Social anhedonia is associated with neural abnormalities during face emotion processing
Germine L, Garrido L, Bruce L, Hooker C. Social anhedonia is associated with neural abnormalities during face emotion processing. NeuroImage 2011, 58: 935-945. PMID: 21763435, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFace emotion processingFunctional magnetic resonance imagingSocial anhedoniaEmotion processingEmotion discriminationNeural mechanismsSocial affiliationRostral medial prefrontal cortexLess neural activityRight superior temporal gyrusFace emotion recognitionEmotion recognition deficitsGroup × condition interactionEmotion processing regionsSuperior temporal gyrusPoor social outcomesMedial prefrontal cortexSocial cognitionRecognition deficitsEmotion recognitionNeural basisIndividual differencesSocial motivationProcessing regionsInterpersonal interactions