Journaling and the nervous system: from expressive writing to affect labeling
practices · Curated meta-analyses and primary studies (1986–2023) · 2023
Forty years of evidence say the same boring thing: writing about what is happening inside you, in the right way, measurably regulates autonomic load. The dose, structure and prompt matter more than the notebook.
Authors
Pennebaker, Smyth, Frattaroli, Sloan, Lieberman, Kross & colleagues
Research lens
Forty years of evidence say the same boring thing: writing about what is happening inside you, in the right way, measurably regulates autonomic load. The dose, structure and prompt matter more than the notebook.
- journaling
- expressive-writing
- self-regulation
- nervous-system
- wellness
- library