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Study NCT ID:
NCT01721356
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2012-11-04
First Post:
2012-10-31
Brief Title:
Neurobiological Basis of Emotional Intelligence
Sponsor:
Mclean Hospital
Organization:
Mclean Hospital
Study Overview
Official Title:
The Neurobiological Basis and Potential Modification of Emotional Intelligence Through Affective Behavioral Training
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2012-11
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
EQ
Brief Summary:
Emotional Intelligence EI is defined as the ability to accurately perceive and identify emotions in oneself and others understand and use emotions to enhance cognitive processes and effectively manage ones own emotions as well as those of others Two major approaches to the construct of emotional intelligence have emerged These two approaches can be broadly defined as the Trait and Ability Approaches The Trait Approach which is typically assessed via self-report measures such as that Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory appears to be strongly related to existing models of personality and coping The other major approach to EI follows an Ability Model assuming that EI is similar to but distinct from other types of cognitive intelligence and involves measurement of a variety of skills and abilities related to emotional processing An understanding of the neurobiological substrate of emotional intelligence is beginning to emerge One influential theory that is particularly relevant to the neurobiology of emotional intelligence is the somatic marker hypothesis yet there still remains a limited understanding of the neurobiological basis of EI The proposed investigation will attempt to provide the most comprehensive study to date examining the behavioral psychological functional and brain structural correlates of EI The proposed study will use neuroimaging techniques to examine the relationship between current measures of EI behavioral expression of emotionally competent capacities brain functional responses and structural cerebral organization
The specific questions to be addressed and their associated hypotheses are
1 The two major approaches to EI ie Trait vs Ability will show only modest though significant positive correlations with one another
2 EI Trait measures will be highly correlated with measures of personality but weakly correlated with specific skills such as facial affect identification emotional decision-making and affectively based judgments whereas EI Ability measures will correlate more highly with specific emotional skill measures
3 During functional MRI affective challenge tasks EI scores will be negatively correlated with activity within the Somatic Marker Circuitry suggested by Damasio and colleagues ie ventromedial prefrontal cortex amygdala insular cortex as suggested by the neural efficiency hypothesis
The specific questions to be addressed and their associated hypotheses are
1 The two major approaches to EI ie Trait vs Ability will show only modest though significant positive correlations with one another
2 EI Trait measures will be highly correlated with measures of personality but weakly correlated with specific skills such as facial affect identification emotional decision-making and affectively based judgments whereas EI Ability measures will correlate more highly with specific emotional skill measures
3 During functional MRI affective challenge tasks EI scores will be negatively correlated with activity within the Somatic Marker Circuitry suggested by Damasio and colleagues ie ventromedial prefrontal cortex amygdala insular cortex as suggested by the neural efficiency hypothesis
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Study Oversight
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None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
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None
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None
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