2011
Emotion Effects on Attention, Amygdala Activation, and Functional Connectivity in Schizophrenia
Anticevic A, Repovs G, Barch DM. Emotion Effects on Attention, Amygdala Activation, and Functional Connectivity in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2011, 38: 967-980. PMID: 21415225, PMCID: PMC3446234, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbq168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmygdala activationAmygdala recruitmentEmotional processingSimple perceptual decision tasksHigh-level cognitive processesFunctional connectivityRapid event-related fMRIPerceptual decision taskTask-based functional connectivityProcessing of affectEvent-related fMRIMinimal cognitive loadSCZ subjectsLevel of behaviorSignificant group differencesEmotion effectsNeutral distractionAffective cuesMoment perceptionsAffective stimuliNegative stimuliCognitive processesDecision taskNegative distractionCognitive load
2010
Resisting emotional interference: Brain regions facilitating working memory performance during negative distraction
Anticevic A, Barch D, Repovs G. Resisting emotional interference: Brain regions facilitating working memory performance during negative distraction. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2010, 10: 159-173. PMID: 20498341, PMCID: PMC3856369, DOI: 10.3758/cabn.10.2.159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrefrontal cortical regionsNegative distractionPrefrontal regionsEmotional interferenceNeutral distractionIncorrect trialsCortical regionsPrefrontal cortexNegative emotional distractionActive cognitive engagementLateral prefrontal regionsVentrolateral prefrontal regionsFrontopolar prefrontal cortexSurvival-relevant informationParietal cortical regionsEmotional distractionWM performanceCognitive operationsAmygdala signalMemory performanceCognitive engagementIndividual differencesAmygdala activityActivation differencesMore deactivation