Cognitive Reappraisal: The Bridge between Cognitive Load and Emotion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Cognitive Load Theory: Working Memory Limitations Affect Learning
Types of Cognitive Load
3. Emotions Affect Learning and Cognition
3.1. Emotion and Working Memory
3.2. Influence of Emotion Regulation on Cognition and Behavior
4. Emotion Impacts Cognitive Load
4.1. Cognitive Load via Emotional Task-Irrelevant Information
4.2. Emotion, Motivation, and Cognition
4.3. Emotion, Regulation, and Reappraisal
5. Discussion
6. Implications
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Type | Definition | Context |
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Cognitive Reappraisal | Reframing or reassessing understandings or beliefs that underly emotional responses to make them more adaptive. | -Generally considered adaptive. -Associated with positive overall well-being. -Most effective ER strategy leading to cognitive change. -Most robustly studied ER strategy from a neuroimaging perspective. |
Expressive Suppression | Inhibiting or blocking emotional responses expressively or behaviorally. | -Generally considered maladaptive. -Associated with poorer health and overall well-being, anxiety, and depression. -Most frequently examined ER strategy, often via observation and self-report. |
Emotional Impacts on Cognitive Load | Description |
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Emotion as Extraneous Cognitive Load | Emotion competes for limited working memory resources, imposing extraneous cognitive load as task-irrelevant information. |
Emotion Impacts Motivation | Emotion influences cognitive load by affecting motivation and resulting mental effort investment. |
Emotion Affects Cognitive Processes | Emotion affects the cognitive processes of encoding, storage and retrieval of information, thus impacting working memory. |
Emotion as Intrinsic Cognitive Load | Emotion affects intrinsic cognitive load when emotion regulation is an integral part of learning outcomes & objectives. |
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Brockbank, R.B.; Feldon, D.F. Cognitive Reappraisal: The Bridge between Cognitive Load and Emotion. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 870. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080870
Brockbank RB, Feldon DF. Cognitive Reappraisal: The Bridge between Cognitive Load and Emotion. Education Sciences. 2024; 14(8):870. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080870
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrockbank, Rebecca B., and David F. Feldon. 2024. "Cognitive Reappraisal: The Bridge between Cognitive Load and Emotion" Education Sciences 14, no. 8: 870. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080870