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| Research article summary (published 13 Nov 2002): |
Rethinking feelings: an FMRI study of the cognitive regulation of emotion.
Full Abstract
The ability to cognitively regulate emotional responses to aversive events is important for mental and physical health. Little is known, however, about neural bases of the cognitive control of emotion. The present study employed functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the neural systems used to reappraise highly negative scenes in unemotional terms. Reappraisal of highly negative scenes reduced subjective experience of negative affect. Neural correlates of reappraisal were increased activation of the lateral and medial prefrontal regions and decreased activation of the amygdala and medial orbito-frontal cortex. These findings support the hypothesis that prefrontal cortex is involved in constructing reappraisal strategies that can modulate activity in multiple emotion-processing systems.
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Author information
Author/s: Ochsner, Kevin N (KN); Bunge, Silvia A (SA); Gross, James J (JJ); Gabrieli, John D E (JD);
Affiliation: Stanford University, USA.
Grants: 5 F32 MH11990-03 (Agency:United States NIMH)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: Journal of cognitive neuroscience (J Cogn Neurosci), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Nov; vol 14 (issue 8) : pp 1215-29
Dates: Created 2002/12/23; Completed 2003/01/28; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 12495527, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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