In recent years, the incidence of anxiety disorders has been increasing. The cause of anxiety disorders is not clear, but it may be related to genetic factors, personality characteristics, cognitive processes, etc. In order to study the positive impact of anxiety disorder among people in intangible cultural heritage, the social behavior of Luojing cross pattern symbolization and the emotional face of people with anxiety disorder were identified.

The study used task-state fMRI technology, which required participants to complete the task of emotional face recognition during the MRI scan. The study compared the difference in activation of brain regions under positive and negative emotional faces between the GAD patient group and the healthy control group. SPSS24.0 was used for data analysis.

In positive mood, compared with healthy controls, the brain regions with significantly enhanced activation in the anxiety disorder group included the right posterior central gyrus (t=3.02, P<0.05), the right superior temporal gyrus (t=3.86, P<0.05), and the right caudate nucleus (t=4.02, P<0.05). The brain regions with significantly weakened activation in the anxiety disorder group included the right superior frontal gyrus (t=3.11, P<0.05), the right medial frontal lobe (t=4.01, P<0.05), the left middle frontal gyrus (t=2.69, P<0.05), the left insula (t=3.08, P<0.05), the left anterior cingulate gyrus (t=2.38, P<0.05), the left hippocampus (t=3.48, P<0.05), etc.

When the Luojing cross pattern ornament was symbolized, the mood of the people with anxiety disorders was more positive. This helps in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders from a social perspective.

A School-level Educational Teaching Research Project at Shanghai Business School in 2023 (No.SBS-2023-XJJG-07); Shanghai Cultural and Educational Integration project in 2023.