Neural Correlates of Emotion-Attention Interactions: From Perception, Learning and Memory to Individual Differences and Training Interventions

Publication date: Available online 22 August 2019Source: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral ReviewsAuthor(s): Florin Dolcos, Yuta Katsumi, Matthew Moore, Nick Berggren, Beatrice de Gelder, Nazanin Derakshan, Alfons O. Hamm, Ernst H.W. Koster, Cecile D. Ladouceur, Hadas Okon-Singer, Alan J. Pegna, Thalia Richter, Susanne Schweizer, Jan Van den Stock, Carlos Ventura-Bort, Mathias Weymar, Sanda DolcosAbstractDue to their ability to capture attention, emotional stimuli tend to benefit from enhanced perceptual processing, which can be helpful when such stimuli are task-relevant but hindering when they are task-irrelevant. Altered emotion-attention interactions have been associated with symptoms of affective disturbances, and emerging research focuses on improving emotion-attention interactions to prevent or treat affective disorders. In line with Human Affectome Project’s emphasis on linguistic components, we also analyzed the language used to describe attention-related aspects of emotion, and highlighted terms related to domains such as conscious awareness, motivational effects of attention, social attention, and emotion regulation. These terms were discussed within a broader review of available evidence regarding the neural correlates of (1) Emotion-Attention Interactions in Perception, (2) Emotion-Attention Interactions in Learning and Memory, (3) Individual Differences in Emotion-Attention Interactions, and (4) Training and Interventions to Optimize Emotion-Attention Interactions....
Source: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research