2023
Emotion regulation and disordered eating behaviour in youths: Two daily‐diary studies
Dworschak C, Polack R, Winschel J, Joormann J, Kober H. Emotion regulation and disordered eating behaviour in youths: Two daily‐diary studies. European Eating Disorders Review 2023, 31: 655-669. PMID: 37293697, DOI: 10.1002/erv.2993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulationNegative affectPositive emotion regulationMaladaptive emotion regulationDisorder riskDaily diary designDaily diary studyUse of ruminationNegative emotionsDiary designRestrictive eatingWeight concernsRuminationPrevious researchCognitionWave 1YouthAffectEatingEmotionsCOVID-19 pandemicAdolescenceHigh levelsPresent studyBehavior
2019
Regulation of Craving and Negative Emotion in Alcohol Use Disorder
Suzuki S, Mell MM, O'Malley SS, Krystal JH, Anticevic A, Kober H. Regulation of Craving and Negative Emotion in Alcohol Use Disorder. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2019, 5: 239-250. PMID: 31892465, PMCID: PMC7010564, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderNegative emotionsNegative affectPrefrontal cortexIndividual differencesRegulation conditionsCognitive behavioral therapy treatmentEmotion regulation taskFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNegative affect conditionRegulation of cravingNegative alcohol expectanciesNotable individual differencesSelf-reported cravingBehavioral therapy treatmentUse disordersRegulation successCognitive strategiesAffect conditionRegulation strategiesAlcohol expectanciesPFC regionsNeural mechanismsRegulation taskAUD treatmentLet it be: mindful acceptance down-regulates pain and negative emotion
Kober H, Buhle J, Weber J, Ochsner KN, Wager TD. Let it be: mindful acceptance down-regulates pain and negative emotion. Social Cognitive And Affective Neuroscience 2019, 14: 1147-1158. PMID: 31989171, PMCID: PMC7057281, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsz104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMindful acceptanceEmotion regulation strategiesCognitive control systemPrefrontal control systemsMeditation-naïve participantsSelf-report measuresKinds of stimuliEmotion regulationNeutral imagesNegative emotionsAmygdala responseMindfulness trainingNegative affectAffective significanceEmotional intensityRegulation strategiesBrain processesNegative imageInitial appraisalEmotionsLateral pain systemPain systemStimuliParticipantsChronic pain
2016
Neural stress reactivity relates to smoking outcomes and differentiates between mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral treatments
Kober H, Brewer JA, Height KL, Sinha R. Neural stress reactivity relates to smoking outcomes and differentiates between mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral treatments. NeuroImage 2016, 151: 4-13. PMID: 27693614, PMCID: PMC5373945, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.09.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive-behavioral treatmentFunctional magnetic resonance imagingStress reactivityMindfulness-based treatmentsAmerican Lung Association's FreedomUnderstanding of stressPsychological mechanismsMindfulness trainingNegative affectConjunction analysisMid insulaCBT groupStress provocationSmoking outcomesBrain regionsCessation treatmentEfficacy of MTCurrent studyEntire sampleDrug useSmoking cessationImportant implicationsMagnetic resonance imagingMindfulnessInsula
2013
Cognitive Reappraisal of Emotion: A Meta-Analysis of Human Neuroimaging Studies
Buhle JT, Silvers JA, Wager TD, Lopez R, Onyemekwu C, Kober H, Weber J, Ochsner KN. Cognitive Reappraisal of Emotion: A Meta-Analysis of Human Neuroimaging Studies. Cerebral Cortex 2013, 24: 2981-2990. PMID: 23765157, PMCID: PMC4193464, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral temporal cortexCognitive reappraisalEmotional respondingTemporal cortexSemantic representationEmotion regulation strategiesCognitive control regionsParietal control regionsVentromedial prefrontal cortexHuman neuroimaging studiesEmotion-related responsesCognitive controlEmotional stimuliFear extinctionAmygdala responseNegative affectRegulation strategiesNeuroimaging studiesBilateral amygdalaPrefrontal cortexAffective impactBrain regionsAttenuate activityAmygdalaReappraisal