Ahmed et al.
What is the difference between explicit and implicit emotion regulation?
explicit: conscious strategies for regulating emotions
implicit: subconscious systems for the modification of emotion expressions
How many participants did this study recruit in total and how many remained part of the study?
129 recruited, 112 remained
What was suppression associated with in Ahmed et al.?
poorer organizational and problem solving skills
Which type of aggression was poor emotion regulation found to be more closely associated with?
Reactive aggression
What is top down vs. bottom up processing?
bottom up: Stimulus shapes our perspective without preconceived notions
top down: Use background knowledge and prior info to interpret what we see
What task was used to measure executive function in Ahmed et al.?
the go/no-go task
Define emotion regulation
“The monitoring, evaluation, and modifying of emotional reactions in order to accomplish goals.”
In Silvers et al., what is the type of processing used by children compared to adolescents?
children: bottom-up, amygdala based processing
adolescents: both bottom-up and top-down processing
True or false: the limbic system and prefrontal cortex change during adolescence
True
Why wasn't a "close" or "far" method used for the task?
True or false: in Silvers et al., it was found that age is associated with increased emotional responses to stimuli
false
What are the 3 steps necessary for fully functional emotion regulation?
1.) Recognize the emotional significance of perceived stimuli
2.) Appreciate/see the value of why regulation is necessary
3.) Select and implement an appropriate strategy to modify emotional response.
Which participants found all stimuli to be more salient regardless of neutral or aversive?
children/younger people
What 2 explanations have been proposed as to why there is a reduction in the PFC’s cortical grey matter volume, density, and thickness during adolescence?
may indicate synaptic pruning or may reflect an artifact of increased intra-cortical axon myelination