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Damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex reduces interpersonal disgust

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

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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
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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