Attenuation processes in positive social emotion upregulation: Disentangling functional role of ventrolateral prefrontal cortex.

ABSTRACT: Positive emotions determine individual well-being and sustainable social relationships. Here, we examined the neural processes mediating upregulation of positive social emotions using functional magnetic resonance imaging in healthy female volunteers. We identified brain regions engaged in upregulation of positive social emotions and applied a parametric empirical Bayes approach to isolate modulated network connectivity patterns and assess how these effects relate to individual measures of social perception. Our findings indicate that upregulation of positive social emotions shapes the functional interplay between affective valuation and cognitive control functions. We revealed a selective increase of bilateral posterior ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC) activity and attenuation of a

SUBMITTER: Bezmaternykh DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11849593 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature