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Arousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions
Reward motivation and emotion share common dimensions of valence and arousal, but the nature of interactions between the two constructs is relatively unclear. On the one hand, based on the common valence dimension, valence-compatible interactions are expected where reward motivation would facilitate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9681152/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36425816 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.985652 |
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author | Chakravarthula, Lakshman N. C. Padmala, Srikanth |
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description | Reward motivation and emotion share common dimensions of valence and arousal, but the nature of interactions between the two constructs is relatively unclear. On the one hand, based on the common valence dimension, valence-compatible interactions are expected where reward motivation would facilitate the processing of compatible (i.e., positive) emotion and hamper the processing of incompatible (i.e., negative) emotion. On the other hand, one could hypothesize valence-general interactions driven by the arousal dimension, where the processing of both positive and negative emotions would be facilitated under reward motivation. Currently, the evidence for valence-compatible vs. valence-general type interactions between reward motivation and goal-relevant emotion is relatively mixed. Moreover, as most of the previous work focused primarily on appetitive motivation, the influence of aversive motivation on goal-relevant emotion is largely unexplored. To address these important gaps, in the present study, we investigated the interactions between motivation and categorization of facial emotional expressions by manipulating the valence dimension of motivation (appetitive and aversive motivation levels) together with that of emotion (positive and negative valence stimuli). Specifically, we conducted two behavioral experiments to separately probe the influence of appetitive and aversive motivation (manipulated via an advance cue signaling the prospect of monetary gains in Experiment 1 and losses in Experiment 2, respectively) on the categorization of happy, fearful, and neutral faces. We tested the two competing hypotheses regarding the interactions between appetitive/aversive motivation and emotional face categorization: Valence-compatible vs. Valence-general. We found evidence consistent with valence-general interactions where both appetitive and aversive motivation facilitated the categorization of happy and fearful faces relative to the neutral ones. Our findings demonstrate that interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional faces are driven by the arousal dimension, not by valence. |
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spelling | pubmed-96811522022-11-23 Arousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions Chakravarthula, Lakshman N. C. Padmala, Srikanth Front Psychol Psychology Reward motivation and emotion share common dimensions of valence and arousal, but the nature of interactions between the two constructs is relatively unclear. On the one hand, based on the common valence dimension, valence-compatible interactions are expected where reward motivation would facilitate the processing of compatible (i.e., positive) emotion and hamper the processing of incompatible (i.e., negative) emotion. On the other hand, one could hypothesize valence-general interactions driven by the arousal dimension, where the processing of both positive and negative emotions would be facilitated under reward motivation. Currently, the evidence for valence-compatible vs. valence-general type interactions between reward motivation and goal-relevant emotion is relatively mixed. Moreover, as most of the previous work focused primarily on appetitive motivation, the influence of aversive motivation on goal-relevant emotion is largely unexplored. To address these important gaps, in the present study, we investigated the interactions between motivation and categorization of facial emotional expressions by manipulating the valence dimension of motivation (appetitive and aversive motivation levels) together with that of emotion (positive and negative valence stimuli). Specifically, we conducted two behavioral experiments to separately probe the influence of appetitive and aversive motivation (manipulated via an advance cue signaling the prospect of monetary gains in Experiment 1 and losses in Experiment 2, respectively) on the categorization of happy, fearful, and neutral faces. We tested the two competing hypotheses regarding the interactions between appetitive/aversive motivation and emotional face categorization: Valence-compatible vs. Valence-general. We found evidence consistent with valence-general interactions where both appetitive and aversive motivation facilitated the categorization of happy and fearful faces relative to the neutral ones. Our findings demonstrate that interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional faces are driven by the arousal dimension, not by valence. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9681152/ /pubmed/36425816 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.985652 Text en Copyright © 2022 Chakravarthula and Padmala. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Chakravarthula, Lakshman N. C. Padmala, Srikanth Arousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions |
title | Arousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions |
title_full | Arousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions |
title_fullStr | Arousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions |
title_full_unstemmed | Arousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions |
title_short | Arousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions |
title_sort | arousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9681152/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36425816 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.985652 |
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