PMID- 21826481
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120403
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1531-135X (Electronic)
IS  - 1530-7026 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
DP  - 2011 Dec
TI  - Effects of the brief viewing of emotional stimuli on understanding of insight 
      solutions.
PG  - 526-40
LID - 10.3758/s13415-011-0051-0 [doi]
AB  - In the present study, we examined whether and how brief viewing of positive and 
      negative images influences subsequent understanding of solutions to insight 
      problems. For each trial, participants were first presented with an insight 
      problem and then briefly viewed a task-irrelevant positive, negative, or neutral 
      image (660 ms), which was followed by the solution to the problem. In our 
      behavioral study (Study 1), participants were faster to report that they 
      understood the solutions following positive images, and were slower to report it 
      following negative images. A subsequent fMRI study (Study 2) revealed enhanced 
      activity in the angular gyrus and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) while viewing 
      solutions following positive, as compared with negative, images. In addition, 
      greater activation of the angular gyrus was associated with more rapid 
      understanding of the solutions. These results suggest that brief viewing of 
      positive images enhances activity in the angular gyrus and MPFC, which results in 
      facilitation of understanding solutions to insight problems.
FAU - Sakaki, Michiko
AU  - Sakaki M
AD  - University of Southern California, 3715 McClintock Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089, 
      USA. msakaki@usc.edu
FAU - Niki, Kazuhisa
AU  - Niki K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci
JT  - Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience
JID - 101083946
SB  - IM
MH  - Brain Mapping
MH  - Comprehension/physiology
MH  - Emotions/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Male
MH  - Photic Stimulation
MH  - Prefrontal Cortex/*physiology
MH  - Problem Solving/*physiology
MH  - Reaction Time/*physiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/08/10 06:00
MHDA- 2012/04/04 06:00
CRDT- 2011/08/10 06:00
PHST- 2011/08/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/08/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/04/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3758/s13415-011-0051-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2011 Dec;11(4):526-40. doi: 
      10.3758/s13415-011-0051-0.