We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex reduces interpersonal disgust.
- Authors
Ciaramelli, Elisa; Sperotto, Rebecca G.; Mattioli, Flavia; di Pellegrino, Giuseppe
- Abstract
Disgust for contaminating objects (core disgust), immoral behaviors (moral disgust) and unsavory others (interpersonal disgust), have been assumed to be closely related. It is not clear, however, whether different forms of disgust are mediated by overlapping or specific neural substrates. We report that 10 patients with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) avoided behaviors that normally elicit interpersonal disgust (e.g. using the scarf of a busker) less frequently than healthy and brain-damaged controls, whereas they avoided core and moral disgust elicitors at normal rates. These results indicate that different forms of disgust are dissociated neurally. We propose that the vmPFC is causally (and selectively) involved in mediating interpersonal disgust, shaping patterns of social avoidance and approach.
- Subjects
BRAIN damage; HYPOTHALAMUS; PREFRONTAL cortex; SOCIAL perception; AVERSION; EMOTIONS
- Publication
Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 2, p171
- ISSN
1749-5016
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/scan/nss087