Cultural modes of expressing emotions influence how emotions are experienced.

ABSTRACT: The brain's mapping of bodily responses during emotion contributes to emotional experiences, or feelings. Culture influences emotional expressiveness, that is, the magnitude of individuals' bodily responses during emotion. So, are cultural influences on behavioral expressiveness associated with differences in how individuals experience emotion? Chinese and American young adults reported how strongly admiration- and compassion-inducing stories made them feel, first in a private interview and then during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). As expected, Americans were more expressive in the interview. Although expressiveness did not predict stronger reported feelings or neural responses during fMRI, in both cultural groups more-expressive people showed tighter trial-by-trial correla

SUBMITTER: Immordino-Yang MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5042821 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature