Event-related potentials of emotional excitement in middle-aged and aged adults / 南方医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore how adjustment of the negative and neutral emotion excitement contribute to the well-being of middle-aged and aged adults in their health, intelligence, working and living.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Twenty-five middle-aged and aged participants performed recognition tasks of schematic facial representations of positive, neutral and negative emotions and also Chinese characters (equivalent to happy, thinking and fear).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The main effects of the facial recognition task occurred in the left temporal-parietal area (40 to 80 ms), bilateral parietal-occipital and temporal-parietal area (160-180 ms and 310-340 ms). The effects of stimulation with the 3 Chinese characters were found in the anterior region (375-475 ms), posterior region (195-255 ms), and whole scalp region (135-175 ms and 275-355 ms). There were no significant interactive effects between schematic facial recognition and stimulation with Chinese characters.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Positive emotional excitement may promote the well-being of the adults in their health, intelligence, working performance and living.</p>