Ciaramelli, E., Sperotto, Rebecca, Mattioli, F. and di Pellegrino, G. 2013. Damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex reduces interpersonal disgust. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 8 (2) , pp. 171-180. 10.1093/scan/nss087 |
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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Psychology |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | disgust; emotions; social cognition; prefrontal cortex |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
ISSN: | 1749-5016 |
Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2022 02:15 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/39811 |
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