Cognitive emotion regulation in children: Reappraisal of emotional faces modulates neural source activity in a frontoparietal network

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Ida WessingMarkus Junghöfer

Abstract

Emotion regulation has an important role in child development and psychopathology. Reappraisal as cognitive regulation technique can be used effectively by children. Moreover, an ERP component known to reflect emotional processing called late positive potential (LPP) can be modulated by children using reappraisal and this modulation is also related to children's emotional adjustment. The present study seeks to elucidate the neural generators of such LPP effects. To this end, children aged 8-14 years reappraised emotional faces, while neural activity in an LPP time window was estimated using magnetoencephalography-based source localization. Additionally, neural activity was correlated with two indexes of emotional adjustment and age. Reappraisal reduced activity in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during down-regulation and enhanced activity in the right parietal cortex during up-regulation. Activity in the visual cortex decreased with increasing age, more adaptive emotion regulation and less anxiety. Results demonstrate that reappraisal changed activity within a frontoparietal network in children. Decreasing activity in the visual cortex with increasing age is suggested to reflect neural maturation. A similar decrease wi...Continue Reading

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Jun 28, 2016·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·Nora BunfordK Luan Phan
Sep 9, 2016·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Ida WessingMarkus Junghöfer
Jan 22, 2017·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·Rebekah Jane Kaunhoven, Dusana Dorjee
Feb 1, 2017·Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science·Arturo Tozzi, James F Peters
Nov 4, 2017·Biological Psychology·Jia WuMichael J Crowley
Jun 22, 2021·Stress and Health : Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress·Cui MaoPing Li

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