A5032555063- Mental Health Research Topics
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Sports Performance and Training
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Tufts University
2016-2025
Afyon Kocatepe University
2020
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike
2020
Federal Medical Centre
2020
Applied Physical Sciences (United States)
2017-2018
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
2016
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2003-2007
University of Wyoming
2007
Imagerie et Cerveau
2006
Institute of Psychology
2006
Among younger adults, the ability to willfully regulate negative affect, enabling effective responses stressful experiences, engages regions of prefrontal cortex (PFC) and amygdala. Because PFC amygdala are known influence hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, here we test whether during emotion regulation predict diurnal pattern salivary cortisol secretion. We also engaged in older (62- 64-year-old) rather than individuals. measured brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging...
Although depressed mood is a normal occurrence in response to adversity all individuals, what distinguishes those who are vulnerable major depressive disorder (MDD) their inability effectively regulate negative when it arises. Investigating the neural underpinnings of adaptive emotion regulation and extent which such processes compromised MDD may be helpful understanding pathophysiology depression. We report results from functional magnetic resonance imaging study demonstrating...
<i>Background: </i>Increasingly, researchers attend to both positive and negative aspects of mental health. Such distinctions call for clarification whether psychological well-being ill-being comprise opposite ends a bipolar continuum, or are best construed as separate, independent dimensions Biology can help resolve this query – bipolarity predicts ‘mirrored’ biological correlates (i.e. correlate similarly with biomarkers, but show directional signs), whereas independence...
Older age is normatively associated with losses in physical, cognitive, and social domains. Despite these losses, older adults often report higher levels of well-being than do younger adults. How can we explain this enhancement well-being? In article, consider one possible explanation, namely, that show enhanced emotion regulation. Specifically, propose achieve by selecting optimizing particular regulation processes to compensate for changes internal external resources. With framework mind,...
Despite the vast literature that has implicated asymmetric activation of prefrontal cortex in approach-withdrawal motivation and emotion, no published reports have directly explored neural correlates well-being. Eighty-four right-handed adults (ages 57–60) completed self-report measures eudaimonic well-being, hedonic positive affect prior to resting electroencephalography. As hypothesized, greater left than right superior frontal was associated with higher levels both forms...
Concerns about the veracity of psychological research have been growing. Many findings in science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and nonrepresentative samples, or may otherwise be limited to specific, ungeneralizable settings populations. Crowdsourced research, a type large-scale collaboration which one more projects conducted across multiple lab sites, offers pragmatic solution these other current methodological challenges. The Psychological Science Accelerator...
One of the most fundamental distinctions in field emotion is distinction between generation and regulation. This fits comfortably with folk theories, which view emotions as passions that arise unbidden then must be controlled. But it really helpful to distinguish regulation? In this article, we begin by offering working definitions We argue some circumstances, regulation indeed useful. point both citation patterns, indicate researchers from across a number sub-areas within psychology are...
Recent theoretical accounts of emotion regulation assign an important role in this process to the prefrontal cortex, yet there is little relevant data available support hypothesis. The current study assessed relation between individual differences asymmetric activation and objective measure uninstructed regulation. Forty-seven participants 57 60 years old viewed emotionally arousing neutral visual stimuli while eye-blink startle were collected. Startle probes also presented after picture...
Abstract Although resting frontal electroencephalographic (EEG) alpha asymmetry has been shown to be a stable measure over time in nonclinical populations, its reliability and stability clinically depressed individuals not fully investigated. The internal consistency test–retest of EEG (8–13 Hz) were examined 30 women diagnosed with major depression at 4‐week intervals for 8 or 16 weeks. Asymmetry scores generally displayed good exhibited modest the 8‐ 16‐week assessment intervals. Changes...
This study examined the interplay of social engagement, sleep quality, and plasma levels interleukin-6 (IL-6) in a sample aging women ( n = 74, aged 61-90, M age 73.4). Social engagement was assessed by questionnaire, using NightCap in-home monitoring system Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, blood samples were obtained for analysis IL-6. Regarding subjective assessment, poorer (higher scores on Index) associated with lower positive relations scores. Multivariate regression analyses showed that...
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we examined whether individual differences in amygdala activation response to negative relative neutral information are related the speed with which such is evaluated, extent associated medial prefrontal cortex function, and their relationship measures of trait anxiety psychological well-being (PWB). Results indicated that faster judgments were increased left right activation. In cortex, judgment time was decreased a cluster ventral anterior...
Cognitive reappraisal (CR) is an emotion-regulatory (ER) process that theorized to operate via changes in appraisals. CR distinct from attentional deployment (AD), ER attention. However, a recent neuroimaging study has suggested the effects of might largely be explained by AD. In this study, I manipulated while holding visual AD constant across conditions. randomized within-subjects design, 54 participants used increase and decrease emotion response unpleasant pictures. This was compared...
It is widely thought that many psychological disorders involve emotion dysregulation. However, it not yet clear just how of the presented in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders-IV-Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) are formally characterized by regulation difficulties related affective disturbances. To address this issue, we first define emotion, regulation, dysregulation, disturbance. Next, systematically code listed DSM-IV-TR terms presence or absence disturbance We then use an...
Concerns have been growing about the veracity of psychological research. Many findings in science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and nonrepresentative samples, or may otherwise be limited to specific, ungeneralizable settings populations. Crowdsourced research, a type large-scale collaboration which one more research projects conducted across multiple lab sites, offers pragmatic solution these other current methodological challenges. The Psychological Science...
Objective: To test the hypothesis that socioeconomic status (SES) would be associated with sleep quality measured objectively, even after controlling for related covariates (health status, psychosocial characteristics). Epidemiological studies linking SES and have traditionally relied on self-reported assessments of sleep. Methods: Ninety-four women, 61 to 90 years age, participated in this study. was determined by pretax household income education. Objective subjective were obtained using...
The hypothesis that cognitive reappraisal will have different effects on emotion as a function of regulatory goal and the timing with which reappraisals are enacted within an episode was tested. Forty-one participants reappraised situations depicted in unpleasant pictures by imagining those getting worse (increase), staying same (maintain), or better (decrease). Reappraisal instructions were delivered 2 s before (anticipatory) 4 after (online) picture onset. Measures rated unpleasantness,...
Abstract Emotions often are well calibrated to the challenges and opportunities we face. When they not, may try regulate our emotions. Interestingly, there seems be considerable variation both in strategies people use emotions success of these emotion regulation efforts. The Selection, Optimization, Compensation with Emotion Regulation framework suggests that resources required for particular a crucial determinant within individuals across situations, between individuals, groups individuals....
The Selection, Optimization, and Compensation with Emotion Regulation (SOC-ER) framework suggests that (1) emotion regulation (ER) strategies require resources (2) higher levels of relevant may increase ER success. In the current experiment, we tested specific hypothesis individual differences in one internal class resources, namely cognitive ability, would contribute to greater success using reappraisal (CR), a form which reinterprets meaning emotion-eliciting situations. To test this...
People tend to anthropomorphize agents that look and/or act human, and further, they evaluate such more positively. This, in turn, has motivated the development of robotic are humanlike appearance behavior. Yet, some -- often those with highly appearances have been found elicit opposite, wherein evaluated negatively than their less counterparts. These trends captured by Masahiro Mori's uncanny valley hypothesis, which describes a (uncanny) emotional responding - switch from affinity dislike...