Emotional Intelligence and Prefrontal Cortex: A Comparative Study Based on Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)

Ahmad Alipour; Zahra Arefnasab; Abdolreza Babamamoodi

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Emotional Intelligence and Prefrontal Cortex: A Comparative Study Based on Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)

Author(s):

Ahmad Alipour¹,

Zahra Arefnasab²,

Abdolreza Babamamoodi^3,*

1Department of Research and Technology, Baqi y atallah University of Medical Sciences (BMSU), Tehran, Iran

2Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran

3Research and Technology Department, Baqi y atallah University of Medical Sciences (BMSU), Tehran, Iran

IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences:Vol. 5, issue 2; 114-19

Published online:Dec 31, 2011

Article type:Research Article

Received:Nov 30, 2010

Accepted:Jun 13, 2011

How to Cite:Ahmad AlipourZahra ArefnasabAbdolreza BabamamoodiEmotional Intelligence and Prefrontal Cortex: A Comparative Study Based on Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST).Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci.5(2):114-19.

Abstract

Objective: Emotional intelligence (EI) is a set of competencies that enable us to engage in sophisticated information processing of emotions and emotion-relevant stimuli and to use this information as a guide for thinking and behavior. Prefrontal cortexes (PFC) of brain and related regions have an important role in emotion and emotional regulation. Accordingly, we conducted a study to investigate the relation between EI and performance in Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) (a neuropsychological test, used to evaluate some of the frontal lobe functions).

Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 250 volunteers from BS and BA students of universities of Tehran were recruited using available sampling method. Bar-on EI, general health questionnaire (GHQ-28) and Raven's Progressive Matrices were completed by the participants. They were categorized into two groups; each group contained 40 students with high and low EI, whose performance in WCST were evaluated thereafter individually. Data was analyzed by MANOVA.

Results: Our results showed that the high EI group had a better performance in WCST than the low EI group. Conclusion: It can be concluded that people with better EI may have better PFC functions.

Declaration of Interest: None.

Citation: Alipour A, Arefnasab Z, Babamahmoodi A. Emotional Intelligence and Prefrontal Cortex: A comparative study based on Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci 2011; 5(2): 114- 19.

Keywords

Emotional intelligence (EI)

P refrontal cortex (PFC)

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ( WCST ) 11T P 0F P 11T

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