Practice makes Perfect: The Neural Basis of Automatic Emotion Regulation Acquisition

Key Points

• This research aims to understand the brain functions underlying the acquisition of automatic emotion regulation during different phases.
• Utilized fMRI technology to measure brain activity.
• Compared a passive viewing group with an automatic cognitive reappraisal group.
• Collected subjective emotional ratings and brain signals during both acquisition and execution phases.
• The automatic reappraisal group had significantly lower negative emotion ratings in both phases than the passive viewing group.
• Stronger functional connectivity was observed between the supramarginal gyrus and fusiform gyrus in the automatic reappraisal group during the acquisition phase.
• Emotional ratings for sad faces in the acquisition phase significantly predicted emotional experiences in the execution phase.