Suppression dampens unpleasant emotion faster than reappraisal: Neural dynamics in a Chinese sample

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 480-491

  Yuan, Jia Jin ^a,b   Long, Quan Shan ^a,b   Ding, Nan Xiang ^a,b   Lou, Yi Xue ^a,b   Liu, Ying Ying ^a,b   Yang, Jie Min ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cognitive reappraisal; Event related potentials; expressive suppression; unpleasant emotion

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COGNITION; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929156570     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-014-4739-6     Document Type: Article

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