Neural correlates of delicate sadness : An fMRI study based on the neuroaesthetics of Noh-masks
Neural correlates of delicate sadness : An fMRI study based on the neuroaesthetics of Noh-masks
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微妙悲伤的神经相关性：基于能剧面具神经美学的功能磁共振成像研究
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10.1097/wnr.0b013e32834dccda
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2012
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Osaka;N.;Minamoto;T.;Yaoi;K.;Osaka;M.
虽然杏仁核在处理恐惧的面部表情中的作用已经得到了很好的证实，但它在处理其他情绪（如悲伤）中的作用仍然不清楚。我们假设，当悲伤被戏剧性的面具代表时，杏仁核会对悲伤等负面情绪做出反应。在传统的日本能剧中，表演者使用面具来表明他们所描绘的角色的许多精神状态。在这里，我们报告了一项功能性磁共振成像研究，在这项研究中，参与者的大脑在观看能乐面具时被扫描，这些面具的脸看起来微妙地悲伤。在70个标准的能乐面具中，我们选择了6个最高等级的悲伤面具和6个中性面具来研究这种微妙的悲伤的神经相关性。基于感兴趣区域分析的结果表明，在观看悲伤面具时，右侧杏仁核被激活。我们认为，这种精致的悲伤面具可以激活杏仁核，这可能是因为它与恐惧和厌恶等情绪的潜在相似性。
Although the role of the amygdala in processing facial expressions of fear is well established, its role in the processing of other emotions, such as sadness, remains unclear. We hypothesized that the amygdala would respond to a negative emotion such as sadness, when sadness was represented by a theatrical mask. In the traditional Japanese Noh theater, performers use masks to indicate many of the mental states of the characters they portray. Here, we report a functional MRI study, in which participants’ brains were scanned while viewing Noh masks, whose faces appeared delicately sad. Among seventy standard Noh masks previously rated by the individual participants, we chose six top-rated sad masks and six neutral masks to study the neural correlates of such delicate sadness. Results based on a region of interest analysis indicated the activation of the right amygdala while viewing sad masks. We suggest the fact that such delicate sad masks could activate the amygdala, and it could possibly be because of an underlying similarity to emotions such as fear and disgust.