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Regulating The High: Cognitive And Neural Processes Underlying Positive Emotion Regulation In Bipolar I Disorder, Jiyoung Park, Özlem Ayduk, Lisa O'Donnell, Jinsoo Chun, June Gruber, Masoud Kamali, Melvin Mcinnis, Patricia Deldin, Ethan Kross

Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series

Although it is well established that Bipolar Disorder (BD) is characterized by excessive positive emotionality, the cognitive and neural processes that underlie such responses are unclear. We addressed this issue by examining the role that an emotion regulatory process called self-distancing plays in two potentially different BD phenotypes—BD with vs. without a history of psychosis—and healthy individuals. Participants reflected on a positive autobiographical memory and then rated their level of spontaneous self-distancing. Neurophysiological activity was continuously monitored using electroencephalogram. As predicted, participants with BD who have a history of psychosis spontaneously self-distanced less and displayed greater neurophysiological signs of positive …