Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2013 Dec;8(8):911-7. doi: 10.1093/scan/nss089. Epub 2012 Aug 29.
The ability to cognitively regulate emotional responses to aversive events is essential for mental and physical health. One prerequisite of successful emotion regulation is the awareness of emotional states, which in turn is associated with the awareness of bodily signals [interoceptive awareness (IA)]. This study investigated the neural dynamics of reappraisal of emotional responses in 28 participants who differed with respect to IA. Electroencephalography was used to characterize the time course of emotion regulation. We found that reappraisal was accompanied by reduced arousal and significant modulation of late neural responses. What is more, higher IA facilitated downregulation of affect and was associated with more pronounced modulation of underlying neural activity. Therefore, we conclude that IA not only advances the consolidation of somatic markers required for guiding individual behaviour but also creates processing advantages in tasks referring to these bodily markers.
认知调节对厌恶事件的情绪反应的能力对于身心健康至关重要。成功进行情绪调节的一个前提条件是对情绪状态的意识,而这又与对身体信号的意识(内感受意识)相关。本研究调查了在 28 名具有不同内感受意识的参与者中,对情绪反应进行再评价的神经动力学。使用脑电图来描述情绪调节的时间过程。我们发现,再评价伴随着唤醒的降低和晚期神经反应的显著调节。更重要的是,较高的内感受意识促进了情感的下调,并与基础神经活动的更明显调节相关。因此,我们得出结论,内感受意识不仅促进了指导个体行为所需的躯体标记的巩固,而且在涉及这些身体标记的任务中创造了处理优势。