Should we keep some distance from distancing? Regulatory and post-regulatory effects of emotion downregulation.

ABSTRACT: Emotion regulation is an indispensable part of mental health and adaptive behavior. Research into emotion regulation processes has largely focused on the concurrent effects of volitional emotion regulation. However, there is scarce evidence considering post-regulatory effects with regard to neural mechanisms and emotional experiences. Therefore, we compared concurrent effects of cognitive emotion regulation with effects at different (immediate, short- and long-term) time intervals. In an fMRI study with N = 46 (N = 30 at re-exposure) young healthy adults, we compared neuronal responses to negative and neutral pictures while participants had to distance themselves from or to actively permit emotions in response to these pictures. We investigated the temporal dynamics of activation changes r

SUBMITTER: Diers K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8412372 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature