Journal
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
Volume 63, Issue 6, Pages 577-586Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.05.031
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amygdala; cognitive control; emotion; emotion regulation; fMRI; insula
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- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH066957, R01 MH058147, MH66957, MH58147, R29 MH058147, R01 MH058147-10] Funding Source: Medline
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Background: Emotion regulation strategies are thought to differ in when and how they influence the emotion-generative process. However, no study to date has directly probed the neural bases of two contrasting (e.g., cognitive versus behavioral) emotion regulation strategies. This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine cognitive reappraisal (a cognitive strategy thought to have its impact early in the emotion-generative process) and expressive suppression (a behavioral strategy thought to have its impact later in the emotion-generative process). Methods: Seventeen women viewed 15 sec neutral and negative emotion-eliciting films under four conditions-watch-neutral, watch-negative, reappraise-negative, and suppress-negative-while providing emotion experience ratings and having their facial expressions videotaped. Results: Reappraisal resulted in early (0-4.5 sec) prefrontal cortex (PFC) responses, decreased negative emotion experience, and decreased amygdala and insular responses. Suppression produced late (10.5-15 sec) PFC responses, decreased negative emotion behavior and experience, but increased amygdala and insular responses. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate the differential efficacy of reappraisal and suppression on emotional experience, facial behavior, and neural response and highlight intriguing differences in the temporal dynamics of these two emotion regulation strategies.
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