TY - JOUR AU - Moser, David J. AB - ORIGINAL ARTICLES Neuropsychological Correlates of Normal Variation in Emotional Response to Visual Stimuli Robert G. Robinson, MD, Sergio Paradiso, MD, PhD, Romina Mizrahi, MD, Jess G. Fiedorowicz, MD, Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas, BS, and David J. Moser, PhD (Cowell et al., 1994; Kemper, 1993, 1994; Raz et al., 1997, Abstract: Although the neural substrates of induced emotion have 2000) and medial temporal structures including the hip- been the focus of numerous investigations, the factors related to pocampus and amygdala (Geinisman et al., 1995; Kemper, individual variation in emotional experience have rarely been inves- 1994; West, 1993). The interplay of these phenomena may tigated in older adults. Twenty-six older normal subjects (mean age, lead to greater variability of emotional regulation in older 54) were shown color slides to elicit emotions of sadness, fear, or adults. Two block design fMRI studies exploring differences happiness and asked to rate the intensity of their emotional re- in perception of facial emotion in older adults confirmed the sponses. Subjects who experienced negative emotion most intensely reduced functioning in the amygdala, hippocampal, and fron- showed relative impairment on every aspect of the Wisconsin Card tal networks posited in the above model (Gunning-Dixon et Sorting Test. Intense TI - Neuropsychological Correlates of Normal Variation in Emotional Response to Visual Stimuli JF - The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease DO - 10.1097/01.nmd.0000254482.44985.f6 DA - 2007-02-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/neuropsychological-correlates-of-normal-variation-in-emotional-b78e1bi7wv SP - 112 EP - 118 VL - 195 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -