Cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression strategies role in the emotion regulation: An overview on their modulatory effects and neural correlates

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cutuli, Debora ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain activation; Brain volume; Cognitive reappraisal; Emotion regulation; Expressive suppression

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPRESSIVE SUPPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WELLBEING;

EID: 84907286202     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00175     Document Type: Review

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