Anger Modulates Influence Hierarchies Within and Between Emotional Reactivity and Regulation Networks.

ABSTRACT: Emotion regulation is hypothesized to be mediated by the interactions between emotional reactivity and regulation networks during the dynamic unfolding of the emotional episode. Yet, it remains unclear how to delineate the effective relationships between these networks. In this study, we examined the aforementioned networks' information flow hierarchy during viewing of an anger provoking movie excerpt. Anger regulation is particularly essential for averting individuals from aggression and violence, thus improving prosocial behavior. Using subjective ratings of anger intensity we differentiated between low and high anger periods of the film. We then applied the Dependency Network Analysis (D_EPNA), a newly developed graph theory method to quantify networks' node importance during

SUBMITTER: Jacob Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5897670 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature