Superior emotional regulating effects of creative cognitive reappraisal

Wu, Xiaofei; Guo, Tingting; Tan, Tengteng; Zhang, Wencai; Qin, Shaozheng; Fan, Jin; Luo, Jing

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.06.061

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“…It should be noted that some of the results of this study have been published (Wu et al, 2019); however, this paper reports the results of different experimental data. As previously mentioned, each experimental trial of cognitive reappraisal of the negative IAPS pictures consisted of four information-processing steps: the first-time picture viewing (Step 1), the application of reappraisal on the target pictures (Step 2), the second-time picture viewing (Step 3), and the final emotion rating (Step 4).…”

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“…As previously mentioned, each experimental trial of cognitive reappraisal of the negative IAPS pictures consisted of four information-processing steps: the first-time picture viewing (Step 1), the application of reappraisal on the target pictures (Step 2), the second-time picture viewing (Step 3), and the final emotion rating (Step 4). In our previous study, we analyzed and reported the imaging data in Step 2 (Wu et al, 2019). In this study, we compared the insular activation in…”

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“…Step 1 (before reappraisal) and 3 (after reappraisal) to test our key hypothesis. We have previously reported information on the participants, materials, and experimental procedure (Wu et al, 2019). Here, we briefly introduce these details.…”

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“…Consistent with this hypothesis, our recent study found that creative or insightful reappraisal could produce a regulation effect size (Cohen's d, a measure of the effectiveness of emotion regulation) of 3.49, which was significantly higher than that reported in previous metaanalyses on cognitive reappraisal (all less than 0.95) (Augustine and Hemenover, 2009;Webb et al, 2012). Moreover, our previous study showed that the creative or insightful cognitive reappraisal resulted in an emotional rating that was above the neutral emotion level for standardized International Affective Picture System (IAPS) negative pictures (this means the CRs was able to turn the negative pictures to be perceived as positive) and that the application of this strategy was associated with robust positive activation in the amygdala, hippocampus, and ventral striatum, implying this change could be mediated by the enhanced activation in the reward circuits (Wu et al, 2019).…”

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“…The final type of creative cognitive reappraisal strategy was developed based on our recent study that found a significant correlation between the creativeness rating of the reappraisal and its efficiency (Wu et al, 2017). We therefore proposed a creative cognitive reappraisal theory (Wu et al, 2019) that suggested that the previously applied ordinary cognitive reappraisal strategies were too common or "mediocre" to efficiently overcome one's emotional response bias, which is deeply rooted in one's information-processing tendency toward negative situations. This could resemble the situation in creative insight problem solving where one's mental fixation on the old way of thinking could prevent one from finding novel and suitable solutions.…”

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Although the role of the insular cortex in representing bodily and emotional feelings has been recognized, whether the mid-posterior and anterior parts of the insula act differentially in the encoding and regulation of emotional feelings is still unclear. In this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, we examined the effects of the creative cognitive reappraisals versus the non-creative ordinary reappraisals on the activation pattern of the mid-posterior and anterior insular cortex during the processing of unpleasant pictures by comparing the neural correlates for processing these pictures before and after the application of cognitive reappraisals. We found significant anterior insular activation after the application of cognitive reappraisals, especially the creative ones, in contrast to the significant mid-posterior insular activation before the application of the cognitive reappraisals or after the application of the non-creative ordinary reappraisals. This finding supports the posterior-to-anterior progression hypothesis with the mid-posterior insular cortex being used for the encoding of primary emotional feelings and the anterior insular cortex being used for the encoding of regulated or modulated emotional feelings.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%