Emotional pictures in the brain and their interaction with the task: A fine-grained fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis study
The impacting research on emotions of the last decades was carried out with different methods. The most popular was based on the use of a validated sample of slides, the International Affective Pictures System (IAPS), divided mainly into pleasant, neutral and unpleasant categories, and on fMRI as a...
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| description | The impacting research on emotions of the last decades was carried out with different methods. The most popular was based on the use of a validated sample of slides, the International Affective Pictures System (IAPS), divided mainly into pleasant, neutral and unpleasant categories, and on fMRI as a measure of brain activation induced by these stimuli. With the present coordinate-based meta-analysis (CBMA) based on ALE approach, we aimed to unmask the main brain networks involved in the contrast of pleasant vs. neutral and unpleasant vs. neutral IAPS slide categories. Furthermore, we included studies employing both IAPS and non-IAPS (but analogously validated) pictures, a condition termed as IAPS EXTENDED. After selecting 97 papers published in the 2000–2023 interval, the planned contrasts were analyzed by also considering their interaction with the Load factor of the concomitant task, which comprised the conditions: No Load (passive viewing), Low-Load tasks and High-Load tasks. We analyzed a total of 152 experiments (106 focusing on the negative vs. neutral contrast; 46 reporting positive vs. neutral contrasts). We additionally performed conjunction and contrast analyses. Results confirmed outcomes of past meta-analyses on the involvement of a number of cortical and subcortical paralimbic and limbic regions during unpleasant picture processing, but the increase of the pubblications on this topic in last years, together with a more fine-grained analysis, allowed us to find also the involvement of additional areas, such as the right middle frontal gyrus, left inferior frontal gyrus (BA 9), posterior cingulate, and left inferior parietal lobule. Concerning passive viewing and low-load tasks, a clear frontal asymmetry emerged with greater right prefrontal activation (BA9) to unpleasant vs. pleasant pictures, whereas, during No Load tasks only, left frontal dominance to pleasant vs. unpleasant stimuli was found (BA13). The unpleasant vs. neutral comparison on High-Load tasks (the pleasant condition had an insufficient sample size) revealed a specific lateralization of several areas of the right hemisphere (STG-BA 38, MFG-BA 46, FG-BA 37), whereas, in the other load conditions, the inferior frontal gyrus was right lateralized, but the main activated regions were bilateral or left lateralized. Results are discussed considering the effects of both valence and task/load variables, and the involvement of hippocampus/amygdala, hemispheric asymmetries of emotions, the occipito-temporal areas, several sub-regions of the prefrontal/orbitofrontal cortex, and an extended motor network. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c1ece6134ad24ec4b2c5fa496b0b85e82025-01-11T06:38:35ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722025-01-01305120986Emotional pictures in the brain and their interaction with the task: A fine-grained fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis studySerafino Paolo Mansueto0Zaira Romeo1Alessandro Angrilli2Chiara Spironelli3Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, 35131 Padova, ItalyDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, 35131 Padova, Italy; Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), via Gallucci 16, 35121 Padova, ItalyDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, 35131 Padova, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, via Orus 2/B, 35129 Padova, ItalyDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8, 35131 Padova, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, via Orus 2/B, 35129 Padova, Italy; Correspondence author at: Via Venezia 8, 35131 Padova, ItalyThe impacting research on emotions of the last decades was carried out with different methods. The most popular was based on the use of a validated sample of slides, the International Affective Pictures System (IAPS), divided mainly into pleasant, neutral and unpleasant categories, and on fMRI as a measure of brain activation induced by these stimuli. With the present coordinate-based meta-analysis (CBMA) based on ALE approach, we aimed to unmask the main brain networks involved in the contrast of pleasant vs. neutral and unpleasant vs. neutral IAPS slide categories. Furthermore, we included studies employing both IAPS and non-IAPS (but analogously validated) pictures, a condition termed as IAPS EXTENDED. After selecting 97 papers published in the 2000–2023 interval, the planned contrasts were analyzed by also considering their interaction with the Load factor of the concomitant task, which comprised the conditions: No Load (passive viewing), Low-Load tasks and High-Load tasks. We analyzed a total of 152 experiments (106 focusing on the negative vs. neutral contrast; 46 reporting positive vs. neutral contrasts). We additionally performed conjunction and contrast analyses. Results confirmed outcomes of past meta-analyses on the involvement of a number of cortical and subcortical paralimbic and limbic regions during unpleasant picture processing, but the increase of the pubblications on this topic in last years, together with a more fine-grained analysis, allowed us to find also the involvement of additional areas, such as the right middle frontal gyrus, left inferior frontal gyrus (BA 9), posterior cingulate, and left inferior parietal lobule. Concerning passive viewing and low-load tasks, a clear frontal asymmetry emerged with greater right prefrontal activation (BA9) to unpleasant vs. pleasant pictures, whereas, during No Load tasks only, left frontal dominance to pleasant vs. unpleasant stimuli was found (BA13). The unpleasant vs. neutral comparison on High-Load tasks (the pleasant condition had an insufficient sample size) revealed a specific lateralization of several areas of the right hemisphere (STG-BA 38, MFG-BA 46, FG-BA 37), whereas, in the other load conditions, the inferior frontal gyrus was right lateralized, but the main activated regions were bilateral or left lateralized. Results are discussed considering the effects of both valence and task/load variables, and the involvement of hippocampus/amygdala, hemispheric asymmetries of emotions, the occipito-temporal areas, several sub-regions of the prefrontal/orbitofrontal cortex, and an extended motor network.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192400483XInternational Affective Picture System (IAPS)pleasant emotionsunpleasant emotionsfMRIbrain activationsarousal |
| spellingShingle | Serafino Paolo Mansueto Zaira Romeo Alessandro Angrilli Chiara Spironelli Emotional pictures in the brain and their interaction with the task: A fine-grained fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis study NeuroImage International Affective Picture System (IAPS) pleasant emotions unpleasant emotions fMRI brain activations arousal |
| title | Emotional pictures in the brain and their interaction with the task: A fine-grained fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis study |
| title_full | Emotional pictures in the brain and their interaction with the task: A fine-grained fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis study |
| title_fullStr | Emotional pictures in the brain and their interaction with the task: A fine-grained fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotional pictures in the brain and their interaction with the task: A fine-grained fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis study |
| title_short | Emotional pictures in the brain and their interaction with the task: A fine-grained fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis study |
| title_sort | emotional pictures in the brain and their interaction with the task a fine grained fmri coordinate based meta analysis study |
| topic | International Affective Picture System (IAPS) pleasant emotions unpleasant emotions fMRI brain activations arousal |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192400483X |
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