Objective The effect of emotions on human neurophysiology is important for understanding human brain functioning and mental behavior. Frontal asymmetry has often been associated with psychological adjustment, with more left-sided frontal activity predicting approach motivation and lower levels of depression and anxiety. Neurofeedback is a promising tool for the modulation of cortical activity during emotion processing and regulation. Participants and methods The present study applied EEG and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) co-registration to evaluate: the initial (T0) electrocortical activity during an emotion induction paradigm involving affective stimuli taken from the International Affective Pictures System (IAPS) and a final assessment (T2) with the same criteria in a way to verify the efficacy of the NF intervention during a training protocol of five weeks (T1).10 healthy volunteers participated in the research. After the emotional task, subjects were also required to rate the affective pictures by means of the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM). Results the preliminary results obtained in T0 were used to calibrate the NF protocol: delta band proved to be prevalent during the emotional task, in particular over the frontal and prefrontal sites. Thus, the training was set on this specific band with a frontal arrangement including a left (F3) or a right (F4) montage according to each participant’s hemispheric unbalance. After the training, a significant modulation of both EEG and fNIRS measures was found, showing a more balanced and enhanced cortical activity. Conclusion the present research provided new insights into the contribution of a neuroscientific approach to the study of emotion regulation by means of a multi-method approach involving subjective (SAM) and central (EEG; fNIRS) measures acquired before and after a NF intervention. The training was intended to restore the hemispheric unbalance found in relation to emotion processing, and could have clinical non-invasive applications in those pathologies that involve emotion disregulation
Grippa, E., Vanutelli, M. E., Balconi, M., Emotion regulation with neurofeedback training as assessed by a pilot EEG and optical imaging study, Poster, in Abstract Book of the «6th Meeting of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology», (Maastricht, 13-15 September 2017), Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology, Maastricht 2017: 50-50 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/113317]
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Titolo: | Emotion regulation with neurofeedback training as assessed by a pilot EEG and optical imaging study | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 | |
Abstract: | Objective The effect of emotions on human neurophysiology is important for understanding human brain functioning and mental behavior. Frontal asymmetry has often been associated with psychological adjustment, with more left-sided frontal activity predicting approach motivation and lower levels of depression and anxiety. Neurofeedback is a promising tool for the modulation of cortical activity during emotion processing and regulation. Participants and methods The present study applied EEG and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) co-registration to evaluate: the initial (T0) electrocortical activity during an emotion induction paradigm involving affective stimuli taken from the International Affective Pictures System (IAPS) and a final assessment (T2) with the same criteria in a way to verify the efficacy of the NF intervention during a training protocol of five weeks (T1).10 healthy volunteers participated in the research. After the emotional task, subjects were also required to rate the affective pictures by means of the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM). Results the preliminary results obtained in T0 were used to calibrate the NF protocol: delta band proved to be prevalent during the emotional task, in particular over the frontal and prefrontal sites. Thus, the training was set on this specific band with a frontal arrangement including a left (F3) or a right (F4) montage according to each participant’s hemispheric unbalance. After the training, a significant modulation of both EEG and fNIRS measures was found, showing a more balanced and enhanced cortical activity. Conclusion the present research provided new insights into the contribution of a neuroscientific approach to the study of emotion regulation by means of a multi-method approach involving subjective (SAM) and central (EEG; fNIRS) measures acquired before and after a NF intervention. The training was intended to restore the hemispheric unbalance found in relation to emotion processing, and could have clinical non-invasive applications in those pathologies that involve emotion disregulation | |
Lingua: | Inglese | |
Titolo del libro: | Abstract Book of the «6th Meeting of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology» | |
Editore: | Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology | |
Nome del convegno: | 6th Meeting of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology | |
Luogo del convegno: | Maastricht | |
Data inizio evento: | 2017-09-13 | |
Data fine evento: | 2017-09-15 | |
Tipo di contributo: | Poster | |
Citazione: | Grippa, E., Vanutelli, M. E., Balconi, M., Emotion regulation with neurofeedback training as assessed by a pilot EEG and optical imaging study, Poster, in Abstract Book of the «6th Meeting of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology», (Maastricht, 13-15 September 2017), Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology, Maastricht 2017: 50-50 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/113317] | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | Paper, Selected paper, Contributed paper, Working paper, Poster, Poster paper, Comunicazione, Relazione (in volume) |