Regulatory Preferences Predict Post-Implementation Decisions to Switch Versus Maintain an Implemented Strategy, As Well As Short-Term Neural Consequences

This post-implementation study examined how implementing preferred (versus non-preferred) emotion regulatory strategies influences subsequent choice to maintain-versus-switch, and neural consequences of this choice. Results showed that regulatory preferences strongly predicted choice to maintain, but only a particular regulatory preference (distraction in high intensity) resulted in adaptive short-term neural consequences.