Subjects: Psychology >> Cognitive Psychology submitted time 2023-08-26
Abstract： In recent years, research on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying interpersonal emotion regulation has gained momentum, providing some insights into the neural basis of this process. Specifically, interpersonal emotion regulation involves the participation of the mentalizing system (including the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, the temporo-parietal junction, and the anterior insula), the emotional response system (including the amygdala and the insula), and the emotion regulation system (including the frontal and parietal lobes), with the mentalizing system being the core brain area. To advance the field, future research should focus on addressing current unanswered questions, involving diverse populations, and integrating brain observation and control techniques to comprehensively and deeply investigate the cognitive and neural mechanisms of interpersonal emotion regulation from both static (single-brain level) and dynamic (dual-brain level) perspectives, providing a scientific basis for training and intervention in interpersonal emotion regulation in applied domains.
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Subjects: Psychology >> Cognitive Psychology submitted time 2023-07-26
Abstract： Newborns utilize their auditory system to process and learn the various elements of language from birth. Examining the characteristics of language processing in newborns not only reveals the neurocognitive mechanisms of language function in the earliest stages of human development, but also provides valuable clues for an early warning and clinical diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. This review article summarized the perception, discrimination, and learning of phonemes in newborns, as well as the potential role in predicting autism spectrum disorder. It was found that newborns have preferences for specific languages and possess unique phoneme discrimination abilities. Furthermore, brain functional and structural indices of language processing in infancy have predictive values for autism. Future research should focus on the following three issues: 1) Controlling the rhythm factors of materials, re-examining the characteristics of newborn language processing and brain lateralization issues; 2) Revealing the neurocognitive mechanisms of newborn language learning and the role of sleep in memory consolidation; 3) Tracking the language development of high-risk newborns with autism and establishing a disease risk assessment system so as to reveal the potential biomarkers for autism.
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Subjects: Psychology >> Social Psychology Subjects: Psychology >> Cognitive Psychology submitted time 2023-06-15
Abstract： [Objective] In response to the inconsistent conclusions of previous studies, we can expand people's understanding of the relationship between episodic future thinking （EFT）and intertemporal decision making. [Methods] This study uses the research method of three-level meta-analysis, including more comprehensive moderating variables to comprehensively analyze the influence of EFT on intertemporal decision making, and the role of moderating variables in both. [Results] The results of main effect test showed that individuals with EFT had a preference for delayed reward, and the moderating effect test showed that the potency, vividness or personal relevance of EFT content could significantly affect this mechanism. [Limitations] Only examined the subjects' influence on money intertemporal decision making preference under the current EFT conditions, but did not expand the duration of the effect. This study only discusses that the titer of EFT content can affect money's intertemporal decision making preference, and does not carefully examine the impact of specific emotions on it. [Conclusions] EFT moderately increases individual delayed reward preference, in which the content of future situational thinking plays a significant role in regulating personal relevance, titer and vividness.
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Subjects: Psychology >> Cognitive Psychology Subjects: Psychology >> Applied Psychology submitted time 2023-03-17
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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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