Regional homogeneity of intrinsic brain activity in happy and unhappy individuals.

<h4>Background</h4>Why are some people happier than others? This question has intrigued many researchers. However, limited work has addressed this question within a neuroscientific framework.<h4>Methods</h4>The present study investigated the neural correlates of trait happine...

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Autores principales: Yangmei Luo, Xiting Huang, Zhen Yang, Baolin Li, Jie Liu, Dongtao Wei
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Sumario:<h4>Background</h4>Why are some people happier than others? This question has intrigued many researchers. However, limited work has addressed this question within a neuroscientific framework.<h4>Methods</h4>The present study investigated the neural correlates of trait happiness using the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) approach. Specifically, regional homogeneity (ReHo) was examined on two groups of young adults: happy and unhappy individuals (N = 25 per group).<h4>Results</h4>Decreased ReHo in unhappy relative to happy individuals was observed within prefrontal cortex, medial temporal lobe, superior temporal lobe, and retrosplenial cortex. In contrast, increased ReHo in unhappy relative to happy individuals was observed within the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, middle cingulate gyrus, putamen, and thalamus. In addition, the ReHo within the left thalamus was negatively correlated with Chinese Happiness Inventory (CHI) score within the happy group.<h4>Limitations</h4>As an exploratory study, we examined how general trait happiness is reflected in the regional homogeneity of intrinsic brain activity in a relatively small sample. Examining other types of happiness in a larger sample using a multitude of intrinsic brain activity indices are warranted for future work.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The local synchronization of BOLD signal is altered in unhappy individuals. The regions implicated in this alteration partly overlapped with previously identified default mode network, emotional circuitry, and rewarding system, suggesting that these systems may be involved in happiness.