Reappraisal defuses strong emotional responses to Israel-Palestine conflict
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Reappraisal is a widely-used cognitive strategy that can help people to regulate their reactions to emotionally charged events. Now, new research suggests that reappraisal may even be effective in changing people's emotional responses in the context of one of the most intractable conflicts worldwide: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict.