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Abstract
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 significant 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 finding is in accordance
with theoretical accounts of the neural implementation of approach and withdrawal
systems.