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Increasing negative emotions by reappraisal enhances subsequent cognitive control: A combined behavioral and electrophysiological study

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Moser, Jason S., Most, Steven B., Simons, Robert F.·2010·Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

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To what degree do cognitively based strategies of emotion regulation impact subsequent cognitive control? Here, we investigated this question by interleaving a cognitive task with emotion regulation trials, where regulation occurred through cognitive reappraisal. In addition to obtaining self-reports of emotion regulation, we used the late positive potential (LPP) of the event-related brain potential as an objective index of emotion regulation. On each trial, participants maintained, decreased, or increased their emotional response to an unpleasant picture and then responded to a Stroop stimulus. Results revealed that (1) the magnitude of the LPP was decreased with reappraisal instructions to decrease negative emotion and were enhanced with reappraisal instructions to increase negative emotion; (2) after cognitive reappraisal was used to increase the intensity of negative emotion, RT interference in the subsequent Stroop trial was significantly reduced; and (3) increasing negative emotions by reappraisal also modulated the cognitive control-related sustained potential. These results suggest that increasing negative emotions by cognitive reappraisal heightens cognitive control, which may be sustained for a short time after the regulation event.

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  • Studies showed decreased LPP amplitudes after suppression and after reappraisal of negative emotional stimuli.

    “Studies showed decreased LPP amplitudes after suppression (e.g., [35]) and after reappraisal of negative emotional stimuli (e.g., [36,37,38] but see [39,40]).”

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  • The present LPP results are in line with results from Krendl et al. and Grecucci, but contrary to the majority of earlier studies which showed a decreased LPP for reappraisal.

    “Our results are in line with results from Krendl et al. [39], or Grecucci [40], but contrary to the majority of earlier studies which showed a decreased LPP for reappraisal [36,37,66].”

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Authors
Moser, J. S., Most, S. B., & Simons, R. F.
Affiliations
University of Delaware (US)
Corresponding author
Moser, Jason S.
Venue
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Published
2010-06
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
195-207
ISSN
  • 1530-7026 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-135X
OpenAlex
W2056338745
Cited by
110
References
57
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FWCI
3.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Michigan State University
  • College of Engineering, Michigan State University
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH077388, F31MH077388)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Keywords
cognitive reappraisal, emotion regulation, negative emotions, cognitive control, late positive potential, Stroop interference, unpleasant pictures, event-related potentials, emotion regulation strategies
MeSH terms
Brain, Cognition, Electroencephalography, Emotions, Evoked Potentials, Female, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Photic Stimulation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Thinking, Time Factors, Visual Perception, Young Adult, Stroop Test

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