Motus Moderari: A Neuroscience-Informed Model for Self-Regulation of Emotion and Motivation

摘要: This chapter takes a fresh look at emotion regulation and its associated neural systems by adopting functionalist perspective on motivation. The common Latin root for both words is motus: to move. Considering motivation together because of their shared role in impelling behavior allows us expand our theoretical “emotion regulation” include attempts control or modify motivational states (e.g., craving) as well emotional ones. Researchers working affective clinical science have begun establish the with states, respectively, but these literatures remained largely unconnected. Here, we review human studies emotion/motivation that use neuroimaging, particularly functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), highlight distinct overlapping patterns during versus These two reveal broad pattern prefrontal cortical subcortical some critical variations depending specific target positive vs. negative emotions), task type implicit explicit), degree agency implied whether not escape an option). We conclude introducing integrated framework understanding similarities differences between different forms regulation. goals this are accommodate existing results meaningful them provide clear roadmap future work address gaps literature