Join in! How can feelings be processed in a targeted manner?

We are all occasionally confronted with situations that evoke negative feelings, such as fear, anger or sadness. Psychologists at the RPTU are researching ways to process such emotions more effectively. This is important because: 'If we are able to influence our own feelings, we can ensure that negative emotions are experienced less intensely and do not last as long,' explains Professor Ulrike Basten from the Biological Psychology working group.

Ulrike Basten and her team are looking for more test subjects for their studies. "You will gain interesting insights into current issues in psychological research," she promises.

Participants are shown several images designed to evoke emotions, for example. The researchers then instruct them on how to deal with these emotions. They also measure brain activity using EEG (electroencephalography). They then examine how well participants can use emotion regulation to reduce the brain activity triggered by the images. ‘Our research method is non-invasive,’ adds Ulrike Basten. 'The measurements are not stressful for the participants. They simply wear a cloth cap with electrodes attached to it.”

Would you like to participate in the study and learn more about how you deal with emotions? You can find an overview of the current studies on the Biological Psychology Research Team website.