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Cognitive Reappraisal
Last discussed Aug 17, 2026
An emotion regulation strategy in which a person reframes or reinterprets the meaning of an emotional situation to change its emotional impact; a central focus of the field of emotion regulation pioneered by James Gross.
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Neuroscience of Emotions & Tools for Improving Emotion Regulation| Dr. Ralph Adolphs
Ralph Adolphs · Aug 17, 2026
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Used for: Regulating and controlling emotions after identifying and labeling them
Praised: Trainable skill; can become automatic with practice
vs: Compared to situational avoidance and acceptance as other emotion regulation ...
"Once you're aware of your emotions, you can bring various emotion regulation strategies — mostly cognitive reappraisal type of strategies — to bear on the emotion and thereby to some extent control your emotions."
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