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Variations in the regulation of affective neural responses across three cultures.
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Social PsychologyAffective NeuroscienceCultural VariationSocial SciencesPsychologyEmotional ResponseDevelopmental PsychologyAffective ScienceEmotion RegulationCognitive NeuroscienceLpp ResponsesPsychiatryPositive PotentialSocial CognitionCross-cultural PerspectiveNeuroscienceAffective Neural ResponsesEmotionAffect RegulationCultural Psychology
In the present research, we assessed the effects of culture on the ability to regulate affective neural responses. Using an event-related potential design focusing on the centroparietal late positive potential (LPP), we found that cultural groups differed in their ability to intentionally regulate these responses. As a group, European Americans demonstrated successful up-regulation of the LPP in response to positive and negative valence images, as did participants from Mexican cultural backgrounds who also showed successful down-regulation of the LPP in response to positive valence images. As a group, participants from Chinese cultural backgrounds did not show evidence of successful up- or down-regulation of LPP responses. This work confirms and extends preliminary findings of cultural variation in emotion regulation abilities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).