Subjects: Psychology >> Cognitive Psychology Subjects: Psychology >> Applied Psychology submitted time 2023-03-17
Abstract：
Accumulating evidence suggests that non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques can effectively intervene in the emotion regulation processes and down-regulate negative emotions. Summarizing the effects and applicability of NIBS for emotion regulation interventions is of great significance for enriching existing emotion regulation theories and promoting translational research. Through literature review, we found that when NIBS is used for modulating emotion regulation, a top-down change of brain circuits occurs, thereby producing a positive effect on explicit and implicit emotion regulation. Also, NIBS may improve psychiatric disorder symptoms by improving the emotion regulation processes. The existing problems are as follows: First, findings are mixed due to the heterogeneity. Second, the neural circuit mechanisms underlying the NIBS effects remain unclear, and measurements of emotion regulation effects must be enriched. In addition, previous NIBS protocols have problems like poor localization accuracy, weak effects due to the single-session stimulation, unable to fulfill new needs, and inevitable side effects. Accordingly, future studies could provide comprehensive quantitative summaries for existing literature, optimize the cortical target with the help of neuronavigation techniques, investigate the changes in the brain neural circuit when applying NIBS in explicit and implicit emotion regulation, and measure the NIBS effect with the combination of subjective experience, physiological indexes, and neural characteristics. In the future, we believe that the multi-target NIBS protocols, a combination of hyperscanning and NIBS, and NIBS-neurofeedback techniques can effectively improve the validity of the study, providing insights for relevant translational research and clinical therapeutics.
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