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Research ArticleResearch Article: New Research, Cognition and Behavior

Similarities and Distinctions between Cortical Neural Substrates That Underlie Generation of Malevolent Creative Ideas

Xinuo Qiao, Kelong Lu, Qiang Yun and Ning Hao
eNeuro 11 September 2023, 10 (9) ENEURO.0127-23.2023; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0127-23.2023
Xinuo Qiao
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, People’s Republic of China
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Kelong Lu
2School of Mental Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou Zhejiang, 325035, People’s Republic of China
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Qiang Yun
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, People’s Republic of China
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Ning Hao
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, People’s Republic of China
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    Experimental design in the study. A, Experimental procedure. Rest, 30 s resting state session; rating, 30 s self-rating on anxiety, pleasure, benevolence and malevolence; the task sequence was counterbalanced among participants. B, Optode probe set on the prefrontal cortex. C, Optode probe set on the right temporal regions. D, The data preprocessing and analysis procedure.

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    Results on β increment (FDR corrected). HP, Hurting people; LY, lying; PT, playing trick. A, The full views of the main effect of TASK on the β increment of all CHs. The red rectangle indicates that the CHs have significant main effect (CH3 and CH4). B, The amplitude of the β increment of CH3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. C, The amplitude of the β increment of CH4. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. D, E, The distribution of F values from permutation test on CH3/CH4. The arrows denote the location of the actual F value.

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    Results on NC increment (FDR corrected). HP, Hurting people; LY, lying; PT, playing trick. A–D, The amplitude of NC increments of CH8–CH21, CH12–CH46, CH13–CH14, and CH17–CH18. The distributions of F values from permutation test on these CH combinations. The arrows denote the locations of actual F values. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

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    Summary figure of results. STG, Superior temporal gyrus. A, Results of neural activation; the upward arrow means that the neural activation during a certain task was significantly weaker than other tasks (e.g., the neural activation at right FPC during lying task was significantly stronger than during hurting people and playing trick tasks). B, Results of neural coupling; the downward arrow means that the neural coupling during a certain task was significantly weaker than in other tasks (e.g., the neural coupling between right DLPFC and right IPL during a hurting people task was significantly weaker than during lying and playing trick tasks). C, Results of linear regression analysis on neural activation; the symbol (–) means negative prediction (e.g., the neural activation of right DLPFC during playing trick significantly negatively predict the performance of playing trick task). D, Results of linear regression analysis on neural coupling; the symbol (+) means positive prediction (e.g., the neural coupling between right FPC and right AG during lying significantly positively predict the performance of lying task).

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    The results of one-way repeated-measures ANOVAs with TASK as the within-subject factor on the anxiety, pleasure, benevolence, and malevolence

    HPT(mean ± SD)LT(mean ± SD)PTT(mean ± SD)F(2,78)pηp2Post hoc testa
    Anxiety5.21 ± 1.444.97 ± 1.494.59 ± 1.584.170.0190.10HPT > PTT*
    Pleasure2.28 ± 1.401.86 ± 0.762.46 ± 1.285.200.0080.12PTT > LT**
    Benevolence1.45 ± 0.671.70 ± 0.871.79 ± 0.765.170.0080.12PTT > HPT**
    Malevolence6.68 ± 0.465.95 ± 0.885.84 ± 1.1713.420.0000.26HPT > LT***
    HPT > PTT***
    • *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

    • aPost hoc tests were Bonferroni corrected.

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    The results of one-way repeated-measures ANOVAs with TASK as the within-subject factor on the NC increments

    CH combinationaHPT(mean ± SD)LT(mean ± SD)PTT(mean ± SD)Fp(FDR)ηp2Post hoc testb
    CH8–CH210.00 ± 0.86−0.53 ± 0.91−0.04 ± 1.119.49(2,74)0.0370.20LT < HPT***
    LT < PTT**
    CH12–CH46−0.20 ± 0.66−0.51 ± 0.670.07 ± 0.9510.56(2,74)0.0480.22LT < HPT**
    LT < PTT***
    CH13–CH140.16 ± 1.360.35 ± 1.21−0.25 ± 1.059.56(2, 72)0.0430.21PTT < HPT*
    PTT < LT***
    CH17–CH38−0.37 ± 0.970.33 ± 0.960.24 ± 1.019.66(2,74)0.0480.21HPT < LT**
    HPT < PTT**
    • *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

    • aOnly CH combinations that survived the FDR correction are listed.

    • bThe post hoc tests were Bonferroni corrected.

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    Results of one-sample t test on β increment

    Channelt-ValuesaRegion
    HPTLTPTT
    23.42**4.16***3.24*Left FPC
    35.72***5.91***4.67***Right FPC
    44.48***6.84***3.51**Right FPC
    92.90*3.10*2.38*Right MFG
    16−2.65*−2.60*−2.75*Right DLPFC
    23−3.06*−3.91**−4.23**Right MTG
    27−5.59***−3.11*−3.61**Right STG
    30−3.66**−4.11**−3.80*Right POG
    34−3.46**−4.27**−3.31**Right SMG
    395.19***5.00***5.56***Right AG
    435.70***5.73***5.63***Right precuneus
    463.58**3.95**4.14**Right precuneus
    • Post hoc tests were Bonferroni corrected. MFG, Middle frontal gyrus; MTG, middle temporal gyrus; STG, superior temporal gyrus.

    • *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

    • aOnly channels that were significantly different from baseline in all tasks are listed.

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    Results of one-sample t test on NC increment

    CH combinationt-ValuesaRegion
    HPTLYTPTT
    CH1–CH53.74*5.55***3.28*Left FPC-left DLPFC
    CH24–CH253.50*4.98**4.03*Right fusiform-rMOG
    CH32–CH363.91*7.93***6.39***Right AG-rMOG
    CH35–CH384.00*3.59*4.36**Right AG-right SMG
    CH38–CH394.18*6.02***5.23***Right SMG-right AG
    CH39–CH425.60***4.80**3.65*Right AG-right SMG
    CH41–CH444.23*3.22*4.01*Right POG-right PRG
    CH44–CH457.19***5.81***5.76***Right PRG-rPOG
    • The post hoc tests were Bonferroni corrected. PRG, Precentral gyrus.

    • aOnly CH combinations that were significantly different from baseline in all tasks are listed.

    • *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

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