Key result
Higher habitual use of cognitive reappraisal was significantly correlated with amplified differential feedback negativity between losses and gains (r = -0.52, p = 0.019), indicating increased neural processing of reward.
Why the study?
Does the habitual use of cognitive reappraisal predict reward-related neural processing?
Cross-Sectional (n=20)
No
Does the habitual use of cognitive reappraisal predict reward-related neural processing?
Effect estimate: r = -0.52
p-value: p=0.019
The habitual use of cognitive reappraisal is associated with increased neural processing of reward, as evidenced by amplified feedback negativity differences between losses and gains.
Suggests habitual emotion regulation may modulate neural reward processing; leaves open whether targeted cognitive reappraisal interventions.
Recent studies have shown that instructed cognitive reappraisal can regulate the neural processing of reward. However, it is still unclear whether the habitual use of cognitive reappraisal in everyday life is related to brain activity involved in reward processing. In the present study, participants' neural responses to reward were measured using electroencephalography (EEG) recorded during a gambling task and their tendency to use cognitive reappraisal was assessed using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). Event-related potential (ERP) results indicated that losses on the gambling task elicited greater negative reward-related feedback negativity (FN) than gains. The differential FN between losses and gains was significantly correlated with cognitive reappraisal scores across participants such that individuals with a higher tendency to use cognitive reappraisal showed stronger reward processing (i.e., amplified FN difference between losses and gains). This correlation remained significant after controlling for expressive suppression scores. However, expressive suppression per se was not correlated with FN differences. Taken together, these results suggest that the habitual use of cognitive reappraisal is associated with increased neural processing of reward.
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Sai et al. (2015) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy volunteers (n=20). Habitual use of cognitive reappraisal vs. Lower habitual use was evaluated on Correlation between differential feedback negativity (FN) amplitude (losses minus gains) and cognitive reappraisal scores (r = -0.52, p=0.019). Higher habitual use of cognitive reappraisal was significantly correlated with amplified differential feedback negativity between losses and gains (r = -0.52, p = 0.019), indicating increased neural processing of reward.
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