Increased Insular Connectivity and Enhanced Empathic Ability Associated with DanceMusic Training
Joint Authors
Yao, Dezhong
Luo, Cheng
He, Hui
Gujing, Li
Xin, Li
Lirong, Zhang
Yutong, Yao
Guofeng, Ye
Jing, Lu
Shulin, Zhou
Lei, Yang
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-05-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Dance and music are expressive art forms.
Previous behavioural studies have reported that dancers/musicians show a better sensorimotor ability and emotional representation of others.
However, the neural mechanism behind this phenomenon is not completely understood.
Recently, intensive researches have identified that the insula is highly enrolled in the empathic process.
Thus, to expand the knowledge of insular function associated with empathy under the dance/music training background, we mapped the insular network and its associated brain regions in 21 dancers, 20 musicians, and 24 healthy controls using resting-state functional connectivity (FC) analysis.
Whole brain voxel-based analysis was performed using seeds from the posterior insula (PI), the ventral anterior insula (vAI), and the dorsal anterior insula (dAI).
The training effects of dance and music on insular subnetworks were then evaluated using one-way analysis of variance ANOVA.
Increased insular FC with those seeds was found in dancers/musicians, including PI and anterior cingulated cortex (ACC), vAI and middle temporal gyrus (MTG) and middle cingulated cortex (MCC), and dAI and ACC and MTG.
In addition, significant associations were found between discrepant insular FC patterns and empathy scores in dancers and musicians.
These results indicated that dance/music training might enhance insular subnetwork function, which would facilitate integration of intero/exteroceptive information and result in better affective sensitivity.
Those changes might finally facilitate the subjects’ empathic ability.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gujing, Li& He, Hui& Xin, Li& Lirong, Zhang& Yutong, Yao& Guofeng, Ye…[et al.]. 2019. Increased Insular Connectivity and Enhanced Empathic Ability Associated with DanceMusic Training. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201702
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gujing, Li…[et al.]. Increased Insular Connectivity and Enhanced Empathic Ability Associated with DanceMusic Training. Neural Plasticity No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201702
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gujing, Li& He, Hui& Xin, Li& Lirong, Zhang& Yutong, Yao& Guofeng, Ye…[et al.]. Increased Insular Connectivity and Enhanced Empathic Ability Associated with DanceMusic Training. Neural Plasticity. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201702
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1201702