HOLŠTAJN ZEMÁNKOVÁ, Petra, Martin GAJDOŠ, Miroslav SVĚTLÁK, Martin BAREŠ, Jan ŠIRŮČEK and Tomáš KAŠPÁREK. Processing of emotionally ambiguous stimuli in eating disorders: an fMRI pilot study. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. New York: Springer, 2021, vol. 26, No 8, p. 2757-2761. ISSN 1124-4909. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01130-7.
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Original name Processing of emotionally ambiguous stimuli in eating disorders: an fMRI pilot study
Authors HOLŠTAJN ZEMÁNKOVÁ, Petra (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin GAJDOŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Miroslav SVĚTLÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin BAREŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan ŠIRŮČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Tomáš KAŠPÁREK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, New York, Springer, 2021, 1124-4909.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30215 Psychiatry
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.008
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/21:00118859
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01130-7
UT WoS 000616596500004
Keywords in English eating disorders; emotionally ambiguous stimuli; fMRI
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Purpose People with eating disorders (EDs) have difficulties understanding their own emotions and recognizing the emotions of others, especially in ambiguous settings. We examined the neuronal mechanisms underlying the emotion processing of ambiguous interpersonal stimuli in EDs and healthy controls (HCs). Methods The fMRI data were acquired by a blocked experimental design with 28 women (14 EDs) during the visual presentation of a modified Thematic Apperception Test. Results EDs showed very strong associations between experienced and inferred emotions evoked by the stimuli; no such relationship was found in HCs. HCs displayed elevated left anterior insula activity during the mentalizing condition; EDs showed increased activity in the right supramarginal gyrus and medial prefrontal cortex. Conclusion The two groups seem to apply different strategies for judging emotionally ambiguous stimuli, albeit resulting in equivalent judgments. We assume that activity in the supramarginal gyrus and insula in EDs is linked with suppressing their own perspective while considering emotional states, probably due to alexithymia and the lack of awareness of their own mental states. We hypothesize that the strong correlation between experienced and inferred emotions in EDs could reflect their tendency to use others as a reference point for perceiving themselves and gaining information about their affective state.
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GA15-20970S, research and development projectName: Od rozhodnosti po autoritářství: Potřeba kognitivního uzavření (Acronym: ORAKUZ)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
LM2018129, research and development projectName: Národní infrastruktura pro biologické a medicínské zobrazování Czech-BioImaging
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
MUNI/R/1162/2020, interní kód MUName: Structural and Functional Neural Correlates of Cognitive and Social-cognitive Deficit in Eating Disorders
Investor: Masaryk University, CAREER RESTART
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