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Welcome to the Emotion & Self Regulation lab<\/h2>\n

The Emotion & Self Regulation Lab in Tel Aviv University seeks to integrate basic and applied science in order to study the underlying mechanisms of emotion regulation and self-regulation among healthy and clinical populations.<\/p>\n

To investigate these topics our lab utilizes Experiential, behavioral, physiological and electrophysiological methods.<\/p>\n

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Recently Published Articles:<\/h3>\n

Sheppes, G. <\/strong>(in press). Transcending the \u201cGood & Bad\u201d and \u201cHere & Now\u201d in Emotion Regulation: Costs and Benefits of Strategies across Regulatory Stages. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

To read these and other papers go to Publications<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

Media Coverage:<\/h3>\n

A press release covers our work on the causal link between procrastinatory social media use and anxietyhttps:\/\/www.google.com\/amp\/s\/www.psypost.org\/2020\/08\/students-who-procrastinate-by-using-facebook-instead-of-studying-show-increased-anxiety-study-finds-57723\/amp<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

A new press release in Psychology Today covers our new study showing that attentional distraction can lower the desire and mental representation of tempting social-media information.https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/the-psychological-pundit\/202109\/dont-get-stuck-social-media-take-control<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

New study finds that empathy may bias emotional perception and that regulation of empathy can eliminate this bias.   https:\/\/healthy.walla.co.il\/item\/3127114<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

Gal was interviewed in the Israeli radio (galgalatz) on the moderating role of regulatory flexibility in the relationship between traumatic exposure and PTSD symptoms.https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/glz-radio\/mind<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

Two press releases cover a new study from our lab that finds that the relationship between repeated traumatic exposure and PTSD symptoms is moderated by regulatory choice flexibility.<\/p>\n