Frontal Asymmetry in an approach–avoidance conflict paradigm

Lacey, Micayla F; Gable, Philip A.

doi:10.1111/psyp.13780

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“…Participants exhibited greater relative right frontal asymmetry as measured with EEG while making percent likelihood selections in the approach-avoidance conflict conditions relative to the avoidance only conditions. The greater the approach withdrawal conflict, the greater the rightward asymmetry (Lacey, & Gable, 2021). Together, these results suggest that motivational conflict, and not withdrawal/avoidance motivation, is associated with greater relative right frontal activity.…”

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“…Greater relative right frontal activity was related to the conflict-eliciting condition whereas pure withdrawal was not (Lacey et al, 2020). More recently, in a study by Lacey and Gable (2021) participants indicate the likelihood of viewing negative (vs. positive) images for no points that served as reward (avoidance only condition), and negative (vs. positive) images for the chance to win points (approach-avoidance conflict conditions). Participants exhibited greater relative right frontal asymmetry as measured with EEG while making percent likelihood selections in the approach-avoidance conflict conditions relative to the avoidance only conditions.…”

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Manual or Automatic? Putting standardized EEG-Preprocessing to the Test with the Alpha-Asymmetries of Personality

Schneider¹

2022

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Evidence suggests that replication of empirical findings in many fields of research is seldom warranted. As a result, #EEGManyLabs Resting State EEG Asymmetry emerged to assess the replicability of landmark studies in psychophysiology. One potential factor that hinders replication is human subjectivity during EEG-preprocessing. To overcome this issue, the fully standardized preprocessing toolbox ‘Automagic’ (Pedroni, Bahreini, & Langer, 2019) was developed. The goal of the present work was to execute a test-run on Automagic to help assess its adequacy for the project’s purposes. Specifically, we examined the effect of automated preprocessing compared to traditional approaches on the analysis of frontal alpha asymmetries of personality. Forty-eight participants filled out the German BIS/BAS (Strobel, Beauducel, Debener, & Brocke, 2001) questionnaire, as well as the German RST-PQ Pugnaghi, Cooper, Ettinger, & Corr, 2018, among others. Next, we recorded 10 mins. of resting-state EEG twice, varying eye status (i.e., closed or opened) from each participant. All datasets were subsequently preprocessed in both Automagic and Brain Vision Analyzer. Measures based on signal amplitude as well as reliability estimates were computed to assess the quality of preprocessed EEG-data across methods. Furthermore, average alpha power from frontal, parietal, and occipital sites was extracted and used to compute asymmetry scores. Partial correlations between asymmetry scores and personality measures were computed, controlling for handedness, gender, and sleepiness. Additionally, we examined the moderating role of covariates using multiple regression analyses. Standardized preprocessing yielded better data quality in all considered aspects. No association between asymmetry scores and personality measures could be found, except when excluding influential data points. Employing different preprocessing approaches did not change our observations substantially. We consider standardized preprocessing a suitable option for large-scale multicentered replication projects. Our results support past research casting doubt on the robustness of the frontal alpha asymmetry of personality.

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Manual or Automatic? Putting standardized EEG-Preprocessing to the Test with the Alpha-Asymmetries of Personality

Schneider¹

2022

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“…In both the decision and viewing phases, participants exhibited greater relative right frontal activity when motivational conflict was the highest. These results suggest that activation of BIS through motivational conflict enhanced relative right frontal activity as compared to low or no activation of conflict [28].…”

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“…In one paradigm, Lacey and Gable [28] modified a unique version of the approachavoidance conflict task [29], as experiencing approach-avoidance conflict is thought to engage the revised behavioral inhibition system [28,30,31]. In this paradigm, participants were instructed to make a decision between viewing a very aversive picture (e.g., mutilated bodies) for 0, 1, 3, or 6 reward points, or viewing an appetitive picture (e.g., dessert) for no points.…”

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Frontal Asymmetry as a Neural Correlate of Motivational Conflict

Lacey

Gable

2022

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Motivational systems of approach, avoidance, and inhibition are fundamental to human behavior. While past research has linked approach motivation with greater relative left frontal asymmetry, many attempts to link avoidance motivation with greater relative right frontal asymmetry have been mixed. These mixed effects could be due to coactivation of the avoidance and behavioral inhibition system (BIS). Much recent evidence indicates that the behavioral inhibition system may be associated with greater relative right frontal activation. The current review examines evidence linking traits associated with the behavioral inhibition system with resting right frontal asymmetry. Other research links individual differences associated with the behavioral inhibition system with state changes in relative right frontal asymmetry. Moreover, activation of the behavioral inhibition system, but not activation of withdrawal motivation, increases greater relative right frontal asymmetry. Together, this work highlights the role of relative frontal asymmetry as a neural correlate in motivational conflict and helps to disentangle behavioral inhibition from avoidance motivation.

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“…With the frequency domain, accumulating evidence highlights the frontal asymmetry index (FAI) to uncover the potential underlying neural mechanism [ 33 , 34 , 50 , 51 ]. Research on the spectrum analysis of brain oscillation has yielded substantial results on the potential mechanisms underlying the brain process [ 34 , 50 ]. For example, alpha band power was found to be inversely related to cortical activity with inhibiting the contralateral frontal region [ 52 , 53 ].…”

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Scarcity Enhances Outcome Evaluation in the Present: Electroencephalography Evidence

Ding

Zhang

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Brain Sciences

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Scarcity goods have generally been perceived as high in value in real-world and empirical studies. However, few studies have investigated this value over time, such as performance in intertemporal decision making. This study’s chief objective was to determine how scarcity evaluation changes temporally. We used the electroencephalogram technique and an outcome evaluation task with the valuation of scarcity and ordinary rewards delivered at different times to explore the effect of scarcity on delay discounting. The feedback-related negativity (FRN) results show that ordinary goods were associated with a more negative amplitude than scarcity goods, and that rewards delivered in the future evoked more negative deflection compared to those delivered immediately. The prominent FRN effect was derived mainly from ordinary trials rather than scarcity trials in the immediate condition and in the future rather than only in the immediate condition. The Frontal Asymmetry Index (FAI) results show that the scarcity condition was associated with greater relative left frontal cortical activity than the ordinary condition when delivered immediately. The frontal asymmetry indicated greater approach motivation. Our electrophysiology data indicate that scarcity goods have a perceived high value, particularly when delivered immediately.

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Frontal Asymmetry in an approach–avoidance conflict paradigm

Cited by 10 publications

References 60 publications

Manual or Automatic? Putting standardized EEG-Preprocessing to the Test with the Alpha-Asymmetries of Personality

Manual or Automatic? Putting standardized EEG-Preprocessing to the Test with the Alpha-Asymmetries of Personality

Frontal Asymmetry as a Neural Correlate of Motivational Conflict

Scarcity Enhances Outcome Evaluation in the Present: Electroencephalography Evidence

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