Neuroanatomical correlates of the assessment of facial attractiveness
Neuroanatomical correlates of the assessment of facial attractiveness
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DOI：
10.1097/00001756-199803090-00035
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发表时间：
1998-03-09
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1.7
通讯作者：
Kojima, S
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作者：
Nakamura, K;Kawashima, R;Kojima, S
额叶皮质损伤会导致人格情感方面的改变。然而，很难将这种异常与认知障碍联系起来，这让之前的大多数发现黯然失色。用正电子发射断层扫描(PET)测量局部脑血流量(RCBF)，同时对正常受试者进行面部吸引力评估。在评估面部吸引力时，两个左额叶区域的rCBF显著增加。左前额叶皮质rCBF的增加与面孔无吸引力的总体评估百分比相关，而左额颞叶交界处的rCBF与面孔吸引力评估的百分比相关。这些发现提供了直接证据，表明左额叶区域参与了面部吸引力的评估。
FRONTAL cortical damage can lead to changes in affective aspects of personality. However, the difficulty of dissociating such abnormalities from cognitive disorders has overshadowed most previous findings. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured with positron emission tomography (PET) while normal subjects were assessing facial attractiveness. Two left frontal regions showed a significant increase in rCBF while assessing facial attractiveness. The increased rCBF in the left anterior frontal cortex correlated with the overall percentage of assessments of a face as unattractive, while that in the left fronto-temporal junction correlated with the percentage of assessments of a face as attractive. These findings provide direct evidence that the left frontal regions are engaged in the assessment of facial attractiveness.