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Multivariate Patterns of Posterior Cortical Activity Differentiate Forms of Emotional Distancing.

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Powers, JP; Graner, JL; LaBar, KS
Published in: Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
May 2020

Distancing is an effective tactic for emotion regulation, which can take several forms depending on the type(s) of psychological distance being manipulated to modify affect. We recently proposed a neurocognitive model of emotional distancing, but it is unknown how its specific forms are instantiated in the brain. Here, we presented healthy young adults (N = 34) with aversive pictures during functional magnetic resonance imaging to directly compare behavioral performance and brain activity across spatial, temporal, and objective forms of distancing. We found emotion regulation performance to be largely comparable across these forms. A conjunction analysis of activity associated with these forms yielded a high degree of overlap, encompassing regions of the default mode and frontoparietal networks as predicted by our model. A multivariate pattern classification further revealed distributed patches of posterior cortical activation that discriminated each form from one another. These findings not only confirm aspects of our overarching model but also elucidate a novel role for cortical regions in and around the parietal lobe in selectively supporting spatial, temporal, and social cognitive processes to distance oneself from an emotional encounter. These regions may provide new targets for brain-based interventions for emotion dysregulation.

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Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

DOI

EISSN

1460-2199

ISSN

1047-3211

Publication Date

May 2020

Volume

30

Issue

5

Start / End Page

2766 / 2776

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Random Allocation
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
 

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Powers, J. P., Graner, J. L., & LaBar, K. S. (2020). Multivariate Patterns of Posterior Cortical Activity Differentiate Forms of Emotional Distancing. Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 30(5), 2766–2776. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz273
Powers, John P., John L. Graner, and Kevin S. LaBar. “Multivariate Patterns of Posterior Cortical Activity Differentiate Forms of Emotional Distancing.Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 30, no. 5 (May 2020): 2766–76. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz273.
Powers JP, Graner JL, LaBar KS. Multivariate Patterns of Posterior Cortical Activity Differentiate Forms of Emotional Distancing. Cerebral cortex (New York, NY : 1991). 2020 May;30(5):2766–76.
Powers, John P., et al. “Multivariate Patterns of Posterior Cortical Activity Differentiate Forms of Emotional Distancing.Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), vol. 30, no. 5, May 2020, pp. 2766–76. Epmc, doi:10.1093/cercor/bhz273.
Powers JP, Graner JL, LaBar KS. Multivariate Patterns of Posterior Cortical Activity Differentiate Forms of Emotional Distancing. Cerebral cortex (New York, NY : 1991). 2020 May;30(5):2766–2776.
Journal cover image

Published In

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

DOI

EISSN

1460-2199

ISSN

1047-3211

Publication Date

May 2020

Volume

30

Issue

5

Start / End Page

2766 / 2776

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Random Allocation
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology