Gender Differences in Emotion Regulation: An fMRI Study of Cognitive Reappraisal
Abstract: Despite strong popular conceptions of gender differences in emotionality and striking gender differences in the prevalence of disorders thought to involve emotion dysregulation, the literature on the neural bases of emotion regulation is nearly silent regarding gender differences (Gross, 2007; Ochsner & Gross, in press). The purpose of the present study was to address this gap in the literature. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we asked male and female participants to use a cognitive emotion regulation strategy (reappraisal) to down-regulate their emotional responses to negatively valenced pictures. Behaviorally, men and women evidenced comparable decreases in negative emotion experience. Neurally, however, gender differences emerged. Compared with women, men showed (a) lesser increases in prefrontal regions that are associated with reappraisal, (b) greater decreases in the amygdala, which is associated with emotional responding, and (c) lesser engagement of ventral str
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations ; 11 (2008) 2 ; 143-162
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Psychologie
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2008
- Creator
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McRae, Kateri
Ochsner, Kevin N.
Mauss, Iris B.
Gabrieli, John J. D.
Gross, James J.
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10.1177/1368430207088035
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-228553
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- McRae, Kateri
- Ochsner, Kevin N.
- Mauss, Iris B.
- Gabrieli, John J. D.
- Gross, James J.
Time of origin
- 2008