The Social Regulation of Emotion: An Integrative, Cross-Disciplinary Model

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-63

  Reeck, Crystal ^a   Ames, Daniel R ^b   Ochsner, Kevin N ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion perception; Emotion regulation; Empathy; Mentalizing; Social cognition; Social support

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EMOTION REGULATIONS; EMPATHY; MENTALIZING; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

DRAWING; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 84951809157     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.09.003     Document Type: Review

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