a Department of Psychology , Saint Louis University , Saint Louis , MO , USA.
Cogn Emot. 2016 Aug;30(5):912-24. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1032893. Epub 2015 May 7.
Cognitive control and emotional control share many similarities, but the specific relationship between these processes is not well understood. This study explored the relationship between three types of cognitive control (working memory updating, response inhibition and set-shifting) and two emotional regulation strategies (expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal). Corrugator electromyography, behaviour and self-reports of affect were measured as indices of emotion regulation. Results indicate that working memory updating predicted negative affect reduction during reappraisal and during expressive suppression. This study specifically shows that the working memory component of cognitive control is associated with negative affect reduction. Response inhibition and set-shifting were not specifically related to negative affect reduction, but these variables did predict aspects of emotional behaviour and regulation. These results suggest a general role for cognitive control in some aspects of emotion regulation as well as a specific modulatory role for working memory updating in the regulation of negative affect.
认知控制和情绪控制有许多相似之处，但这些过程之间的具体关系尚不清楚。本研究探讨了三种认知控制类型（工作记忆更新、反应抑制和定势转移）和两种情绪调节策略（表达抑制和认知重评）之间的关系。皱眉肌肌电图、行为和情绪自我报告被作为情绪调节的指标进行测量。结果表明，工作记忆更新可预测再评价和表达抑制时负性情绪的减少。本研究特别表明，认知控制的工作记忆成分与负性情绪的减少有关。反应抑制和定势转移与负性情绪的减少没有特定的关系，但这些变量确实可以预测情绪行为和调节的某些方面。这些结果表明，认知控制在情绪调节的某些方面起着一般作用，而工作记忆更新在负性情绪的调节中起着特定的调节作用。
