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Comparing reappraisal and acceptance strategies to understand the neural architecture of emotion regulation: A meta-analytic approach
Monachesi, B., Grecucci, A., Ahmadi Ghomroudi, P., & Messina, I. (2023). Comparing reappraisal and acceptance strategies to understand the neural architecture of emotion regulation: A meta-analytic approach.
Level A Meta-analysis doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1187092
What this study supports
Supports the claim that reappraisal and acceptance share activity in left inferior frontal gyrus and insula but differ in other regions. Neural activation patterns do not show which strategy is more effective for a person.
- Who was studied
- Activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of fMRI studies of reappraisal and acceptance tasks.
- Design
- Meta-analysis
- Level of evidence
- Syntheses of controlled studies: meta-analyses and systematic reviews of experiments and trials.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
EmpiricalLevel AConfidence MODERATE
Reappraisal is associated with activity in prefrontal and cingulate control regions that modulate emotion-generating regions, and a neuroimaging meta-analysis suggests that reappraisal and acceptance share some regions while differing in others.
- Scope
- Group-level fMRI activation during laboratory regulation tasks.
- Caveat
- Activation patterns are correlates, not mechanisms established for individuals, and they do not show which strategy works better.
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