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Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation

Differing from basic emotions such as happiness, gratitude and elevation are important other-praising emotions. Previous behavioral studies have established that these complex emotions differ from each other; however, it remains under-investigated whether proneness to these emotions have common or d...

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Autores principales: Liu, Guanmin, Zeng, Guang, Wang, Fei, Rotshtein, Pia, Peng, Kaiping, Sui, Jie
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30351412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsy093
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author Liu, Guanmin
Zeng, Guang
Wang, Fei
Rotshtein, Pia
Peng, Kaiping
Sui, Jie
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Zeng, Guang
Wang, Fei
Rotshtein, Pia
Peng, Kaiping
Sui, Jie
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description Differing from basic emotions such as happiness, gratitude and elevation are important other-praising emotions. Previous behavioral studies have established that these complex emotions differ from each other; however, it remains under-investigated whether proneness to these emotions have common or distinct neuroanatomical correlates. Here we used voxel-based morphometry to identify the common and distinct neuroanatomical correlates of trait (i.e. proneness to) gratitude and elevation. We used the Gratitude Questionnaire-6 and the trait elevation scale to measure these affective traits. We demonstrated that trait gratitude was positively correlated with gray matter volume (GMV) in the left cerebellum extending to fusiform gyrus, and also the right middle occipital gyrus (MOG) extending to posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) and temporoparietal junction (TPJ), while trait elevation was negatively correlated with GMV in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. While controlling each other, all the regions still held significant, except the right MOG and pSTS/TPJ. The results indicate that there are distinct neuroanatomical correlates for proneness to gratitude and elevation, while the evidence is mixed that pSTS/TPJ may be the common correlates for them. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-62777402018-12-06 Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation Liu, Guanmin Zeng, Guang Wang, Fei Rotshtein, Pia Peng, Kaiping Sui, Jie Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci Original Article Differing from basic emotions such as happiness, gratitude and elevation are important other-praising emotions. Previous behavioral studies have established that these complex emotions differ from each other; however, it remains under-investigated whether proneness to these emotions have common or distinct neuroanatomical correlates. Here we used voxel-based morphometry to identify the common and distinct neuroanatomical correlates of trait (i.e. proneness to) gratitude and elevation. We used the Gratitude Questionnaire-6 and the trait elevation scale to measure these affective traits. We demonstrated that trait gratitude was positively correlated with gray matter volume (GMV) in the left cerebellum extending to fusiform gyrus, and also the right middle occipital gyrus (MOG) extending to posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) and temporoparietal junction (TPJ), while trait elevation was negatively correlated with GMV in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. While controlling each other, all the regions still held significant, except the right MOG and pSTS/TPJ. The results indicate that there are distinct neuroanatomical correlates for proneness to gratitude and elevation, while the evidence is mixed that pSTS/TPJ may be the common correlates for them. The implications of these findings are discussed. Oxford University Press 2018-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6277740/ /pubmed/30351412 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsy093 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Liu, Guanmin
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Rotshtein, Pia
Peng, Kaiping
Sui, Jie
Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation
title Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation
title_full Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation
title_fullStr Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation
title_full_unstemmed Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation
title_short Praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation
title_sort praising others differently: neuroanatomical correlates to individual differences in trait gratitude and elevation
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30351412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsy093
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