A short-term musical training affects implicit emotion regulation only in behaviour but not in brain activity
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: In everyday life, negative emotions can be implicitly regulated by positive stimuli, without any conscious cognitive engagement; however, the effects of such implicit regulation on mood and related neuro-mechanisms, remain poorly investigated in literature. Yet, improving implicit emotional regulation could reduce psychological burden and therefore be clinically relevant for treating psychiatric disorders with strong affective symptomatology. RESULTS: Music training reduced the negative emotional state elicited by negative odours. However, such change was not reflected at the brain level. CONCLUSIONS: In a context of affective rivalry a musical training enhances implicit regulatory processes. Our findings offer a first base for future studies on implicit emotion regulation in clinical populations.
Source: BMC Neuroscience
Institutions: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, St Olav's University Hospital, KU Leuven, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Düsseldorf University Hospital, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,690
Awards: G1837832890, G306074767, G447438719
OpenAlex ID: W3157074388