TY - JOUR KW - Automatic cognitive processing KW - Deliberate cognitive processing KW - Emotion regulation KW - Anxiety AU - Leonardo Adrián Medrano AU - Roger Muñoz-Navarro AU - Antonio Cano-Vindel AB - Background Evolutionary psychology posits that there are archaic cognitive processes that our ancestors relied upon for survival. Since these processes are evolutionarily primitive, they are settled in subcortical brain structures and are automatically generated, which leads to difficulties in emotion regulation. Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of automatic vs. deliberate cognitive processing in anxiety regulation. Method IS - 2-3 M3 - Journal article N2 - Background Evolutionary psychology posits that there are archaic cognitive processes that our ancestors relied upon for survival. Since these processes are evolutionarily primitive, they are settled in subcortical brain structures and are automatically generated, which leads to difficulties in emotion regulation. Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of automatic vs. deliberate cognitive processing in anxiety regulation. Method PY - 2016 SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937 SP - 47 EP - 54 T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés TI - Cognitive processes and emotion regulation: Contributions from a psycho-evolutionary approach UR - http://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-ansiedad-estres-242-articulo-procesos-cognitivos-regulacion-emocional-aportes-S1134793716300318 VL - 22 ER -