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Emotion and regulation
How meaning, body responses and attention work together.
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The highlights illustrate contributing systems. The precise mechanisms in ADHD are still being investigated.
Sources and model credits
Sources checked September 2026. Studies differ in age, methods and populations; their relevance is explained in Technical Detail. Everyday examples illustrate a process rather than a measured brain response.
- Adult ADHD and emotion regulation: systematic review (2023)
- Cognitive reappraisal: neuroimaging meta-analysis — Buhle et al. (2014)
- Emotion dysregulation in adults with ADHD: meta-analysis (2020)
- NICE NG87 — individual adjustments and ADHD-focused support
Anatomical surface adapted from Brain Project, Z-Anatomy / BodyParts3D, © DBCLS and contributors. Adapted geometry: CC BY-SA 4.0. Three.js: MIT licence.
Narration: Emma (Kokoro bf_emma). The recording is included in this file and plays offline.