APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Cognitive Reappraisal Decreases Speed of Extinction after Rapid Reacquisition

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Michael Sun
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Harrison Shrock
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Griffin Mittleman
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Erin Sakaji
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Jamie Phan
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Vincent Le
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Galina Udod
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Michelle Craske
    University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

We compared the effects of the emotion regulatory strategies of expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal with each other and versus normal responding on extinction, spontaneous recovery and rapid reacquisition after fear conditioning. Reappraisal reduced speed of re-extinction after rapid reacquisition relative to normal responding.

Emotion

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