title: The temporal dynamics of cognitive reappraisal: cardiovascular consequences of downregulation of negative emotion and upregulation of positive emotion.
abstract: This study examines the effects of cognitive reappraisal on the cardiovascular response to affective stimuli. Participants (N = 53) were shown affective images and were asked either to attend to the images, or to downregulate negative affect through reappraisal of negative images or upregulate positive affect through reappraisal of positive images while continuous measures of cardiovascular activity were recorded. Reappraisal of negative images was associated with lower total peripheral resistance and larger cardiac output in the prestimulus period, whereas reappraisal of positive images was associated with less pronounced decreases of heart rate, cardiac output, and mean blood pressure in the viewing period as compared to unregulated conditions. The results indicate that cognitive reappraisal engenders adaptive hemodynamic profiles both during anticipation and during viewing of affective images depending on their valence and the regulatory goal.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Psychophysiology of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Scientific Research Institute of Physiology and Basic Medicine" under the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Sergei V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: Natalia V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Reva
authors.forename: Konstantin V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Loktev
authors.forename: Alexei V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Tumyalis
authors.forename: Vladimir V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Korenyok
authors.forename: Lyubomir I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Aftanas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Affective images; Cardiovascular activity; Emotion regulation; Reappraisal