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Examining the Role of Lateral Parietal Cortex in Emotional Distancing Using TMS
We recently proposed a neurocognitive model of distancing—an emotion regulation tactic—with a focus on the lateral parietal cortex. Although this brain area has been implicated in both cognitive control and se...
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Extinction learning alters the neural representation of conditioned fear
Extinction learning is a primary means by which conditioned associations to threats are controlled and is a model system for emotion dysregulation in anxiety disorders. Recent work has called for new approache...
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Spatial distancing reduces emotional arousal to reactivated memories
Memories are able to update and adapt with new information about the world after they are reactivated. However, it is unknown whether the labile period following reactivation makes episodic memories more amena...
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Neural mechanisms underlying subsequent memory for personal beliefs:An fMRI study
Many fMRI studies have examined the neural mechanisms supporting emotional memory for stimuli that generate emotion rather automatically (e.g., a picture of a dangerous animal or of appetizing food). However, ...
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Sex, stress, and fear: Individual differences in conditioned learning
It has long been recognized that humans vary in their conditionability, yet the factors that contribute to individual variation in emotional learning remain to be delineated. The goal of the present study was ...
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Emotional intensity predicts autobiographical memory experience
College students generated autobiographical memories from distinct emotional categories that varied in valence (positive vs. negative) and intensity (high vs. low). They then rated various perceptual, cognitiv...