Fig. 3.

Brain responses for emotional vs. neutral distraction as a function of age. Blood oxygen level dependent response for emotional, compared with neutral distraction showing that older adults activated anterior medial prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), and the left middle frontal/precentral gyrus more than younger adults. Younger, compared with older adults, activated the caudate nucleus, medial PFC, cerebellum, temporo-parietal cortex, fusiform gyrus, visual cortex, temporal gyrus, and bilateral hippocampus for emotional, compared to neutral distraction. The color bar indicates t-values