Affect Labeling During Pictorial Encoding Enhances Their Recognition and Reduces Amygdalar Responses to Negative Pictures.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Affect labeling, which entails identifying the emotional content of an event, is a critical strategy for implicit emotion regulation. Previous studies have shown that affect labeling influences the encoding memory stage of negative events. However, it remains unclear whether affect labeling during encoding of negative events affects subsequent memory stages related to these events, such as retrieval.

Methods

The current behavioral and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study aimed to investigate whether affect labeling during encoding of emotional pictures influenced behavioral performance and neural responses during recognition memory of these pictures. To address this issue, 37 participants in the present study were instructed to label the emotional

SUBMITTER: Lin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12949723 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature