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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Unpacking Cognitive Reappraisal: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies of Psychological Distancing and Reinterpretation

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Personality/Emotion Psychology

  • Bryan Denny
    Rice University
  • Richard Lopez
    Bard College
  • Julia Chavez
    Rice University
  • Jenna Jones
    Rice University
  • Pauline Goodson
    Rice University
  • Eva Dicker
    Rice University

Abstract

We performed a quantitative meta-analysis to compare the neural correlates of two commonly-used cognitive reappraisal tactics, psychological distancing and reinterpretation. Results indicated commonly activated regions, including posterior dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (PFC), as well as regions uniquely recruited by distancing, including right dorsolateral PFC, and by reinterpretation, including left ventrolateral PFC.

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