Neuroreport · 1995 · 108 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesNeurosciencePsychologyBehavioral NeuroscienceCognitive NeurosciencePsychophysiologyBrain-behavior RelationshipsEmotion ProcessingFrontal Lobe FunctionsFunctional NeuroimagingMental ImageryTemporal Lobe FunctionsBrain Activation LocalizationCerebral Blood Flow QuantificationCognitive Neuroscience ImagingEmotion-cognition InteractionPrefrontal Cortex FunctionPrefrontal Cortex InvolvementRegional Cerebral Blood FlowTemporal Cortex
We studied 12 normal volunteers who were asked to imagine and plan their behavior in emotional and nonemotional situations while their regional cerebral blood flow was measured with positron emission tomography. The dorsolateral prefrontal and posterior temporal cortex were more activated during the nonemotional situation whereas the medial prefrontal cortex and anterior temporal cortex were more activated during the emotional situation. These results demonstrate that distinctive regions of the prefrontal and temporal cortex used to imagine and plan behavior are activated during the expression of emotional and non-emotional plans.