Comparing neural substrates of emotional vs. non-emotional conflict modulation by global control context

Comparing neural substrates of emotional vs. non-emotional conflict modulation by global control context

The efficiency with which the brain resolves conflict in information processing is determined by contextual factors that modulate internal control states, such as the recent (local) and longer-term (global) occurrence of conflict. Local "control context" effects can be observed in trial-by-trial adjustments to conflict (congruency sequence effects: less interference following incongruent trials...

Emotional conflict and social context.

This paper aims to move the debate over the status of the conflict between emotion and judgement forward by refuting three implicit claims: that conflict between emotion and judgement is always to be avoided; that any conflict should always be resolved and, moreover, that it should be resolved immediately; that judgement should usually take priority in any resolution. Refutation of these three ...

Comparing Emotional vs. Envelope Feedback for ECAs

Opinions in the scientific community differ about what makes an ECA effective. This study investigated whether emotional expressions influence the effectiveness of human-agent-interaction and the participants ́ emotional status after the experiment. 70 participants took part in a small talk (10 min.) situation with the ECA MAX. We implemented two different types of feedback: emotional feedback (...

Differential Brain Activity During Emotional vs . Non - emotional Reversal Learning

Unconsciously Triggered Emotional Conflict by Emotional Facial Expressions

The present study investigated whether emotional conflict and emotional conflict adaptation could be triggered by unconscious emotional information as assessed in a backward-masked affective priming task. Participants were instructed to identify the valence of a face (e.g., happy or sad) preceded by a masked happy or sad face. The results of two experiments revealed the emotional conflict effec...