Emotion Down- and Up-Regulation Act on Spatially Distinct Brain Areas:Interoceptive Regions to Calm Down and Other Affective Regions to Amp Up
Jungwon Min, Kaoru Nashiro, Hyun Joo Yoo, Christine Cho, Padideh Nasseri, Shelby L. Bachman, Shai Porat, Julian F. Thayer, Catie E. Chang, Tae-ho Lee, Mara Mather
The paper tests the affective dial hypothesis by comparing brain regions activated during emotion up- and down-regulation, finding they target distinct circuits rather than opposing effects in the same areas.
Journal of Neuroscience · Feb 22, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience