Altered Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Activity During a Stroop Task in Individuals With Problematic Hypersexual Behavior
Accumulating evidence suggests a relationship between problematic hypersexual behavior (PHB) and diminished executive control. Clinical studies have demonstrated that individuals with PHB exhibit high levels of impulsivity; however, relatively little is known regarding the neural mechanisms underlyi...
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| description | Accumulating evidence suggests a relationship between problematic hypersexual behavior (PHB) and diminished executive control. Clinical studies have demonstrated that individuals with PHB exhibit high levels of impulsivity; however, relatively little is known regarding the neural mechanisms underlying impaired executive control in PHB. This study investigated the neural correlates of executive control in individuals with PHB and healthy controls using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Twenty-three individuals with PHB and 22 healthy control participants underwent fMRI while performing a Stroop task. Response time and error rates were measured as surrogate indicators of executive control. Individuals with PHB exhibited impaired task performance and lower activation in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and inferior parietal cortex relative to healthy controls during the Stroop task. In addition, blood oxygen level-dependent responses in these areas were negatively associated with PHB severity. The right DLPFC and inferior parietal cortex are associated with higher-order cognitive control and visual attention, respectively. Our findings suggest that individuals with PHB have diminished executive control and impaired functionality in the right DLPFC and inferior parietal cortex, providing a neural basis for PHB. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c5f187b33334181beaaa98886a6f8062022-12-21T18:04:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402018-09-01910.3389/fpsyt.2018.00460378155Altered Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Activity During a Stroop Task in Individuals With Problematic Hypersexual BehaviorJi-Woo Seok0Jin-Hun Sohn1Department of Counseling Psychology, Honam University, Gwangu, South KoreaDepartment of Psychology, Brain Research Institute, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South KoreaAccumulating evidence suggests a relationship between problematic hypersexual behavior (PHB) and diminished executive control. Clinical studies have demonstrated that individuals with PHB exhibit high levels of impulsivity; however, relatively little is known regarding the neural mechanisms underlying impaired executive control in PHB. This study investigated the neural correlates of executive control in individuals with PHB and healthy controls using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Twenty-three individuals with PHB and 22 healthy control participants underwent fMRI while performing a Stroop task. Response time and error rates were measured as surrogate indicators of executive control. Individuals with PHB exhibited impaired task performance and lower activation in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and inferior parietal cortex relative to healthy controls during the Stroop task. In addition, blood oxygen level-dependent responses in these areas were negatively associated with PHB severity. The right DLPFC and inferior parietal cortex are associated with higher-order cognitive control and visual attention, respectively. Our findings suggest that individuals with PHB have diminished executive control and impaired functionality in the right DLPFC and inferior parietal cortex, providing a neural basis for PHB.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00460/fullproblematic hypersexual behaviorexecutive controlStroop taskfunctional magnetic resonance imagingdorsolateral prefrontal cortexinferior parietal cortex |
| spellingShingle | Ji-Woo Seok Jin-Hun Sohn Altered Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Activity During a Stroop Task in Individuals With Problematic Hypersexual Behavior Frontiers in Psychiatry problematic hypersexual behavior executive control Stroop task functional magnetic resonance imaging dorsolateral prefrontal cortex inferior parietal cortex |
| title | Altered Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Activity During a Stroop Task in Individuals With Problematic Hypersexual Behavior |
| title_full | Altered Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Activity During a Stroop Task in Individuals With Problematic Hypersexual Behavior |
| title_fullStr | Altered Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Activity During a Stroop Task in Individuals With Problematic Hypersexual Behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | Altered Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Activity During a Stroop Task in Individuals With Problematic Hypersexual Behavior |
| title_short | Altered Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Activity During a Stroop Task in Individuals With Problematic Hypersexual Behavior |
| title_sort | altered prefrontal and inferior parietal activity during a stroop task in individuals with problematic hypersexual behavior |
| topic | problematic hypersexual behavior executive control Stroop task functional magnetic resonance imaging dorsolateral prefrontal cortex inferior parietal cortex |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00460/full |
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