Explicit and implicit emotion regulation: A dual-process framework

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-412

  Gyurak, Anett ^a,b   Gross, James J ^a   Etkin, Amit ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRECC Veterans Affairs Alto Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual process; Emotion regulation; Explicit; Implicit

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFLICT; DUAL PROCESS FRAMEWORK; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLICIT EMOTION REGULATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HABITUAL EMOTION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMPLICIT EMOTION REGULATION; INSULA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REVIEW; STIMULUS; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMOTIONS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79952718555     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.544160     Document Type: Review

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