@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00045573,
 author = {Takahashi, Hidehiko and Matsuura, Masato and Yahata, Noriaki and Suhara, Tetsuya and Kato, Motoichiro and Okubo, Yoshiro and 高橋 英彦 and 須原 哲也 and 加藤 元一郎 and 大久保 善朗},
 issue = {4},
 journal = {Cerebral Cortex},
 month = {Apr},
 note = {We aimed to investigate the neural correlates associated with
judgments of a positive self-conscious emotion, pride, and elucidate
the difference between pride and a basic positive emotion, joy, at
the neural basis level using functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Study of the neural basis associated with pride might contribute to
a better understanding of the pride-related behaviors observed in
neuropsychiatric disorders. Sixteen healthy volunteers were studied.
The participants read sentences expressing joy or pride contents
during the scans. Pride conditions activated the right posterior
superior temporal sulcus and left temporal pole, the regions
implicated in the neural substrate of social cognition or theory of
mind. However, against our prediction, we did not find brain
activation in the medial prefrontal cortex, a region responsible for
inferring others' intention or self-reflection. Joy condition produced
activations in the ventral striatum and insula/operculum, the key
nodes of processing of hedonic or appetitive stimuli. Our results
support the idea that pride is a self-conscious emotion, requiring the
ability to detect the intention of others. At the same time, judgment
of pride might require less self-reflection compared with those of
negative self-conscious emotions such as guilt or embarrassment.},
 pages = {898--903},
 title = {Brain activations during Judgments of positive self-conscious emotion and positive basic emotion: pride and joy.},
 volume = {18},
 year = {2008}
}