Is elaboration of affective content sufficient to attenuate emotional responses during reappraisal procedures?

Biological Psychology
Miroslaw Wyczesany, Tomasz S Ligeza

Abstract

Reappraisal is an emotion regulation strategy which involves changing the interpretation of emotional stimuli. It decreases measures of negative affect together with markers of emotional processing, including late positive potential (LPP). Affective responses can also be attenuated by various cognitive tasks. As reappraisal tasks require cognitive effort to elaborate emotional stimuli, it is possible that the observed reduction of the LPP amplitude during reinterpretation is, at least partly, caused by an unspecific cognitive activity. The aim of the study was to examine, whether mental activity other than cognitive change carried out directly on affective stimuli can be a factor that significantly modifies the intensity of the emotional responses. Three groups took part in an experiment with standardized emotional pictures: a reappraisal group (trained in reinterpretation), a retro group (trained in cognitive elaboration of emotional stimuli other than cognitive change), and a control group (passive viewing). The early LPP potential showed a main effect of group with the highest amplitude in the control group and the lowest amplitude in the reappraisal group. The retro group revealed no significant differences comparing with t...Continue Reading

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Jan 18, 2020·Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience·Agnieszka K AdamczykMiroslaw Wyczesany
Dec 4, 2019·Human Brain Mapping·Zhenhong HeDandan Zhang
Mar 23, 2021·Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience·Blake BarleyAnnmarie MacNamara

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