Consciousness, Emotional Self-Regulation and the Brain -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Overview of chapter contents -- Acknowledgements -- Emotion self-regulation -- Introduction -- Components of emotion -- Gross' process model of emotion self-regulation -- Theoretical and empirical challenges in measuring antecedent emotion self-regulation -- Izard's multi-system model of emotion generation -- Implications of Izard's multi-system model of emotion activation for emotion self-regulation -- Emotion self-regulation and emotional homeostasis -- A sequential model of emotion self-regulation -- Control regulation -- Emotional dissociation -- Enhancing and suppressing emotional expression -- Anticipatory regulation -- Exploratory regulation -- Emotion self-regulation as a contextually-bound process -- Summary and future research directions -- References -- Temperament and emotional regulation -- Introduction -- Theoretical and empirical approaches to emotional regulation -- Emotional regulation in early childhood: Normative development -- Temperament and early emotional development -- Temperament and the development of emotional regulation -- Direct effects of temperament -- Moderated effects of temperament -- Mediational effects of temperament -- Future directions in the study of temperament and emotional regulation -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Emotion dysregulation and psychopathology -- Introduction -- Functionalist theory -- Emotion regulation and dysregulation -- What gets regulated in emotion regulation? -- Emotion dysregulation and psychopathology in childhood -- Nonclinical samples -- Clinical samples -- At-risk samples -- Emotion regulation and psychopathology in adulthood -- Nonclinical samples -- Clinical samples -- Summary and future directions.

Ackowledgements -- References -- Neural substrates of conscious emotional experience -- Overview -- A cognitive neuroscientific approach to emotional experience -- A cognitive-developmental approach to emotional experience -- The Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS): Psychometric findings -- Neural correlates of emotional awareness -- A. Focal attention to feelings -- B. Reflective awareness -- C. Background feelings -- D. Implicit emotion -- A neural model of implicit and explicit emotional processing -- Self-regulation -- Discussion -- Normative emotional experience -- Clinical implications -- Summary -- References -- Self-regulation by the medial frontal cortex -- Introduction -- Concepts of self-regulation -- The anterior cingulate cortex in self-regulation -- Animal studies of action monitoring -- Human studies of action monitoring -- The ERN and action monitoring -- The ERN and conflict monitoring -- Disorders of self-regulation -- Monitoring deficits and schizophrenia -- Monitoring deficits and OCD -- Affective control of action monitoring -- A model of action-regulation -- Systems for discriminative learning -- Neurophysiological mechanisms for self-regulation -- Human electrophysiology of corticolimbic self-regulation -- Phase resetting of the theta rhythm by dopaminergic signals -- Opiates and the theta rhythm: Modification of the signal-to-noise ratio -- Cybernetics of motivational congruence -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Neural basis of conscious and voluntary self-regulation of emotion -- Introduction -- Definition of emotional self-regulation -- Neural basis of emotional self-regulation: Findings from functional neuroimaging studies -- Neural correlates of conscious and voluntary regulation of sexual arousal -- Neural correlates of conscious and voluntary regulation of sadness in adults.

Neural correlates of conscious and voluntary regulation of sadness in children -- fMRI studies of emotional self-regulation conducted by other groups -- Neural circuitry underlying emotional self-regulation -- A theoretical note about emotional self-regulation and mind-brain interaction -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The volitional influence of the mind on the brain, with special reference to emotional self-regulation -- Introduction -- Practical and theoretical aspects of self-directed neuroplasticity -- Philosophical foundations of neuroscience -- A causal role for mindful awareness in brain regulation -- Physics in neuroscience -- Classical physics -- Choices of the Process I actions -- The Quantum Zeno Effect -- Mental action in neuroscience -- Conclusions and summary -- References -- Appendix -- The culture of behaviorism and the conflict in philosophy of science (by Jeffrey Schwartz and Mario Beauregard) -- EEG biofeedback (``Neurofeedback'') and affective disorders -- Introduction -- Organization of this chapter -- Definition with underlying principles -- The trivial mediation issue -- Functional significance: Experimental studies -- Functional significance: Clinical application for depression -- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) -- Summary -- References -- Consciousness, emotional self-regulation, and the psychosomatic network -- Introduction: Consciousness and volitional control -- The psychosomatic network: Psychoneuroimmunology -- Relevance to oral biology and medicine -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Name index -- Subject index -- The series ADVANCES IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH.