State anger and prefrontal brain activity
Evidence that insult-related relative left-prefrontal activation is associated with experienced anger and aggression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6207633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eddie Harmon-Jones (0000-0003-4771-3043, University of Wisconsin System, corresponding author), Jonathan Sigelman |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 797-803 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.80.5.797 |
| PMID | 11374750 |
| OpenAlex | W4244472905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 121 |
| References cited | 45 |
Research has demonstrated that left-prefrontal cortical activity is associated with positive affect, or approach motivation, and that right-prefrontal cortical activity is associated with negative affect, or withdrawal motivation. In past research, emotional valence (positive-negative) has been confounded with motivational direction (approach-withdrawal), such that, for instance, the only emotions examined were both positive and approach related. Recent research has demonstrated that trait anger, a negative but approach-related emotion, is associated with increased left-prefrontal and decreased right-prefrontal activity, suggesting that prefrontal asymmetrical activity is associated with motivational direction and not emotional valence. The present experiment tested whether state-induced anger is associated with relative left-prefrontal activity and whether this prefrontal activity is also associated with aggression. Results supported these hypotheses
Affect (linguistics) · Aggression · Anger · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Insult · Prefrontal cortex · Valence (chemistry) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology
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