TY - JOUR
T1 - Implicit regulatory focus associated with asymmetrical frontal cortical activity
AU - Amodio, David M.
AU - Shah, James Y.
AU - Sigelman, Jonathan
AU - Brazy, Paige C.
AU - Harmon-Jones, Eddie
N1 - Funding Information:
The research presented in this paper was funded in part by a grant from NSF (BCS-9910702) awarded to E.H.-J., and grants from NIMH (MH63280-02) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate School Research Committee for J.S. Portions of this research were presented at the 2002 meeting for the Society of Psychophysiological Research in Washington, DC. We gratefully acknowledge the technical and mechanical support provided by Dirk Wilker, Ziggy Bialzik, Andy Mulder, and Greg Kant. The physiological portion of this experiment was run using the DMDX software developed at Monash University and at the University of Arizona by K.I. Forster and J.C. Forster.
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - Regulatory focus theory identifies two separate motivational systems, promotion and prevention, that fulfill different regulatory needs and are differentially related to approach and avoidance. In the psychophysiological literature, approach- and avoidance-related emotions and motivational orientations have been linked to asymmetries in frontal cortical activity. In an effort to synthesize these literatures, we examined the relationship between an implicit assessment of chronic regulatory focus and an electroencephalographic (EEG) index of resting frontal cortical asymmetry. Results supported the hypothesis that promotion regulatory focus would be associated with greater left frontal activity, and prevention regulatory focus would be associated with greater right frontal activity. Discussion highlights how this synthesis may benefit theorizing of the relationship between regulatory focus, motivation, and emotion, and of the function of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity.
AB - Regulatory focus theory identifies two separate motivational systems, promotion and prevention, that fulfill different regulatory needs and are differentially related to approach and avoidance. In the psychophysiological literature, approach- and avoidance-related emotions and motivational orientations have been linked to asymmetries in frontal cortical activity. In an effort to synthesize these literatures, we examined the relationship between an implicit assessment of chronic regulatory focus and an electroencephalographic (EEG) index of resting frontal cortical asymmetry. Results supported the hypothesis that promotion regulatory focus would be associated with greater left frontal activity, and prevention regulatory focus would be associated with greater right frontal activity. Discussion highlights how this synthesis may benefit theorizing of the relationship between regulatory focus, motivation, and emotion, and of the function of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00100-8
DO - 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00100-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1542511120
SN - 0022-1031
VL - 40
SP - 225
EP - 232
JO - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -