Event-related potentials, emotion, and emotion regulation: an integrative review

Dev Neuropsychol. 2010;35(2):129-55. doi: 10.1080/87565640903526504.

Abstract

Progress in the study of emotion and emotion regulation has increasingly been informed by neuroscientific methods. This article focuses on two components of the event-related potential (ERP)--the P300 and the late positive potential (LPP)--and how they can be used to understand the interaction between the more automatic and controlled processing of emotional stimuli. Research is reviewed exploring: the dynamics of emotional response as indexed at early and late latencies; neurobiological correlates of emotional response; individual and developmental differences; ways in which the LPP can be utilized as a measure of emotion regulation. Future directions for the application of ERP/electroencephalogram (EEG) in achieving a more complete understanding of emotional processing and its regulation are presented.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Attention / physiology
  • Brain Mapping
  • Electroencephalography / methods
  • Emotional Intelligence / physiology
  • Emotions / physiology*
  • Evoked Potentials / physiology*
  • Humans