Extinction Learning and Cognitive Reappraisal: Windows Into the Neurodevelopment of Emotion Regulation. (13th June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Silvers, Jennifer A.
• Is Part Of: Child development perspectives. Volume 14:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 178
• Page End: 184
• Publication Date: 2020-06-13
• Subjects: emotion regulation -- neurodevelopment -- prefrontal cortex -- amygdala; Child development -- Periodicals; 302.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12372
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1750-8592

Abstract

Abstract: Over the past two decades, interest in the development of emotion regulation has surged. In this review, I argue for the utility of contrasting the neurodevelopment of two distinct and powerful forms of emotion regulation: extinction learning and cognitive reappraisal. Using extinction learning and cognitive reappraisal as illustrative examples of implicit and explicit emotion regulation, respectively, I propose that these two forms develop on different timelines and use partially overlapping and partially distinct neural circuits in the brain. I then use this extinction/reappraisal framework to consider how experiences like early life stress may differentially shape distinct aspects of the neurodevelopment of emotion regulation. I conclude by raising questions for the field and suggesting directions to advance neurodevelopmental accounts of emotion regulation.