Event-related potentials, emotion, and emotion regulation: an integrative review.
Progress in the study of emotion and emotion regulation has increasingly been informed by neuroscientific methods. This article focuses on two components of the event-related potential (ERP)--the P300 and the late positive potential (LPP)--and how they can be used to understand the interaction between the more automatic and controlled processing of emotional stimuli. Research is reviewed exploring: the dynamics of emotional response as indexed at early and late latencies; neurobiological correlates of emotional response; individual and developmental differences; ways in which the LPP can be utilized as a measure of emotion regulation. Future directions for the application of ERP/electroencephalogram (EEG) in achieving a more complete understanding of emotional processing and its regulation are presented.
Hajcak
Greg
G
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-2500, USA. greg.hajcak@stonybrook.edu
MacNamara
Annmarie
A
Olvet
Doreen M
DM
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D056348:Emotional Intelligence / Q000502:physiology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans