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01-11-2009 | Original Article

Emotions in Go/NoGo conflicts

Auteurs: Annekathrin Schacht, Roland Nigbur, Werner Sommer

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 6/2009

Abstract

On the basis of current emotion theories and functional and neurophysiological ties between the processing of conflicts and errors on the one hand and errors and emotions on the other hand we predicted that conflicts between prepotent Go responses and occasional NoGo trials in the Go/NoGo task would induce emotions. Skin conductance responses (SCRs), corrugator muscle activity, and startle blink responses were measured in three experiments requiring speeded Go responses intermixed with NoGo trials of different relative probability and in a choice reaction experiment serving as a control. NoGo trials affected several of these emotion-sensitive indicators as SCRs and startle blinks were reduced whereas corrugator activity was prolonged as compared to Go trials. From the pattern of findings we suggest that NoGo conflicts are not aversive. Instead, they appear to be appraised as obstructive for the response goal and as less action relevant than Go trials.

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Titel: Emotions in Go/NoGo conflicts
Auteurs: Annekathrin Schacht
Roland Nigbur
Werner Sommer
Publicatiedatum: 01-11-2009
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 6/2009
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-008-0192-0

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