You can actually train your brain to regulate negative emotions

These findings are the first to demonstrate that non-emotional training that improves the ability to ignore irrelevant information can result in reduced brain reactions to emotional events and alter brain connections.

A simple, computer-training task can change the brain’s wiring to regulate emotional. Researchers are now claiming to change the brain’s wiring to regulate emotional reactions with a simple computer-training task.

Dr. Noga Cohen from the Ben-Gurion University said that these findings are the first to demonstrate that non-emotional training that improves the ability to ignore irrelevant information can result in reduced brain reactions to emotional events and alter brain connections.

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Cohen added that these changes were accompanied by strengthened neural connections between brain’s regions involved in inhibiting emotional reactions.

The researchers hope to examine the impact of this non-emotional training on individuals, who are depressed or anxious. It may also be helpful for those at high risk of developing high blood pressure reactions to emotional information.

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After the study, the researchers found that the participants who completed more intense version of the training showed reduced activation in their amygdala - a brain region involved in negative emotions, including sadness and anxiety.

A previous study led by these authors has already shown that similar training can reduce the tendency to be submersed in a repetitive-thinking cycle about a negative life event.

The study is published in the Journal NeuroImage.

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