The temporal dynamics of emotion regulation: an EEG study of distraction and reappraisal.
The temporal dynamics of emotion regulation: an EEG study of distraction and reappraisal.
Ravi Thiruchselvam,J. Blechert,2 Authors,J. Gross
2011 · DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.02.009
Biological Psychology · 427 Citations
TLDR
Electrocortical responses to neutral and emotional images during two phases suggest that distraction and reappraisal intervene at separate stages during emotion generation, a feature which may have distinct consequences that extend beyond the regulatory episode.