Task conflict and proactive control: A computational theory of the Stroop task.

E Kalanthroff, EJ Davelaar, A Henik… - Psychological …, 2018‏ - psycnet.apa.org
The Stroop task is a central experimental paradigm used to probe cognitive control by
measuring the ability of participants to selectively attend to task-relevant information and …

Frozen in (e) motion: How reactive motor inhibition is influenced by the emotional content of stimuli in healthy and psychiatric populations

S Battaglia, G Serio, C Scarpazza, A D'Ausilio… - … Research and Therapy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Efficient inhibitory control is vital. However, environmental cues can influence motor control
especially in an emotional context. One common task to measure inhibitory control is the …

Negative emotion impairs conflict-driven executive control

S Padmala, A Bauer, L Pessoa - Frontiers in psychology, 2011‏ - frontiersin.org
Cognition and emotion interact in important ways to shape ongoing behaviors. In this study,
we investigated the interaction between conflict-driven executive control adjustments and …

The emotional Stroop task and posttraumatic stress disorder: a meta-analysis

JM Cisler, KB Wolitzky-Taylor, TG Adams Jr… - Clinical psychology …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with significant impairment and lowered
quality of life. The emotional Stroop task (EST) has been one means of elucidating some of …

Anxiety, emotional distraction, and attentional control in the Stroop task.

E Kalanthroff, A Henik, N Derakshan, M Usher - Emotion, 2016‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Using a Stroop task, we investigated the effect of task-irrelevant emotional distractors on
attentional proactive control and its interaction with trait anxiety. On the basis of recent …

Stop what you are not doing! Emotional pictures interfere with the task not to respond

J De Houwer, H Tibboel - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2010‏ - Springer
Previous research has shown that emotional stimuli interfere with ongoing activities. One
explanation is that these stimuli draw attention away from the primary task and thereby …

Threat of bodily harm has opposing effects on cognition.

K Hu, A Bauer, S Padmala, L Pessoa - Emotion, 2012‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Several theoretical frameworks have suggested that anxiety/stress impairs cognitive
performance. A competing prediction is made by attentional narrowing models that predict …

Neural substrates of the emotion-word and emotional counting Stroop tasks in healthy and clinical populations: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies

C Feng, B Becker, W Huang, X Wu, SB Eickhoff… - NeuroImage, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The emotional Stroop task (EST) is among the most influential paradigms used to probe
attention-related or cognitive control-related emotional processing in healthy subjects and …

Valence, arousal, and cognitive control: a voluntary task-switching study

J Demanet, B Liefooghe, F Verbruggen - Frontiers in psychology, 2011‏ - frontiersin.org
The present study focused on the interplay between arousal, valence, and cognitive control.
To this end, we investigated how arousal and valence associated with affective stimuli …