AUTHOR=Zhang Ze , Guo Tingting , Fan Jin , Wu Xiaofei , Tan Tengteng , Luo Jing 

TITLE=Dissociable Posterior and Anterior Insula Activations in Processing Negative Stimulus Before and After the Application of Cognitive Reappraisals

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2020

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00268

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00268

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Although the role of insular cortex in representing bodily and emotional feelings has been recognized, whether the posterior and anterior parts of insula play differentially in encoding and regulation of the emotional feelings is still unclear. In this function magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, we examined the effect of creative cognitive reappraisals versus non-creative ordinary reappraisals on the activation pattern of the posterior and anterior insular cortex during the processing of unpleasant pictures, through comparing the neural correlates for processing these pictures before and after the application of cognitive reappraisals. We found significant anterior insular activation after the application of cognitive reappraisals especially the creative ones in contrast to the significant posterior insular activation before the application of the cognitive reappraisals. This finding supports the posterior-to-anterior progression hypothesis with the posterior insular cortex for the encoding of primary emotional feelings and the anterior insular cortex for encoding of the regulated or modulated emotional feelings.