On the selective relation of frontal cortical asymmetry and anger-out versus anger-control |
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Authors: | Hewig Johannes Hagemann Dirk Seifert Jan Naumann Ewald Bartussek Dieter |
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Institution: | Department of Biological and Clinical Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universit?t Jena, Jena, Germany. hewig@biopsy.uni-jena.de |
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Abstract: | The model of anterior asymmetry and emotion proposes an asymmetric representation of approach and withdrawal systems in the left and right anterior brain regions. Within this framework, 3 different concepts have been related to anterior asymmetry: affective valence, motivational direction, and behavioral activation. The aim of the present study was an empirical investigation into the relation between anterior cortical activity and questionnaire measures related to the 3 dimensions positive versus negative affect, approach versus withdrawal motivation, and behavioral activation versus inhibition. Subjects with relative greater left than right frontal cortical activity showed higher anger-out scores and lower anger-control scores. These results support the hypothesis that motivational direction is related to frontal asymmetry (approach-left and withdrawal-right). Furthermore, subjects with greater bilateral (left and right) frontal cortical activity showed higher behavioral activation scores. This finding might suggest that behavioral activation is related to approach and withdrawal motivation. |
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