Social support modulates subjective and neural responses to sad
mental imagery

J 2020

Social support modulates subjective and neural responses to sad mental imagery

KRAUS, Jakub, Robert ROMAN, Lenka JURKOVIČOVÁ, Radek MAREČEK, Michal MIKL et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Social support modulates subjective and neural responses to sad mental imagery

Authors

KRAUS, Jakub (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Robert ROMAN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lenka JURKOVIČOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Radek MAREČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal MIKL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milan BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Andreas FRICK (752 Sweden)

Edition

Behavioural Brain Research, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science BV, 2020, 0166-4328

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30103 Neurosciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.332

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/20:00115276

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112433

UT WoS

000526062800023

Keywords in English

Holding hands; Dorsal striatum; Attachment; fMRI; Social support

Abstract

V originále

Mental imagery related to the recent death of a loved one is associated with intense sadness and distress. Social relations, such as with one’s significant other, can regulate negative emotions and provide comfort, but the neural correlates of social comfort are largely unknown. In this functional magnetic resonance imaging study, we examined brain responses to sad mental imagery and how these are modulated by holding hands with one’s romantic partner. We found that mental imagery of a recently deceased loved one was associated with increased reactivity in the dorsal striatum, medial prefrontal cortex, anterior and posterior cingulate cortex, thalamus and cerebellum. Holding hands with one’s partner as compared to being alone or holding hands with a stranger provided subjective comfort and reduced neural reactivity in the dorsal striatum without affecting the vividness of the imagery. Our findings indicate an important role for the dorsal striatum in sad mental imagery and social comfort and suggest that tactile social support by one’s romantic partner regulates subjective distress through other processes than mere distraction from the mental imagery.

Links

EF16_013/0001775, research and development project

Name: Modernizace a podpora výzkumných aktivit národní infrastruktury pro biologické a medicínské zobrazování Czech-BioImaging

90062, large research infrastructures

Name: Czech-BioImaging

Citovat

KRAUS, Jakub, Robert ROMAN, Lenka JURKOVIČOVÁ, Radek MAREČEK, Michal MIKL, Milan BRÁZDIL and Andreas FRICK. Social support modulates subjective and neural responses to sad mental imagery. Behavioural Brain Research. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science BV, 2020, vol. 380, February 2020, p. 1-6. ISSN 0166-4328. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112433.

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KRAUS, Jakub, Robert ROMAN, Lenka JURKOVIČOVÁ, Radek MAREČEK, Michal MIKL, Milan BRÁZDIL and Andreas FRICK. Social support modulates subjective and neural responses to sad mental imagery. \textit{Behavioural Brain Research}. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science BV, 2020, vol.~380, February 2020, p.~1-6. ISSN~0166-4328. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112433.

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