The neural mechanisms able to predict future emotion regulation decisions

Bendall, RCA

Abstract

Emotion regulation is crucial in maintaining healthy psychological wellbeing, and its dysregulation is often linked to a range of neuropsychiatric disorders including depression. The neurobiological underpinnings of cognitive reappraisal, an emotion regulation strategy, have been shown to include the amygdala and regions of the prefrontal cortex. A novel study by Doré, Weber, and Ochsner (2017) has demonstrated that neural activity in these regions during uninstructed visualization of affective stimuli can successfully predict which individuals are more likely to subsequently employ emotion regulation, and under what circumstances.

Citation

Bendall, R. (2017). The neural mechanisms able to predict future emotion regulation decisions. Journal of Neurophysiology, 118(3), 1824-1827. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00397.2017

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 14, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jun 21, 2017
• Publication Date: Sep 14, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jun 15, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 21, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Neurophysiology
• Print ISSN: 0022-3077
• Electronic ISSN: 1522-1598
• Publisher: American Physiological Society
• Volume: 118
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 1824-1827
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00397.2017
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00397.2017
• Related Public URLs: http://jn.physiology.org/