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The Relationship Between Briefly Induced Affect And Cognitive Control Processes: An Event-Related Potential (Erp) Study, Hilary Anne Smith
The Relationship Between Briefly Induced Affect And Cognitive Control Processes: An Event-Related Potential (Erp) Study, Hilary Anne Smith
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Positive affect is generally associated with improvements in cognitive abilities; however, few studies have addressed positive affect and its relation to specific cognitive control processes. Previous research suggests positive affect conditions are more flexible/distractible states, suggesting cognitive control processes are perhaps decreased in context maintenance and increased in conflict detection/resolution. To measure the cognitive control processes, specific components of the scalp-recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) called the cue slow wave (context maintenance), the N450 (conflict detection), and conflict SP (conflict resolution) were acquired in response to an affective single-trial, cued-Stroop task. Participants were presented with pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant images prior …