Cognition/Emotion Relationships and Neuroplasticity: Implications for Intervention in Psychopathology

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http://www.frontiersin.org/Journal/abstract/37452

Laura D. Crocker¹, Wendy Heller^1*, Stacie L. Warren¹, Aminda O'Hare² and Gregory A. Miller^{1, 3}

• ¹Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• ²Psychology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA
• ³Psychology, University of Delaware, USA

Cognition/emotion relationships and related brain mechanisms are receiving increasing attention in the clinical research literature as a means of understanding diverse types of psychopathology and improving biological and psychological treatments. This paper reviews and integrates the growing evidence for cognitive biases and deficits in depression and anxiety, how these disruptions interact with emotional and motivational processes, and what brain mechanisms appear to be involved. This sets the stage, in turn, for understanding the role of neuroplasticity in implementing lasting change in cognition/emotion processes in psychopathology as a function of intervention.