Social reappraisal of emotions is linked with the social presence effect in the default mode network

• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1128916
• Publication Date: 2023-03-23T06:47:51Z
• Authors: Xiyao Xie; Teresa Bertram; Saša Zorjan; Marina Horvat; Christian Sorg; Satja Mulej Bratec
• Keywords: Mode (computer interface)

Introduction Social reappraisal, during which one person deliberately tries to regulate another’s emotions, is a powerful cognitive form of social emotion regulation, crucial for both daily life and psychotherapy. The neural underpinnings reappraisal include activity in the default mode network (DMN), but it unclear how processes influence DMN thereby functioning. We tested whether mere presence supportive regulator had an effect on rest, this was linked with reappraisal-related activations effectiveness negative emotions. Methods A two-part fMRI experiment performed, psychotherapist as regulator, involving two resting state (social, non-social) task-related (social no-reappraisal) conditions. Results psychotherapist’s enhanced intrinsic functional connectivity dorsal anterior cingulate (dACC) within medial DMN, positively related participants’ trust psychotherapists. Secondly, presence-induced change dACC (a) activation bilateral dorsomedial/dorsolateral prefrontal cortex right temporoparietal junction (b) success, latter relationship moderated by Conclusion demonstrate that can DMN’s even absence stimuli rest functioning Data suggest trust-dependent effects states are relevant reappraisal—an idea important daily-life psychotherapy-related regulation.