Sex differences in how stress affects brain activity during face viewing.
Sex differences in how stress affects brain activity during face viewing.
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DOI：
10.1097/wnr.0b013e32833ddd92
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发表时间：
2010-10-06
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影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Gorlick MA
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作者：
Mather M;Lighthall NR;Nga L;Gorlick MA
Under stress, men tend to withdraw socially while women seek social support. The current functional magnetic resonance imaging study indicates that stress also affects brain activity while viewing emotional faces differently for men and women. Fusiform face area (FFA) response to faces was diminished by acute stress in males but increased by stress in females. Furthermore, among stressed males viewing angry faces, brain regions involved in interpreting and understanding others' emotions (the insula, temporal pole and inferior frontal gyrus) showed reduced coordination with the FFA and the amygdala, whereas the functional connectivity among these regions increased with stress for females. These findings suggest that stress influences emotional perception differently for males and females.
