Embodied emotional reappraisal for rational decision making : HOT121B nirs study

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590170
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Yamagata University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Kaori 山形大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (50183827)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Keywords: 身体化感情再評価 / 感情の気づき

Research Abstract

The present experimental study examines the role of embodied emotional reappraisal may play in promoting rational decision-making toward goals that carry better outcome. After being induced negative emotions (fear and anxiety), the subjects were asked to make decisions about their choices in a scenario and their prefrontal cortex activities were measured during the task by HOTB121 (NIRS). The findings of this study document the function of embodied emotional appraisal serves as an incentive to promote rational decision-making.