Neuroscience 2002 Abstract
| Presentation Number: | 679.12 |
|---|---|
| Abstract Title: | Exploring the Neural Bases of Emotion Regulation: Examining the use of Cognitive Reappraisal to Decrease or Increase Emotion. |
| Authors: |
Ochsner, K. N.*1
; Ray, R.1
; Gross, J. J.1
; Gabrieli, J. D. E.1
1Dept Psychol, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA |
| Primary Theme and Topics |
Cognition and Behavior - Motivation and Emotion |
| Secondary Theme and Topics | Cognition and Behavior<br />- Human Cognition and Behavior<br />-- Other higher functions |
| Session: |
679. Motivation and emotion VII Poster |
| Presentation Time: | Wednesday, November 6, 2002 11:00 AM-12:00 PM |
| Location: | Hall A2-B3 Q-20 |
| Keywords: | cognitive control, prefrontal cortex |
Functional imaging studies have begun to examine the neural bases of the ability to down-regulate or decrease emotion, which plays a central role in both normal and abnormal emotion regulation. The ability to up-regulate, or increase, emotional responses has yet to be investigated, even though it may play an essential regulatory role as well. Prior work in our lab has shown that a cognitive form of emotion regulation, known as reappraisal, can be used to decrease emotional responses and involves modulation of regions implicated in emotion processing by regions of lateral prefrontal cortex generally implicated in cognitive control (SFN abstract V V-62, 2001). In the present study, we sought to extend these findings by comparing the use of reappraisal to increase emotion to the use of reappraisal to decrease emotion. Participants were asked to reappraise photos by either increasing or decreasing their self-involvement with events depicted in emotionally arousing photos. The goals were to determine a) whether the use of reappraisal to increase and decrease emotion rely on the same cognitive control systems and b) whether they influence emotional responding by modulating similar emotion processing systems, albeit in opposite ways. Results suggest that these two forms of reappraisal depend upon overlapping regulatory networks, and may have implications for understanding of affective disorders.
Supported by National Science Foundation
Sample Citation:
[Authors]. [Abstract Title]. Program No. XXX.XX. 2002 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Orlando, FL: Society for Neuroscience, 2002. Online.
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