Pii: S0304-3940(00)00781-3
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Recently, several experiments have indicated that the left and right prefrontal cortex (PFC) are differently involved in emotional processing. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the left and right PFC in selective attention to angry faces by using a pictorial emotional Stroop task. Slow repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was applied to the left and right PFC of 10 female subjects for 15 min on separate days. Results showed a signi®cant effect of stimulation position: right PFC rTMS resulted in selective attention towards angry faces, whereas left PFC rTMS resulted in selective attention away from angry faces. This ®nding is in accordance with theoretical accounts of the neural implementation of approach and withdrawal systems. q 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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