Brain structural basis of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression | Zendy

Andrea Hermann | Zendy; Alexandra Bieber | Zendy; Tanja Keck | Zendy; Dieter Vaitl | Zendy; Rudolf Stark | Zendy

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Brain structural basis of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression

Author(s) -

Andrea Hermann,

Alexandra Bieber,

Tanja Keck,

Dieter Vaitl,

Rudolf Stark

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

social cognitive and affective neuroscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.229

H-Index - 103

eISSN - 1749-5024

pISSN - 1749-5016

DOI - 10.1093/scan/nst130

Subject(s) - psychology , amygdala , anterior cingulate cortex , neuroticism , cognitive reappraisal , association (psychology) , cognition , prefrontal cortex , neuroscience , expressive suppression , insula , functional magnetic resonance imaging , cognitive psychology , social psychology , personality , psychotherapist

Cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, two major emotion regulation strategies, are differentially related to emotional well-being. The aim of this study was to test the association of individual differences in these two emotion regulation strategies with gray matter volume of brain regions that have been shown to be involved in the regulation of emotions. Based on high-resolution magnetic resonance images of 96 young adults voxel-based morphometry was used to analyze the gray matter volumes of the a priori regions of interest, including amygdala, insula, dorsal anterior cingulate and paracingulate cortex, medial and lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) and their association with cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression usage as well as neuroticism. A positive association of cognitive reappraisal with right and tendentially left amygdala volume and of neuroticism with left amygdala volume (marginally significant) was found. Expressive suppression was related to dorsal anterior cingulate/paracingulate cortex and medial PFC gray matter volume. The results of this study emphasize the important role of the amygdala in individual differences in cognitive reappraisal usage as well as neuroticism. Additionally, the association of expressive suppression usage with larger volumes of the medial PFC and dorsal anterior/paracingulate cortex underpins the role of these regions in regulating emotion-expressive behavior.

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