Cognitive emotion regulation in the face of stress (C05)

• Subject Area: Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
• Term: from 2016 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 264810226

Volitional emotion regulation is one central resilience mechanism, although recent research has shown that its effectivity is strongly dependent on the choice of a specific strategy in a particular situation. So far it has not been investigated whether the individual choice is also the most effective one and how this choice is influenced by acute stress exposure given that under stress individuals tend to fall into habits. Project C05 is therefore investigating emotion regulation choice under normal as well as acute stress conditions, its effectivity as well as the manipulation of emotion regulation choice through specific training.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1193: Neurobiology of Resilience to stress-related mental dysfunction: from understanding mechanisms to promoting prevention
• Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Michèle Wessa