Research
A Massive Brain-Scan Study Just Complicated a Popular Theory About Emotional Control
ScienceAlert · By Esra Öz ·
The Brief
- A large brain-scan study complicates a popular theory of emotional control.
- Activating the brain regions the theory identifies as 'right' does not guarantee that a person feels better.
Why it matters
Approaches to emotional regulation that assume stimulating specific brain regions reliably improves how people feel may need to be reconsidered.
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