Spectral power of brain activity associated with emotion - A pilot MEG study

George Zouridakis, Udit Patidar, Nikhil S. Padhye, Luca Pollonini, Antony Passaro, Andrew C. Papanicolaou

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Abstract

In this study we analyzed broadband, whole-head MEG activity to investigate affective processing in the human brain and assess whether spectral power in nonoverlapping frequency bands correlates preferentially with specific anatomical locations and distinct emotions elicited by affective stimuli that differed in valence from unpleasant to pleasant and arousal from low to high. We analyzed recordings from 20 normal young adults using linear mixed effects models computed separately in each frequency band on a reduced set of recording sites represented by 8 principal components. Our results showed statistically significant differences between the pleasant and neutral conditions in all frequency bands and between the pleasant and unpleasant condition in the theta band.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication17th International Conference on Biomagnetism Advances in Biomagnetism - Biomag2010
Pages354-357
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event17th International Conference on Biomagnetism Advances in Biomagnetism, Biomag2010 - Dubrovnik, Croatia
Duration: Mar 28 2010Apr 1 2010

Publication series

NameIFMBE Proceedings
Volume28
ISSN (Print)1680-0737

Other

Other17th International Conference on Biomagnetism Advances in Biomagnetism, Biomag2010
Country/TerritoryCroatia
CityDubrovnik
Period3/28/104/1/10

Keywords

  • Affect
  • Emotion
  • MEG
  • Mixed effects models
  • Spectral power

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioengineering

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