EEG time–frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoria
Abstract To date, affective and cognitive processing of emotional information in individuals with depressive symptoms have been examined through peripheral psychophysiological measures, event-related potentials, and time–frequency analysis of oscillatory activity. However, electrocortical correlates...
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| author | Carola Dell’Acqua Elisa Dal Bò Tania Moretta Daniela Palomba Simone Messerotti Benvenuti |
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| description | Abstract To date, affective and cognitive processing of emotional information in individuals with depressive symptoms have been examined through peripheral psychophysiological measures, event-related potentials, and time–frequency analysis of oscillatory activity. However, electrocortical correlates of emotional and cognitive processing of affective content in depression have not been fully understood. Time–frequency analysis of electroencephalographic activity allows disentangling the brain's parallel processing of information. The present study employed a time–frequency approach to simultaneously examine affective disposition and cognitive processing during the viewing of emotional stimuli in dysphoria. Time–frequency event-related changes were examined during the viewing of pleasant, neutral and unpleasant pictures in 24 individuals with dysphoria and 24 controls. Affective disposition was indexed by delta and alpha power, while theta power was employed as a correlate of cognitive elaboration of the stimuli. Cluster-based statistics revealed a centro-parietal reduction in delta power for pleasant stimuli in individuals with dysphoria relative to controls. Also, dysphoria was characterized by an early fronto-central increase in theta power for unpleasant stimuli relative to neutral and pleasant ones. Comparatively, controls were characterized by a late fronto-central and occipital reduction in theta power for unpleasant stimuli relative to neutral and pleasant. The present study granted novel insights on the interrelated facets of affective elaboration in dysphoria, mainly characterized by a hypoactivation of the approach-related motivational system and a sustained facilitated cognitive processing of unpleasant stimuli. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e85978bd40b549468194ed60ccac5e932022-12-22T00:28:27ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-05-0112111310.1038/s41598-022-12263-9EEG time–frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoriaCarola Dell’Acqua0Elisa Dal Bò1Tania Moretta2Daniela Palomba3Simone Messerotti Benvenuti4Department of General Psychology, University of PaduaDepartment of General Psychology, University of PaduaDepartment of General Psychology, University of PaduaDepartment of General Psychology, University of PaduaDepartment of General Psychology, University of PaduaAbstract To date, affective and cognitive processing of emotional information in individuals with depressive symptoms have been examined through peripheral psychophysiological measures, event-related potentials, and time–frequency analysis of oscillatory activity. However, electrocortical correlates of emotional and cognitive processing of affective content in depression have not been fully understood. Time–frequency analysis of electroencephalographic activity allows disentangling the brain's parallel processing of information. The present study employed a time–frequency approach to simultaneously examine affective disposition and cognitive processing during the viewing of emotional stimuli in dysphoria. Time–frequency event-related changes were examined during the viewing of pleasant, neutral and unpleasant pictures in 24 individuals with dysphoria and 24 controls. Affective disposition was indexed by delta and alpha power, while theta power was employed as a correlate of cognitive elaboration of the stimuli. Cluster-based statistics revealed a centro-parietal reduction in delta power for pleasant stimuli in individuals with dysphoria relative to controls. Also, dysphoria was characterized by an early fronto-central increase in theta power for unpleasant stimuli relative to neutral and pleasant ones. Comparatively, controls were characterized by a late fronto-central and occipital reduction in theta power for unpleasant stimuli relative to neutral and pleasant. The present study granted novel insights on the interrelated facets of affective elaboration in dysphoria, mainly characterized by a hypoactivation of the approach-related motivational system and a sustained facilitated cognitive processing of unpleasant stimuli.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12263-9 |
| spellingShingle | Carola Dell’Acqua Elisa Dal Bò Tania Moretta Daniela Palomba Simone Messerotti Benvenuti EEG time–frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoria Scientific Reports |
| title | EEG time–frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoria |
| title_full | EEG time–frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoria |
| title_fullStr | EEG time–frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoria |
| title_full_unstemmed | EEG time–frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoria |
| title_short | EEG time–frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoria |
| title_sort | eeg time frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoria |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12263-9 |
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