Facial and semantic emotional interference: A pilot study on the behavioral and cortical responses to the dual valence association task

Ibáñez, Agustín; Hurtado, Esteban; Riveros, Rodrigo; Urquina, Hugo; Cardona, Juan F.; Petroni, Agustín; Lobos-Infante, Alejandro; Barutta, Joaquín; Báez, Sandra; Manes, Facundo

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“…Rather, we found a bilateral effect for faces, which was in accordance with fMRI [50] and other ERP data [51]. Moreover, the combined pattern of valence and stimulus type replicates similar work employing the DVT [3], [22], [28] and their association with ToM [3].…”

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Neural Processing of Emotional Facial and Semantic Expressions in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder (BD) and Its Association with Theory of Mind (ToM)

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BackgroundAdults with bipolar disorder (BD) have cognitive impairments that affect face processing and social cognition. However, it remains unknown whether these deficits in euthymic BD have impaired brain markers of emotional processing.Methodology/Principal FindingsWe recruited twenty six participants, 13 controls subjects with an equal number of euthymic BD participants. We used an event-related potential (ERP) assessment of a dual valence task (DVT), in which faces (angry and happy), words (pleasant and unpleasant), and face-word simultaneous combinations are presented to test the effects of the stimulus type (face vs word) and valence (positive vs. negative). All participants received clinical, neuropsychological and social cognition evaluations. ERP analysis revealed that both groups showed N170 modulation of stimulus type effects (face > word). BD patients exhibited reduced and enhanced N170 to facial and semantic valence, respectively. The neural source estimation of N170 was a posterior section of the fusiform gyrus (FG), including the face fusiform area (FFA). Neural generators of N170 for faces (FG and FFA) were reduced in BD. In these patients, N170 modulation was associated with social cognition (theory of mind).Conclusions/SignificanceThis is the first report of euthymic BD exhibiting abnormal N170 emotional discrimination associated with theory of mind impairments.

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Neural Processing of Emotional Facial and Semantic Expressions in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder (BD) and Its Association with Theory of Mind (ToM)

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“…The Emotion Recognition Task (ERT) is a face and word recognition task adapted from previous studies (Hurtado et al, 2009; Ibáñez et al, 2010, 2011; Petroni et al, 2011). This cognitive function has been thought of as a building block of social cognition (Green et al, 2008; Kurtz and Richardson, 2011; Pinkham et al, 2014).…”

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“…In support to this notion, the recognition of basic features (i.e., perceptual) carrying primary emotional information has been considered a fast and automatic process (Pratto and John, 1991; Öhman et al, 2001) responsible for programing and executing social responses (Fazio and Olson, 2003). This view has emerged from the use of experimental tasks designed to evaluate emotion recognition of faces (Heuer et al, 2007; Hurtado et al, 2009; Luo et al, 2010; Ibáñez et al, 2011, 2014; Petroni et al, 2011; Zhang et al, 2014) or words (Schacht and Sommer, 2009; Ibáñez et al, 2014). Petroni et al (2011) found that the recognition of face valence is associated to the ability to read others' intentions.…”

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Social Cognitive Training Improves Emotional Processing and Reduces Aggressive Attitudes in Ex-combatants

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Emotional processing (EP) is a complex cognitive function necessary to successfully adjust to social environments where we need to interpret and respond to cues that convey threat or reward signals. Ex-combatants have consistently shown atypical EP as well as poor social interactions. Available reintegration programs aim to facilitate the re-adaptation of ex-combatants to their communities. However, they do not incorporate actions to improve EP and to enhance cognitive-emotional regulation. The present study was aimed at evaluating the usefulness of an intervention focused on Social Cognitive Training (SCT), which was designed to equip ex-combatants enrolled in the Social Reintegration Route with EP and social cognition skills. A group of 31 ex-combatants (mean age of 37.2, 29 men) from Colombian illegal armed groups were recruited into this study. Of these, 16 were invited to take part in a SCT and the other continued with the conventional reintegration intervention. Both groups underwent 12 training sessions in a period 12–14 weeks. They were assessed with a comprehensive protocol which included Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Emotion Processing instruments. The scores on these instruments prior to and after the intervention were compared within and between groups. Both groups were matched at baseline. Ex-combatants receiving the SCT experienced significant improvements in EP and a reduction in aggressive attitudes, effects not observed in those continuing the conventional reintegration intervention. This is the first study that achieves such outcomes in such a population using SCT intervention. We discuss the implications of such results toward better social reintegration strategies.

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“…The DVT [39], [46]–[48] is an adaptation of the Implicit Association Task designed specifically for ERP measurements [40]. The DVT assesses the emotional valence (positive or negative) of faces and words.…”

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“…To address this question we chose an ERP design based on a modified version of the dual valence task (DVT) [39], [40]. Participants had to classify stimuli according to its emotional valence (positive or negative).…”

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Attachment Patterns Trigger Differential Neural Signature of Emotional Processing in Adolescents

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BackgroundResearch suggests that individuals with different attachment patterns process social information differently, especially in terms of facial emotion recognition. However, few studies have explored social information processes in adolescents. This study examined the behavioral and ERP correlates of emotional processing in adolescents with different attachment orientations (insecure attachment group and secure attachment group; IAG and SAG, respectively). This study also explored the association of these correlates to individual neuropsychological profiles.Methodology/Principal FindingsWe used a modified version of the dual valence task (DVT), in which participants classify stimuli (faces and words) according to emotional valence (positive or negative). Results showed that the IAG performed significantly worse than SAG on tests of executive function (EF attention, processing speed, visuospatial abilities and cognitive flexibility). In the behavioral DVT, the IAG presented lower performance and accuracy. The IAG also exhibited slower RTs for stimuli with negative valence. Compared to the SAG, the IAG showed a negative bias for faces; a larger P1 and attenuated N170 component over the right hemisphere was observed. A negative bias was also observed in the IAG for word stimuli, which was demonstrated by comparing the N170 amplitude of the IAG with the valence of the SAG. Finally, the amplitude of the N170 elicited by the facial stimuli correlated with EF in both groups (and negative valence with EF in the IAG).Conclusions/SignificanceOur results suggest that individuals with different attachment patterns process key emotional information and corresponding EF differently. This is evidenced by an early modulation of ERP components’ amplitudes, which are correlated with behavioral and neuropsychological effects. In brief, attachments patterns appear to impact multiple domains, such as emotional processing and EFs.

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Facial and semantic emotional interference: A pilot study on the behavioral and cortical responses to the dual valence association task

Cited by 28 publications

References 92 publications

Neural Processing of Emotional Facial and Semantic Expressions in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder (BD) and Its Association with Theory of Mind (ToM)

Neural Processing of Emotional Facial and Semantic Expressions in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder (BD) and Its Association with Theory of Mind (ToM)

Social Cognitive Training Improves Emotional Processing and Reduces Aggressive Attitudes in Ex-combatants

Attachment Patterns Trigger Differential Neural Signature of Emotional Processing in Adolescents

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