Mapping the frontal alpha asymmetry indicators of habitual emotion regulation

Wang, Yali; Lu, Jiamei; Gu, Chuanhua; Hu, Biying

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“…A positron emission tomography study (Kim et al, 2012) revealed that greater left-sided bias in metabolic activity at the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is associated with frequent use of a cognitive reappraisal strategy. Greater left prefrontal cortex activations likewise predict frequent use of cognitive reappraisal strategies (Wang et al, 2018). High FAA scores at the prefrontal electrode pairs (FP2-FP1) have been shown to predict the fluency and flexibility in generating cognitive reappraisals (Papousek et al, 2017).…”

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“… Goodman et al (2013) reported that individuals with high FAA showed a higher spontaneous emotion regulation ability under high-stress situations. Wang et al (2018) found that high FAA at the prefrontal cortex is associated with the frequent use of cognitive reappraisal. Resting FAA is also related to emotion regulation ability in children as reported by their parents ( Hannesdottir et al, 2010 ) and cognitive reappraisal ability in anger-eliciting events ( Perchtold et al, 2019 ).…”

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Individual Differences in Negative Emotion Differentiation Predict Resting-State Spontaneous Emotional Regulatory Processes

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Shangguan

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Front. Psychol.

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Individual Differences in Negative Emotion Differentiation Predict Resting-State Spontaneous Emotional Regulatory Processes

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Shangguan

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“…Frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA), i.e. asymmetry of alpha power between the left and right frontal region, has been linked with emotional processing ( Davidson et al, 1990 ), emotional control ( Sun et al, 2017a ; Wang et al, 2018 ) and vulnerability to depression ( Gotlib et al, 1998 ). However, in a recent review resting-state FAA was found to have a limited diagnostic value in depression partly due to the high degree of heterogeneity across studies ( van der Vinne et al, 2017 ).…”

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Emotional Modulation of Frontal Alpha Asymmetry - a Novel Biomarker of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

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Peräkylä

Sun

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Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Objective findings of brain injury or dysfunction are typically lacking in mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) despite prolonged post-concussion symptoms in some patients. Thus, there is a need for objective biomarkers of MTBI that reflect altered brain physiology underlying subjective symptoms. We have previously reported increased attention to threat-related stimuli in subjects with MTBI, suggesting a physiological vulnerability to depression. Vulnerability to depression has been linked with relatively greater activity of the right than left frontal cortex reflected in inverse pattern in frontal alpha with greater power on the left than right. We investigated whether patients with previous MTBI show this pattern of frontal activity reflected in more negative frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) scores. Furthermore, in search for potential biomarkers of MTBI, we created a novel index, emotional modulation of FAA (eFAA) and investigated whether it correlates with subjective symptoms. EEG was recorded while subjects with previous MTBI and controls performed a computer-based reaction time task integrating different cognitive executive functions and containing either threat-related or emotionally neutral visual stimuli. Post-concussion symptoms and depression were assessed using the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ) and Beck’s depression inventory (BDI). Task-induced FAA was assessed and eFAA calculated by subtracting FAA in the context of neutral stimuli from FAA in the context of emotional stimuli. The MTBI group showed FAA scores reflecting relatively greater right-sided frontal activity compared to healthy controls. eFAA differentiated the symptomatic MTBI from non-symptomatic MTBI group and from healthy controls. eFAA also correlated with RPQ and BDI scores. In conclusion, FAA pattern previously linked with vulnerability to depression, was observed in patients with previous MTBI. Furthermore, eFAA has potential as a biomarker of altered affective brain functions in MTBI.

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“…More importantly, high FAA at the prefrontal cortex is associated with the frequent use of cognitive reappraisal. 53 Therefore, the FAA was calculated in this study as a neuro-electrophysiological and objective indicator to assess participants' emotional regulatory ability and the choice of reappraisal. And we predicted that the IA group might show lower FAA compared with the HC group due to the maladaptive emotion regulation choice.…”

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Emotion Regulation Choice in Internet Addiction: Less Reappraisal, Lower Frontal Alpha Asymmetry

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Individuals with internet addiction (IA) show difficulties in emotion regulation. However, they could effectively employ emotion regulation strategies when instructed. We speculate that this discrepancy might be caused by maladaptive emotion regulation choices. Recent studies indicated that decreased activity of the left frontal cortex could be a neural marker of reappraisal use. To address this problem, individuals with IA ( n = 17, IA group) and healthy individuals ( n = 23, healthy control [HC] group) were required to choose an emotion regulation strategy between reappraisal and distraction to regulate their emotions varying in emotional intensity and valence. We also compared the resting state frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) of these 2 groups. The results replicated more choices of reappraisal in low- versus high-intensity emotional contexts across groups. More importantly, the IA group chose reappraisal less frequently compared with the HC group, irrespective of emotional intensity. Furthermore, we found individuals with IA have lower FAA than healthy controls, and FAA shows a positive correlation with the use of reappraisal. These findings suggest that IA alters individuals’ patterns of emotion regulation choice and impairs frontal activities, causing difficulties in emotion regulation.

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Mapping the frontal alpha asymmetry indicators of habitual emotion regulation

Cited by 13 publications

References 22 publications

Individual Differences in Negative Emotion Differentiation Predict Resting-State Spontaneous Emotional Regulatory Processes

Individual Differences in Negative Emotion Differentiation Predict Resting-State Spontaneous Emotional Regulatory Processes

Emotional Modulation of Frontal Alpha Asymmetry - a Novel Biomarker of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Emotion Regulation Choice in Internet Addiction: Less Reappraisal, Lower Frontal Alpha Asymmetry

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