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Dynamic Neural Interactions Supporting the Cognitive Reappraisal of Emotion

Steward, Trevor, Davey, Christopher G, Jamieson, Alec J, Stephanou, Katerina, Soriano-Mas, Carles, Felmingham, Kim L, Harrison, Ben J·2021·Cerebral Cortex

Abstract

The cognitive reappraisal of emotion is hypothesized to involve frontal regions modulating the activity of subcortical regions such as the amygdala. However, the pathways by which structurally disparate frontal regions interact with the amygdala remains unclear. In this study, 104 healthy young people completed a cognitive reappraisal task. Dynamic causal modeling (DCM) was used to map functional interactions within a frontoamygdalar network engaged during emotion regulation. Five regions were identified to form the network: the amygdala, the presupplementary motor area (preSMA), the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC). Bayesian Model Selection was used to compare 256 candidate models, with our winning model featuring modulations of vmPFC-to-amygdala and amygdala-to-preSMA pathways during reappraisal. Moreover, the strength of amygdala-to-preSMA modulation was associated with the habitual use of cognitive reappraisal. Our findings support the vmPFC serving as the primary conduit through which prefrontal regions directly modulate amygdala activity, with amygdala-to-preSMA connectivity potentially acting to shape ongoing affective motor responses. We propose that these two frontoamygdalar pathways constitute a recursive feedback loop, which computes the effectiveness of emotion-regulatory actions and drives model-based behavior.

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  • Connectivity analyses, a meta-analysis by Diekhof et al. in 2011, and more recent dynamic causal modeling of cognitive reappraisal data support the hypothesis that cognitive control regions engage the vmPFC which then modulates the amygdala.

    “Further, connectivity analyses [131, 132], a meta-analysis conducted by Diekhof et al. in 2011, and more recent dynamic causal modeling of cognitive reappraisal data [135], also support this hypothesis.”

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Authors
Steward, T., Davey, C. G., Jamieson, A. J., Stephanou, K., Soriano-Mas, C., Felmingham, K. L., & Harrison, B. J.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute/IDIBELL and CIBERSAM, Barcelona 08907, Spain
Corresponding author
Steward, Trevor
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2020-09-22
Volume
31
Issue
2
Pages
961-973
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W3087231526
Cited by
52
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3
FWCI
2.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (1064643)
  • Australian Government Research Training Program
  • NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (1124472, 1141738)
  • University of Melbourne McKenzie Fellowship
  • Medical Research Future Fund
  • Investigator Grant (MRF1193736)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
cognitive reappraisal, emotion regulation, amygdala, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, pre-supplementary motor area, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, dynamic causal modeling, Bayesian model selection
MeSH terms
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, Affect, Amygdala, Bayes Theorem, Brain, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Emotions, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Net, Prefrontal Cortex, Feedback, Psychological, Young Adult

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