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Neural Correlates of Emotional Modulation of Cognitive Control (105389)
Session Chair: Zehra Kaya
Wednesday, 25 March 2026 09:30
Session: Session 1
Room: Room 608 (6F)
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
This study examined how negative emotions modulate the three core components of cognitive control, inhibition, updating, and shifting, using Go/No-Go, 2-back, and Set Switching tasks. Negative and neutral emotional states were induced on a trial-by-trial basis using emotional pictures. Behaviorally, negative emotions selectively impaired inhibition and updating, while shifting performance showed a more generalized decline. Participants exhibited slower response times on incorrect No-Go trials under negative emotion, suggesting increased interference and reduced inhibitory efficiency. In the 2-back task, negative emotion increased error rates, indicating difficulties suppressing no-longer-relevant information. In the Set Switching task, error rates rose across all trial types, reflecting a broader deterioration of performance. A significant correlation in emotional effects between the 2-back and Set Switching tasks further supports the presence of a shared, emotion-sensitive mechanism underlying updating and shifting. Electrophysiological data complemented these behavioral findings. Negative emotion reduced frontal N2 amplitudes on No-Go trials, consistent with diminished conflict monitoring; accelerated frontal N2 latency on switch trials, reflecting faster detection of rule changes; and enhanced frontal P3 amplitudes on non-match trials, indicating a modulation of updating processes. Moreover, correlations in emotional modulation of the frontal N2 between non-match and switch trials provide additional evidence for a common frontal mechanism influenced by emotion and shared across updating and shifting. Together, these findings advance our understanding of how negative emotions shape attentional resource allocation through their differential effects on cognitive control subcomponents.
Authors:
Tristan Feutren, Ecole de l'Air et de l'Espace, France
Valentin Braud, Centre de Recherche de l'Ecole de l'Air et de l'Espace, France
Ludovic Fabre, Centre de Recherche de l'Ecole de l'Air et de l'Espace, France
About the Presenter(s)
Tristan Feutren is a PhD candidate, and is currently completing his thesis at the CREA.
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