Fig. 7.

Partial correlations between cognitive ability and regulation-related activation in the amygdala. For functional regions of interest in prefrontal cortex and the amygdala, we examined whether individual differences in cognitive abilities predicted regulation-induced changes in activation. We assessed cognition through a battery that tested aspects of memory and processing speed. Partial correlation analyses evaluated the relationship between composite cognitive scores and changes in activation between the ‘Reappraise’ and ‘Experience’ conditions, after controlling for any effects of age itself. Shown are leverage scatterplots of the relationships between age-controlled cognitive battery z scores and age-controlled activation in the left (A) and right (B) amygdala. For both regions, increased cognitive ability predicted greater decreases in activation under conditions of emotion regulation.