Limitations of cognitive control on emotional distraction – Congruency in the Color Stroop task does not modulate the Emotional Stroop effect.
Emotional information receives prioritized processing over concurrent cognitive processes. This can lead to distraction if emotional information has to be ignored. In the cognitive domain, mechanisms have been described that allow control of (cognitive) distractions. However, whether similar cogniti...
| Published in: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 21 - 42 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2022
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