Neural correlates of emotion-attention interactions: From perception, learning, and memory to social cognition, individual differences, and training interventions. (January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dolcos, Florin; Katsumi, Yuta; Moore, Matthew; Berggren, Nick; de Gelder, Beatrice; Derakshan, Nazanin; Hamm, Alfons O.; Koster, Ernst H.W.; Ladouceur, Cecile D.; Okon-Singer, Hadas; Pegna, Alan J.; Richter, Thalia; Schweizer, Susanne; Van den Stock, Jan; Ventura-Bort, Carlos; Weymar, Mathias; Dolcos, Sanda
• Is Part Of: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. Volume 108(2020)
• Page Start: 559
• Page End: 601
• Publication Date: 2020-01
• Subjects: ABC arousal-biased competition -- ABM attentional bias modification -- ACC anterior cingulate cortex -- ACT attentional control theory -- AMs autobiographical memories -- AMY amygdala -- BA Brodmann area -- CS conditioned stimulus -- DES dorsal executive system -- dlPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex -- Dm Difference due to memory -- EBA extra-striate body area -- EEG electroencephalography -- EM episodic memory -- ERP event-related potentials -- FA focused attention -- FBA fusiform body area -- FFA fusiform face area -- FG fusiform gyrus -- fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging -- HC hippocampus -- IPL inferior parietal lobule -- IPS intraparietal sulcus -- LPC lateral parietal cortex -- LPP late positive potential -- MEG magnetoencephalography -- mPFC medial prefrontal cortex -- MTL medial temporal lobe -- NE norepinephrine -- OFA occipital face area -- PMv ventral premotor area -- pSTS posterior superior temporal sulcus -- PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder -- RT reaction time -- STS superior temporal sulcus -- TEC trauma exposed control -- TMS transcranial magnetic stimulation -- TPJ temporo-parietal junction -- UCS unconditioned stimulus -- VAS ventral affective system -- vmPFC ventromedial prefrontal cortex -- vlPFC ventrolateral prefrontal cortex -- WM working memory; Emotion -- Attention -- Perception -- Learning and memory -- Individual differences -- Training interventions -- Psychophysiology -- Neuroimaging -- Affective neuroscience -- Health and well-being -- Linguistics; Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; Behavior -- Periodicals; Ethology -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; Psychophysiologie -- Périodiques; Comportement humain -- Périodiques; Animaux -- Mœurs et comportement -- Périodiques; Neurologie -- Périodiques; Animal behavior; Human behavior; Neurology; Psychophysiology; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 573.8
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.08.017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0149-7634

Abstract

Highlights: Emotion-attention interactions impact many aspects of daily life. These interactions involve interplays between affective and executive brain systems. Individual differences (age, sex, personality) can modulate emotion and attention. Maladaptive emotion-attention interactions are common in affective disorders. Training and interventions can optimize emotion-attention interactions. Abstract: Due to their ability to capture attention, emotional stimuli tend to benefit from enhanced perceptual processing, which can be helpful when such stimuli are task-relevant but hindering when they are task-irrelevant. Altered emotion-attention interactions have been associated with symptoms of affective disturbances, and emerging research focuses on improving emotion-attention interactions to prevent or treat affective disorders. In line with the Human Affectome Project's emphasis on linguistic components, we also analyzed the language used to describe attention-related aspects of emotion, and highlighted terms related to domains such as conscious awareness, motivational effects of attention, social attention, and emotion regulation. These terms were discussed within a broader review of available evidence regarding the neural correlates of (1) Emotion-Attention Interactions in Perception, (2) Emotion-Attention Interactions in Learning and Memory, (3) Individual Differences in Emotion-Attention Interactions, and (4) Training and Interventions to Optimize Emotion-Attention Interactions . This comprehensive approach enabled an integrative overview of the current knowledge regarding the mechanisms of emotion-attention interactions at multiple levels of analysis, and identification of emerging directions for future investigations.