We present a protocol that allows investigation of the neural correlates of deliberate and automatic emotion regulation, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. This protocol can be used in healthy participants, both young and older, as well as in clinical patients.
Dolcos, S., Sung, K., Denkova, E., Dixon, R. A., Dolcos, F. Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotion Regulation. J. Vis. Exp. (54), e2430, doi:10.3791/2430 (2011).