Expressive Suppression Downregulates Negative Emotion for Children: An ERP Study

Event related potentials (ERPs), specifically the late positive potential (LPP), are known to be sensitive expressive suppression (ES) in adolescents and adults. Although previous studies examined neural characteristics of ES, few used a sample children. This is first study explore correlates ES We tested provided neurological evidence ERPs 30 healthy children (10 - 12 years old) performing an task were recorded. found that decreased LPPs evoked for condition (ESC) compared negative view (NV) all time windows. Middle windows did not show different between ESC neutral (NEV). These findings demonstrate might effectively downregulate emotional experience The nature utility as specific form emotion regulation discussed.