Much recent research has sought to uncover the gender difference in neural mechanism of moral judgment;however, very few researches study the neural gender differences in a specific area of moral judgment. The aim of ...Much recent research has sought to uncover the gender difference in neural mechanism of moral judgment;however, very few researches study the neural gender differences in a specific area of moral judgment. The aim of this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study was to examine possible gender difference in neural response to (sexual) disgusting pictures versus neutral pictures. Seventeen participants (9 males) were scanned while viewing pictures of tactile intimacy in same-sex and being asked to evaluate whether the behaviors between the stimulus persons in the pictures were morally appropriate or not. Both the neural responses to pictures of tactile intimacy in same-sex between male participants and female participants and the neural response to pictures of male-male tactile intimacy and to pictures of female-female tactile intimacy were examined. The results showed that significantly increased differential activations to the disgusting pictures relative to the neutral pictures were observed in the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (BA 9) and amygdala. Furthermore, greater activation to the pictures of female-female tactile intimacy was observed in the left superior frontal gyrus/dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (BA 6). These results suggested a possible neural gender difference between female’s immoral behavior and male’s immoral behavior.展开更多
Research has shown that dissatisfied couples in the relationship commonly exhibit facial expressions of contempt in interactions. At this point, based on the study of cognition and physiology, researchers were able to...Research has shown that dissatisfied couples in the relationship commonly exhibit facial expressions of contempt in interactions. At this point, based on the study of cognition and physiology, researchers were able to predict by longitudinal studies the probability of divorce in a marriage, with accuracy of up to 94%. Our objective was to investigate whether the occurrence of facial expressions of disgust and contempt in married women is associated with marital dissatisfaction. This is an experimental study that correlated, through filmed interviews, the frequency of facial expressions of disgust and disgust (Facial Action Coding System) to the Marital State’s Golombok Rust Inventory, in a sample composed of 20 women. Data analysis based on the Spearman Correlation Test showed a positive correlation between facial expressions of disgust and disdain and conjugal dissatisfaction (rs = 0.2198, p = 0.0280), corroborating the data in the literature.展开更多
Cognitive reappraisal serves as a pivotal strategy in emotion regulation,encompassing techniques such as repurposing and reconstrual.However,the behavioral and temporal disparities between these two reappraisal subtyp...Cognitive reappraisal serves as a pivotal strategy in emotion regulation,encompassing techniques such as repurposing and reconstrual.However,the behavioral and temporal disparities between these two reappraisal subtypes remain underexplored.This study aims to delineate these differences by comparing the psychophysiological impacts of repurposing versus recon-strual on disgust emotion regulation,employing event-related potentials(ERPs)as the primary neurophysiological indicator.Behavioral data revealed that both strategies evoked significantly greater pleasure and less disgust compared to negative description conditions.Notably,repurposing elicited a more pronounced positive emotional shift.Electroencephalographic(EEG)findings indicated that repurposing led to a lower late positive potential(LPP)amplitude(1000-3000 ms)in frontal and parietal regions compared to reconstrual or negative descriptions.Furthermore,both strategies elicited larger left negativity component(LNC)amplitude(500-1000 ms)than negative descriptions,with repurposing demonstrating a prolonged LNC effect(1000-1500 ms)compared to reconstrual.This investigation confirms that although repurposing requires extended semantic processing resources,it exhibits superior efficacy in mitigating disgust responses.By providing direct empirical comparisons between these reappraisal modalities,the research advances our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive emotion regulation.展开更多
The present research verified the relationship between gratitude and moral disgust and explored its internal mechanism based on the social norm theory for the first time.In this study,979 participants were recruited a...The present research verified the relationship between gratitude and moral disgust and explored its internal mechanism based on the social norm theory for the first time.In this study,979 participants were recruited and required to complete the Gratitude Questionnaire(GQ),the Moral Disgust Questionnaire(MD),the Perceived Social Support Scale(PSSS),and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale(CD-RISC).Data were then analyzed via structural equation model.The results demonstrated that gratitude indirectly affects moral disgust through the chain path of social support!resilience rather than being directly mediated by social support and resilience.From the perspective of social norm theory,the current research reveals the internal mechanism between gratitude and moral disgust,which is of great significance to expand our understanding of theory and apply it to practice.展开更多
Moral psychology holds that negative judgements on genetically modified organisms(GMOs) are likely to be intuitive reactions driven by trait disgust without deliberation, which brings difficulty to genetic science com...Moral psychology holds that negative judgements on genetically modified organisms(GMOs) are likely to be intuitive reactions driven by trait disgust without deliberation, which brings difficulty to genetic science communication. Based on two interrelated experiments examining the processes and conditions of individual and scenario features influencing disgust and moral judgement about GMOs, this study aims to identify the different routes through which disgust influences moral judgement about GMOs in the physical and social dimensions. We found that the process of elicited state disgust influencing moral judgement on GMOs is regulated by pathogen disgust sensitivity and moral disgust sensitivity. The difference in opposition to GMOs brought by preferences for precepts implied in moral theories is evidently subject to the joint effect of the disgust elicitation type and emotion reappraisal(ER). This study clarifies the relationship between disgust for GMOs and moral judgement. It also confirms the effectiveness of ER in promoting the transition of moral judgement on GMOs from intuitive reaction to deliberation, thus offering benefits for science communicators targeting audiences who differ in their preferences for precepts implied in moral theories and trait disgust.展开更多
文摘Much recent research has sought to uncover the gender difference in neural mechanism of moral judgment;however, very few researches study the neural gender differences in a specific area of moral judgment. The aim of this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study was to examine possible gender difference in neural response to (sexual) disgusting pictures versus neutral pictures. Seventeen participants (9 males) were scanned while viewing pictures of tactile intimacy in same-sex and being asked to evaluate whether the behaviors between the stimulus persons in the pictures were morally appropriate or not. Both the neural responses to pictures of tactile intimacy in same-sex between male participants and female participants and the neural response to pictures of male-male tactile intimacy and to pictures of female-female tactile intimacy were examined. The results showed that significantly increased differential activations to the disgusting pictures relative to the neutral pictures were observed in the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (BA 9) and amygdala. Furthermore, greater activation to the pictures of female-female tactile intimacy was observed in the left superior frontal gyrus/dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (BA 6). These results suggested a possible neural gender difference between female’s immoral behavior and male’s immoral behavior.
文摘Research has shown that dissatisfied couples in the relationship commonly exhibit facial expressions of contempt in interactions. At this point, based on the study of cognition and physiology, researchers were able to predict by longitudinal studies the probability of divorce in a marriage, with accuracy of up to 94%. Our objective was to investigate whether the occurrence of facial expressions of disgust and contempt in married women is associated with marital dissatisfaction. This is an experimental study that correlated, through filmed interviews, the frequency of facial expressions of disgust and disgust (Facial Action Coding System) to the Marital State’s Golombok Rust Inventory, in a sample composed of 20 women. Data analysis based on the Spearman Correlation Test showed a positive correlation between facial expressions of disgust and disdain and conjugal dissatisfaction (rs = 0.2198, p = 0.0280), corroborating the data in the literature.
基金supported by the Open Research Fund of Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application of Zhejiang Province,Zhejiang Normal University(Jykf22001w).
文摘Cognitive reappraisal serves as a pivotal strategy in emotion regulation,encompassing techniques such as repurposing and reconstrual.However,the behavioral and temporal disparities between these two reappraisal subtypes remain underexplored.This study aims to delineate these differences by comparing the psychophysiological impacts of repurposing versus recon-strual on disgust emotion regulation,employing event-related potentials(ERPs)as the primary neurophysiological indicator.Behavioral data revealed that both strategies evoked significantly greater pleasure and less disgust compared to negative description conditions.Notably,repurposing elicited a more pronounced positive emotional shift.Electroencephalographic(EEG)findings indicated that repurposing led to a lower late positive potential(LPP)amplitude(1000-3000 ms)in frontal and parietal regions compared to reconstrual or negative descriptions.Furthermore,both strategies elicited larger left negativity component(LNC)amplitude(500-1000 ms)than negative descriptions,with repurposing demonstrating a prolonged LNC effect(1000-1500 ms)compared to reconstrual.This investigation confirms that although repurposing requires extended semantic processing resources,it exhibits superior efficacy in mitigating disgust responses.By providing direct empirical comparisons between these reappraisal modalities,the research advances our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive emotion regulation.
基金supported by the General Program National Social Science Foundation of China Grant 19BSH114.
文摘The present research verified the relationship between gratitude and moral disgust and explored its internal mechanism based on the social norm theory for the first time.In this study,979 participants were recruited and required to complete the Gratitude Questionnaire(GQ),the Moral Disgust Questionnaire(MD),the Perceived Social Support Scale(PSSS),and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale(CD-RISC).Data were then analyzed via structural equation model.The results demonstrated that gratitude indirectly affects moral disgust through the chain path of social support!resilience rather than being directly mediated by social support and resilience.From the perspective of social norm theory,the current research reveals the internal mechanism between gratitude and moral disgust,which is of great significance to expand our understanding of theory and apply it to practice.
基金supported by the Science Popularization and Risk Communication of Transgenic Biotechnologies project (grant ID:2016ZX08015002)
文摘Moral psychology holds that negative judgements on genetically modified organisms(GMOs) are likely to be intuitive reactions driven by trait disgust without deliberation, which brings difficulty to genetic science communication. Based on two interrelated experiments examining the processes and conditions of individual and scenario features influencing disgust and moral judgement about GMOs, this study aims to identify the different routes through which disgust influences moral judgement about GMOs in the physical and social dimensions. We found that the process of elicited state disgust influencing moral judgement on GMOs is regulated by pathogen disgust sensitivity and moral disgust sensitivity. The difference in opposition to GMOs brought by preferences for precepts implied in moral theories is evidently subject to the joint effect of the disgust elicitation type and emotion reappraisal(ER). This study clarifies the relationship between disgust for GMOs and moral judgement. It also confirms the effectiveness of ER in promoting the transition of moral judgement on GMOs from intuitive reaction to deliberation, thus offering benefits for science communicators targeting audiences who differ in their preferences for precepts implied in moral theories and trait disgust.
