School of Educational Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, China.
School of Educational Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, China.
Neuropsychologia. 2021 Nov 12;162:108060. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108060. Epub 2021 Oct 12.
Previous studies have shown that negative emotional experiences are detrimental to individual's arithmetic performance, and no study has investigated whether such negative influence can be improved through emotional regulation. This study aimed to explore the relationship between emotion regulation and individual's performance in completing arithmetic problem verification task. Participants were asked to complete arithmetic problem verification task using the down-up strategy (e.g., doing 30 × 70 = 2100 for 34 × 67), under neutral, happy, and fear priming conditions, during which they were asked to regulate their emotional experience by using cognitive reappraisal or expressive suppression. Behavioral results showed that, under happy priming condition, cognitive reappraisal (but not expression suppression) contributed to improving individual's estimation speed. Additionally, under happy and fear priming conditions, cognitive reappraisal (vs. expression suppression) reduced individuals' emotional experience intensity. The arithmetic problem verification task-related ERP results showed that the P1 amplitudes elicited by using cognitive reappraisal (vs. freely view) were larger under happy and fear priming conditions, but the P1 amplitudes elicited by using expression suppression were larger only under happy condition. Meanwhile, the corresponding N170 amplitudes were smaller when using cognitive reappraisal and expression suppression (vs. freely view). Additionally, using cognitive reappraisal (vs. expression suppression) cost less cognitive resource (smaller LPC amplitudes). The present study indicated that both cognitive reappraisal and expression suppression contributed to improving individual's arithmetic performance, and the regulation effect of cognitive reappraisal was better than that of expression suppression.
先前的研究表明，消极情绪体验会对个体的算术表现产生不利影响，但还没有研究探讨这种负面影响是否可以通过情绪调节来改善。本研究旨在探讨情绪调节与个体完成算术问题验证任务表现之间的关系。在中性、快乐和恐惧启动条件下，参与者被要求使用上下策略（例如，对 34×67 进行 30×70=2100 的计算）来完成算术问题验证任务，在此期间，他们被要求通过认知重评或表达抑制来调节自己的情绪体验。行为结果表明，在快乐启动条件下，认知重评（而不是表达抑制）有助于提高个体的估计速度。此外，在快乐和恐惧启动条件下，认知重评（相对于表达抑制）降低了个体的情绪体验强度。与算术问题验证任务相关的 ERP 结果表明，在快乐和恐惧启动条件下，使用认知重评（相对于自由观看）时诱发的 P1 振幅较大，但仅在快乐条件下，使用表达抑制时诱发的 P1 振幅较大。同时，使用认知重评和表达抑制（相对于自由观看）时诱发的相应 N170 振幅较小。此外，使用认知重评（相对于表达抑制）消耗的认知资源较少（较小的 LPC 振幅）。本研究表明，认知重评和表达抑制都有助于提高个体的算术表现，而且认知重评的调节效果优于表达抑制。
