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Developmental Neuroscience Perspectives on Emotion Regulation
Author(s) -
Goldsmith H. Hill,
Pollak Seth D.,
Davidson Richard J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
child development perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1750-8606
pISSN - 1750-8592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00055.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental cognitive neuroscience , multidisciplinary approach , cognitive science , variety (cybernetics) , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , social neuroscience , developmental psychology , cognitive neuroscience , cognition , social cognition , sociology , social science , artificial intelligence , computer science
—Because individual differences in emotion regulation are associated with risk for childhood behavioral problems, multidisciplinary investigation of the genetic and neural underpinnings of emotion regulation should be a research priority. This article summarizes research findings from 3 independent laboratories to demonstrate the ways in which a variety of developmental human neuroscience‐based approaches can address critical conceptual issues in the emergence of emotion regulation. To do so, the authors present 3 perspectives on how developmental neurobiology constrains and enriches theories of emotion regulation. The 3 perspectives of (a) genetics, (b) brain structure and function, and (c) plasticity of development are illustrated with empirical results derived from both typical and atypical samples of children and adults. These perspectives are complementary and sometimes represent different levels of analysis of the same question.