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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuroimaging

Background:

  • Functional brain imaging implicates the prefrontal cortex in cognitive reappraisal.
  • Previous structural studies have not clearly identified volumetric correlates of habitual reappraisal.
  • A discrepancy exists between functional and structural findings regarding brain regions involved in reappraisal.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To resolve the discrepancy between functional and structural findings on cognitive reappraisal.
  • To investigate the relationship between habitual cognitive reappraisal and grey matter volume.
  • To examine both region-level and voxel-level structural associations with reappraisal.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized surface-based morphometry for broad, region-level grey matter assessments.
  • Employed voxel-based morphometry for localized, voxel-level grey matter analyses.
  • Assessed the association between habitual cognitive reappraisal and grey matter volume in the prefrontal cortex.

Main Results:

  • Diffuse positive volumetric associations between reappraisal and grey matter were found in the right middle frontal cortex (MFC) and left superior frontal cortex (SFC).
  • A localized positive volumetric association was identified in the right SFC.
  • These findings align functional and structural data, resolving previous discrepancies.

Conclusions:

  • This study provides novel evidence linking functional engagement in cognitive reappraisal to structural correlates of habitual reappraisal.
  • The findings suggest that transient cognitive reappraisal manipulations are associated with structural differences in the same prefrontal regions.
  • This research bridges the gap between functional and structural neuroimaging of cognitive reappraisal.