The influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates

Abstract The interplay between exogenous attention to emotional distractors and the baseline affective state has not been well established yet. The present study aimed to explore this issue through behavioral measures and event-related potentials (ERPs). Participants (N = 30) completed a digit categ...

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Main Authors:	Alejandra Carboni, Dominique Kessel, Almudena Capilla, Luis Carretié
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Published:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b23a8d351bca467bb8b9acdfa6a5116d2021-12-02T12:31:52ZThe influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates10.1038/s41598-017-07249-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/b23a8d351bca467bb8b9acdfa6a5116d2017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07249-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The interplay between exogenous attention to emotional distractors and the baseline affective state has not been well established yet. The present study aimed to explore this issue through behavioral measures and event-related potentials (ERPs). Participants (N = 30) completed a digit categorization task depicted over negative, positive or neutral distractor background pictures, while they experienced negative, positive and neutral affective states elicited by movie scenes. Behavioral results showed higher error rates and longer reaction times for negative distractors than for neutral and positive ones, irrespective of the current emotional state. Neural indices showed that the participants’ affective state modulated N1 amplitudes, irrespective of distractor type, while the emotional charge of distractors modulated N2, irrespective of the emotional state. Importantly, an interaction of state and distractor type was observed in LPP. These results demonstrate that exogenous attention to emotional distractors is independent from modulating effects of the emotional baseline state at early, automatic stages of processing. However, attention to emotional distractors and affective state interact at later latencies.Alejandra CarboniDominique KesselAlmudena CapillaLuis CarretiéNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Alejandra Carboni Dominique Kessel Almudena Capilla Luis Carretié The influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates
description	Abstract The interplay between exogenous attention to emotional distractors and the baseline affective state has not been well established yet. The present study aimed to explore this issue through behavioral measures and event-related potentials (ERPs). Participants (N = 30) completed a digit categorization task depicted over negative, positive or neutral distractor background pictures, while they experienced negative, positive and neutral affective states elicited by movie scenes. Behavioral results showed higher error rates and longer reaction times for negative distractors than for neutral and positive ones, irrespective of the current emotional state. Neural indices showed that the participants’ affective state modulated N1 amplitudes, irrespective of distractor type, while the emotional charge of distractors modulated N2, irrespective of the emotional state. Importantly, an interaction of state and distractor type was observed in LPP. These results demonstrate that exogenous attention to emotional distractors is independent from modulating effects of the emotional baseline state at early, automatic stages of processing. However, attention to emotional distractors and affective state interact at later latencies.
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author	Alejandra Carboni Dominique Kessel Almudena Capilla Luis Carretié
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title	The influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates
title_short	The influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates
title_full	The influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates
title_fullStr	The influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates
title_full_unstemmed	The influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates
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The influence of affective state on exogenous attention to emotional distractors: behavioral and electrophysiological correlates

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