Studies // Cited work
The cognitive control of emotion
Ochsner, K. N., & Gross, J. J. (2005). The cognitive control of emotion.
Level D Review doi:10.1016/j.tics.2005.03.010
What this study supports
Supports the claim that reappraisal and attentional control involve interactions between prefrontal and cingulate control systems and emotion-generative regions. Narrative review of early imaging work.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a narrative review of neuroimaging studies of attentional control and reappraisal.
- Design
- Review
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
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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