01211nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653003500054653003600089653002300125653001200148100002900160700002500189700002400214245009800238856013400336300001000470490000700480520046600487022001400953020001400967       2016                            d  c12/201610aAutomatic cognitive processing10aDeliberate cognitive processing10aEmotion regulation10aAnxiety1 aLeonardo Adrián Medrano1 aRoger Muñoz-Navarro1 aAntonio Cano-Vindel00aCognitive processes and emotion regulation: Contributions from a psycho-evolutionary approach  uhttp://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-ansiedad-estres-242-articulo-procesos-cognitivos-regulacion-emocional-aportes-S1134793716300318  a47-540 v223 aBackground 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  a1134-7937  a2174-0437