responses. Across the experiments, mixed-effects models revealed that the acoustic features of vocal signals predicted socio-emotional evaluations in both groups, but the profile of predictive acoustic features was different in amusia. These findings suggest that a developmental music disorder can affect socio-emotional cognition in subtle ways, an impairment not restricted to auditory information.
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Hogeveen J, Salvi C, Grafman J. 'Emotional Intelligence': Lessons from Lesions. Trends Neurosci 2016; 39:694-705. [PMID: 27647325 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2016] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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'Emotional intelligence' (EI) is one of the most highly used psychological terms in popular nomenclature, yet its construct, divergent, and predictive validities are contentiously debated. Despite this debate, the EI construct is composed of a set of emotional abilities - recognizing emotional states in the self and others, using emotions to guide thought and behavior, understanding how emotions shape behavior, and emotion regulation - that undoubtedly influence important social and personal outcomes. In this review, evidence from human lesion studies is reviewed in order to provide insight into the necessary brain regions for each of these core emotional abilities. Critically, we consider how this neuropsychological evidence might help to guide efforts to define and measure EI.
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- J Hogeveen
- MIND Institute, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Oron Semper JV, Murillo JI, Bernacer J. Adolescent Emotional Maturation through Divergent Models of Brain Organization. Front Psychol 2016; 7:1263. [PMID: 27602012 PMCID: PMC4993867 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this article we introduce the hypothesis that neuropsychological adolescent maturation, and in particular emotional management, may have opposing explanations depending on the interpretation of the assumed brain architecture, that is, whether a componential computational account (CCA) or a dynamic systems perspective (DSP) is used. According to CCA, cognitive functions are associated with the action of restricted brain regions, and this association is temporally stable; by contrast, DSP argues that cognitive functions are better explained by interactions between several brain areas, whose engagement in specific functions is temporal and context-dependent and based on neural reuse. We outline the main neurobiological facts about adolescent maturation, focusing on the neuroanatomical and neurofunctional processes associated with adolescence. We then explain the importance of emotional management in adolescent maturation. We explain the interplay between emotion and cognition under the scope of CCA and DSP, both at neural and behavioral levels. Finally, we justify why, according to CCA, emotional management is understood as regulation, specifically because the cognitive aspects of the brain are in charge of regulating emotion-related modules. However, the key word in DSP is integration, since neural information from different brain areas is integrated from the beginning of the process. Consequently, although the terms should not be conceptually confused, there is no cognition without emotion, and vice versa. Thus, emotional integration is not an independent process that just happens to the subject, but a crucial part of personal growth. Considering the importance of neuropsychological research in the development of educational and legal policies concerning adolescents, we intend to expose that the holistic view of adolescents is dependent on whether one holds the implicit or explicit interpretation of brain functioning.
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- Jose V Oron Semper
- Mind-Brain Group, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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- Mind-Brain Group, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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- Mind-Brain Group, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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BACKGROUND During deployment and upon returning home, veterans experience emotional challenges that test their social and psychological adaptation and place them at risk for suicidal thinking. Individual variability in skill-based capacity to adaptively perceive, understand, correctly use, and manage emotions (called emotional competence) may play a role in the development of psychological suffering and suicidal thinking. Based on research in healthy and clinical samples, poor emotional competence was predicted to be associated with suicidal thinking among returning veterans. METHOD Participants were selected from the W. F. Caveness Vietnam Head Injury Study (VHIS) registry, which in the late 1960s began prospectively assessing 1221 veterans). The study sample was composed of veterans examined between 2003 and 2006 and included 185 participants who at the time of assessment with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) did (N= 46) or did not endorse (N= 139) suicidal thinking then or during the previous two weeks and received performance-based measures of emotional competence (Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test; MSCEIT, Version 2.0) and theory of mind. MSCEIT subtests and theory of mind tasks were condensed via principal component analysis: Component 1 (Emotion Processing) included use, understand, and manage emotions tasks, and Component 2 (Emotion Perception) included perceive emotions. RESULTS Veterans endorsing suicidal thoughts showed poorer emotion processing whereas emotion perception and theory of mind tasks did not show significant group effects. In addition, veterans who endorsed thoughts of suicide were deployed at a younger age, had lower education, and tended to report more negative experiences in social interactions upon return to the United States. CONCLUSIONS The capacity to understand, use, and manage emotionally charged stimuli and situations may represent risk factors for suicidal thinking among veterans.
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- Sergio Paradiso
- a Una Mano per la Vita , Association of Families and their Doctors , Catania , Italy.,b Nucleo UDP-Fundacion Ineco para las Neurosciencias (NUFIN) , Universidad Diego Portales , Santiago , Chile
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- c Department of Gerontology , University of Nebraska at Omaha , Omaha , NE , USA
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- d Centre for Mental Health, Department of Medicine , Imperial College London , London , UK
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- e Brain Injury Research Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA
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Waldman DA, Wang D, Fenters V. The Added Value of Neuroscience Methods in Organizational Research. ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/1094428116642013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Historically, the lack of availability and prohibitive expense of brain imaging technology have limited the application of neuroscience research in organizational settings. However, recent advances in technology have made it possible to use brain imaging in organizational settings at relatively little expense and in a practical manner to further research efforts. In this article, we weigh the advantages and disadvantages of neuroscience applications to organizational research. Further, we present three key methodological issues that need to be considered with regard to such applications: (a) level of assessment, (b) intrinsic versus reflexive brain activity, and (c) the targeting of brain region(s) or networks. We also pose specific examples of how neuroscience may be applied to various topical areas in organizational behavior research at both individual and team levels.
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- David A. Waldman
- Department of Management, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Management and Global Business, Rutgers Business School, Newark and New Brunswick, Piscataway Township, NJ, USA
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- Department of Management, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Smith R, Alkozei A, Killgore WDS. Contributions of self-report and performance-based individual differences measures of social cognitive ability to large-scale neural network functioning. Brain Imaging Behav 2016; 11:685-697. [DOI: 10.1007/s11682-016-9545-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Operskalski JT, Paul EJ, Colom R, Barbey AK, Grafman J. Lesion Mapping the Four-Factor Structure of Emotional Intelligence. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:649. [PMID: 26858627 PMCID: PMC4726907 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to an individual’s ability to process and respond to emotions, including recognizing the expression of emotions in others, using emotions to enhance thought and decision making, and regulating emotions to drive effective behaviors. Despite their importance for goal-directed social behavior, little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying specific facets of EI. Here, we report findings from a study investigating the neural bases of these specific components for EI in a sample of 130 combat veterans with penetrating traumatic brain injury. We examined the neural mechanisms underlying experiential (perceiving and using emotional information) and strategic (understanding and managing emotions) facets of EI. Factor scores were submitted to voxel-based lesion symptom mapping to elucidate their neural substrates. The results indicate that two facets of EI (perceiving and managing emotions) engage common and distinctive neural systems, with shared dependence on the social knowledge network, and selective engagement of the orbitofrontal and parietal cortex for strategic aspects of emotional information processing. The observed pattern of findings suggests that sub-facets of experiential and strategic EI can be characterized as separable but related processes that depend upon a core network of brain structures within frontal, temporal and parietal cortex.
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- Joachim T Operskalski
- Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of IllinoisUrbana, IL, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of IllinoisUrbana, IL, USA; Neuroscience Program, University of IllinoisUrbana, IL, USA
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- Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of IllinoisUrbana, IL, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of IllinoisUrbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Biological and Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid, Spain
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- Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of IllinoisUrbana, IL, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of IllinoisUrbana, IL, USA; Neuroscience Program, University of IllinoisUrbana, IL, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of IllinoisUrbana, IL, USA; Department of Psychology, University of IllinoisChampaign, IL, USA; Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of IllinoisChampaign, IL, USA
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Brain Injury Research Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
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Cabinio M, Rossetto F, Blasi V, Savazzi F, Castelli I, Massaro D, Valle A, Nemni R, Clerici M, Marchetti A, Baglio F. Mind-Reading Ability and Structural Connectivity Changes in Aging. Front Psychol 2015; 6:1808. [PMID: 26635702 PMCID: PMC4659903 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Mind-Reading ability through the eyes is an important component of the affective Theory of Mind (ToM), which allows people to infer the other’s mental state from the eye gaze. The aim of the present study was to investigate to which extent age-associated structural brain changes impact this ability and to determine if this association is related to executive functions in elderly subjects. For this purpose, Magnetic Resonance Imaging was used to determine both gray matter and white matter (WM) areas associated with aging. The resulting areas have been included in a subsequent correlation analysis to detect the brain regions whose structure was associated with the Mind-Reading ability through the eyes, assessed with the Italian version of the “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” (RME) test, in a sample of 36 healthy subjects ranging from 24 to 79 years of age. The analysis resulted in three important findings: (1) the performance to the RME test is relatively stable across the decades 20–70 (despite a slight decrease of this ability with aging) and independent from executive functions; (2) structural brain imaging demonstrated the involvement of a great number of cortical ToM areas for the execution of the RME test: the bilateral precentral gyrus, the bilateral posterior insula, the left superior temporal gyrus and the left inferior frontal gyrus, which also showed a significant volume decrease with age; (3) an age and task-related decline in WM connectivity on left fronto-temporal portion of the brain. Our results confirm the age-related structural modifications of the brain and show that these changes have an influence on the Mind-Reading ability through the eyes.
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- Monia Cabinio
- IRCCS Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Milan, Italy ; Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Milan, Italy
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- Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, Italy ; Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali, Università degli Studi di Bergamo Bergamo, Italy
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- Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, Italy
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- Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Milan, Italy ; Università degli Studi di Milano Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Milan, Italy ; Università degli Studi di Milano Milan, Italy
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- Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, Italy
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Von Der Heide R, Vyas G, Olson IR. The social network-network: size is predicted by brain structure and function in the amygdala and paralimbic regions. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2014; 9:1962-72. [PMID: 24493846 PMCID: PMC4249478 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The social brain hypothesis proposes that the large size of the primate neocortex evolved to support complex and demanding social interactions. Accordingly, recent studies have reported correlations between the size of an individual's social network and the density of gray matter (GM) in regions of the brain implicated in social cognition. However, the reported relationships between GM density and social group size are somewhat inconsistent with studies reporting correlations in different brain regions. One factor that might account for these discrepancies is the use of different measures of social network size (SNS). This study used several measures of SNS to assess the relationships SNS and GM density. The second goal of this study was to test the relationship between social network measures and functional brain activity. Participants performed a social closeness task using photos of their friends and unknown people. Across the VBM and functional magnetic resonance imaging analyses, individual differences in SNS were consistently related to structural and functional differences in three regions: the left amygdala, right amygdala and the right entorhinal/ventral anterior temporal cortex.
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- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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Barbey AK, Colom R, Paul EJ, Chau A, Solomon J, Grafman JH. Lesion mapping of social problem solving. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 137:2823-33. [PMID: 25070511 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Accumulating neuroscience evidence indicates that human intelligence is supported by a distributed network of frontal and parietal regions that enable complex, goal-directed behaviour. However, the contributions of this network to social aspects of intellectual function remain to be well characterized. Here, we report a human lesion study (n = 144) that investigates the neural bases of social problem solving (measured by the Everyday Problem Solving Inventory) and examine the degree to which individual differences in performance are predicted by a broad spectrum of psychological variables, including psychometric intelligence (measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale), emotional intelligence (measured by the Mayer, Salovey, Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test), and personality traits (measured by the Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory). Scores for each variable were obtained, followed by voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping. Stepwise regression analyses revealed that working memory, processing speed, and emotional intelligence predict individual differences in everyday problem solving. A targeted analysis of specific everyday problem solving domains (involving friends, home management, consumerism, work, information management, and family) revealed psychological variables that selectively contribute to each. Lesion mapping results indicated that social problem solving, psychometric intelligence, and emotional intelligence are supported by a shared network of frontal, temporal, and parietal regions, including white matter association tracts that bind these areas into a coordinated system. The results support an integrative framework for understanding social intelligence and make specific recommendations for the application of the Everyday Problem Solving Inventory to the study of social problem solving in health and disease.
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- Aron K Barbey
- 1 Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA 2 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA 3 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA 4 Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA 5 Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA 6 Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA 7 Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA
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- 8 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Fundación CIEN/Fundación Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
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- 1 Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA 2 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- 9 Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- 9 Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Barbey AK, Colom R, Grafman J. Neural mechanisms of discourse comprehension: a human lesion study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 137:277-87. [PMID: 24293267 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Discourse comprehension is a hallmark of human social behaviour and refers to the act of interpreting a written or spoken message by constructing mental representations that integrate incoming language with prior knowledge and experience. Here, we report a human lesion study (n = 145) that investigates the neural mechanisms underlying discourse comprehension (measured by the Discourse Comprehension Test) and systematically examine its relation to a broad range of psychological factors, including psychometric intelligence (measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale), emotional intelligence (measured by the Mayer, Salovey, Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test), and personality traits (measured by the Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory). Scores obtained from these factors were submitted to voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping to elucidate their neural substrates. Stepwise regression analyses revealed that working memory and extraversion reliably predict individual differences in discourse comprehension: higher working memory scores and lower extraversion levels predict better discourse comprehension performance. Lesion mapping results indicated that these convergent variables depend on a shared network of frontal and parietal regions, including white matter association tracts that bind these areas into a coordinated system. The observed findings motivate an integrative framework for understanding the neural foundations of discourse comprehension, suggesting that core elements of discourse processing emerge from a distributed network of brain regions that support specific competencies for executive and social function.
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- Aron K Barbey
- 1 Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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Barbey AK, Colom R, Grafman J. Architecture of cognitive flexibility revealed by lesion mapping. Neuroimage 2013; 82:547-54. [PMID: 23721727 PMCID: PMC3790579 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Revised: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Neuroscience has made remarkable progress in understanding the architecture of human intelligence, identifying a distributed network of brain structures that support goal-directed, intelligent behavior. However, the neural foundations of cognitive flexibility and adaptive aspects of intellectual function remain to be well characterized. Here, we report a human lesion study (n=149) that investigates the neural bases of key competencies of cognitive flexibility (i.e., mental flexibility and the fluent generation of new ideas) and systematically examine their contributions to a broad spectrum of cognitive and social processes, including psychometric intelligence (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale), emotional intelligence (Mayer, Salovey, Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test), and personality (Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory). Latent variable modeling was applied to obtain error-free indices of each factor, followed by voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping to elucidate their neural substrates. Regression analyses revealed that latent scores for psychometric intelligence reliably predict latent scores for cognitive flexibility (adjusted R(2)=0.94). Lesion mapping results further indicated that these convergent processes depend on a shared network of frontal, temporal, and parietal regions, including white matter association tracts, which bind these areas into an integrated system. A targeted analysis of the unique variance explained by cognitive flexibility further revealed selective damage within the right superior temporal gyrus, a region known to support insight and the recognition of novel semantic relations. The observed findings motivate an integrative framework for understanding the neural foundations of adaptive behavior, suggesting that core elements of cognitive flexibility emerge from a distributed network of brain regions that support specific competencies for human intelligence.
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- Aron K Barbey
- Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
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Architecture of fluid intelligence and working memory revealed by lesion mapping. Brain Struct Funct 2013; 219:485-94. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0512-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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