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Neural and Self-Report Markers of Reassurance: A Generalized Additive Modelling Approach
Research has shown that engaging in self-reassurance, a compassionately motivated cognitive relating style, can down-regulate neural markers of threat and pain. Whilst important, the relationship between neural and self-report markers of reassurance are largely unknown. Here we analyzed previously p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538506/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33173515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.566141 |
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author | Kim, Jeffrey J. Henderson, Trent Best, Talitha Cunnington, Ross Kirby, James N. |
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description | Research has shown that engaging in self-reassurance, a compassionately motivated cognitive relating style, can down-regulate neural markers of threat and pain. Whilst important, the relationship between neural and self-report markers of reassurance are largely unknown. Here we analyzed previously published fMRI data which measured neural responses when participants engaged in self-reassurance toward a mistake, setback, or failure. Within the present paper, we identified correlations between regions of interest extracted during self-reassurance with fMRI and self-report data. Using generalized additive modelling, we show that participants with greater inadequate forms of self-criticism exhibited greater neural activation within the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and anterior insula (AI). Furthermore, a relationship between greater fears of expressing compassion to the self and neural activation within the MPFC returned non-significant after correction for multiple comparisons. No significant relationships were observed between brain activation and hated and reassuring forms of self-criticism. Our results identify preliminary evidence for neural activity during self-reassurance as correlated with self-report markers, and we outline a method for modelling neural and self-report data which can be applied to future studies in compassion science, particularly with a clinical sample. |
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spelling | pubmed-75385062020-11-09 Neural and Self-Report Markers of Reassurance: A Generalized Additive Modelling Approach Kim, Jeffrey J. Henderson, Trent Best, Talitha Cunnington, Ross Kirby, James N. Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Research has shown that engaging in self-reassurance, a compassionately motivated cognitive relating style, can down-regulate neural markers of threat and pain. Whilst important, the relationship between neural and self-report markers of reassurance are largely unknown. Here we analyzed previously published fMRI data which measured neural responses when participants engaged in self-reassurance toward a mistake, setback, or failure. Within the present paper, we identified correlations between regions of interest extracted during self-reassurance with fMRI and self-report data. Using generalized additive modelling, we show that participants with greater inadequate forms of self-criticism exhibited greater neural activation within the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and anterior insula (AI). Furthermore, a relationship between greater fears of expressing compassion to the self and neural activation within the MPFC returned non-significant after correction for multiple comparisons. No significant relationships were observed between brain activation and hated and reassuring forms of self-criticism. Our results identify preliminary evidence for neural activity during self-reassurance as correlated with self-report markers, and we outline a method for modelling neural and self-report data which can be applied to future studies in compassion science, particularly with a clinical sample. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7538506/ /pubmed/33173515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.566141 Text en Copyright © 2020 Kim, Henderson, Best, Cunnington and Kirby http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Kim, Jeffrey J. Henderson, Trent Best, Talitha Cunnington, Ross Kirby, James N. Neural and Self-Report Markers of Reassurance: A Generalized Additive Modelling Approach |
title | Neural and Self-Report Markers of Reassurance: A Generalized Additive Modelling Approach |
title_full | Neural and Self-Report Markers of Reassurance: A Generalized Additive Modelling Approach |
title_fullStr | Neural and Self-Report Markers of Reassurance: A Generalized Additive Modelling Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Neural and Self-Report Markers of Reassurance: A Generalized Additive Modelling Approach |
title_short | Neural and Self-Report Markers of Reassurance: A Generalized Additive Modelling Approach |
title_sort | neural and self-report markers of reassurance: a generalized additive modelling approach |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538506/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33173515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.566141 |
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