Positive emotion up-regulation in the wake of a cognitively demanding task: An event-related potential study.

ABSTRACT: Although positive emotion up-regulation via reappraisal increases electrocortical and subjective response to pictures, little is known about how situational factors may moderate its success. For instance, emotion regulation must at times be performed shortly after a cognitively demanding event. Here, we set out to determine whether positive emotion up-regulation would be compromised if performed after a difficult math task (hard math; n = 39) versus after an easy math task (easy math; n = 39). After randomly assigning participants to groups, we assessed reappraisal's effectiveness using the late positive potential (LPP) as a measure of picture salience and picture ratings. Results showed that positive emotion up-regulation via reappraisal was unaffected by math difficulty. Nonetheless, par

SUBMITTER: Driskill T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12758950 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature