Neuropsydia.py: A Python Module for Creating Experiments, Tasks and Questionnaires

Makowski, Dominique; Dutriaux, Léo

doi:10.21105/joss.00259

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“…Examples of stimuli are presented in Figure . The task, programmed on Python 3.6 with the Neuropsydia module (Makowski & Dutriaux, ), is freely available in open access at <https://github.com/DominiqueMakowski/CoCon.py>.…”

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The heart of cognitive control: Cardiac phase modulates processing speed and inhibition

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Bodily states are heavily intertwined with cognitive processes. A prominent communication channel between bodily signals and brain structures is provided by baroreceptors. Their phasic activity associated with the cardiac phase has been shown to modulate cognitive control in socio‐emotional contexts. However, whether this effect is specific to the affective dimension or impacts general cognitive control processes remains controversial. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of cardiac phase on different facets of cognitive control. We built a nonemotional cognitive control task to delineate mechanisms such as processing speed, response selection, response inhibition, and conflict monitoring. We showed that the systole (after the blood is ejected from the heart), compared to the diastole, was related to faster responses. Moreover, the cardiac phase dynamics also impacted response inhibition, with an increased probability of failure toward the middle of the course of systole. Although the reported effects were small in terms of magnitude, they highlight the influence of bodily states on abstract cognitive processes.

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“…The control condition consisted of a philosophical tale where participants were instructed to listen and pay attention to the narrative. The randomization was performed automatically by the Neuropsydia software (Makowski & Dutriaux, 2017).…”

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“…During this session, participants had 10 min to recall as many items as presented in the stalls. Immediately after the free recall, participants performed the FalseMem recognition task where 157 items were presented using Neuropsydia software (Makowski & Dutriaux, 2017): 69 targets items presented in the virtual environment; 7 critical items (one for each DRM list), corresponding to the most representative item of the categorical list; 28 semantically related items; 28 perceptually associated items; and 25 neutral items. Items were randomly presented, self-paced by participants and delivered on a computer screen with a black background.…”

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Mindfulness and false memories: state and dispositional mindfulness does not increase false memories for naturalistic scenes presented in a virtual environment

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Mindfulness attracted increased research interests in the last decade, reporting an overall beneficial effect of this practice on cognitive performances. Nevertheless, recently a possible detrimental impact of mindfulness has been underlined. While the effect of mindfulness on memory remains under-explored, recent studies have observed an increased false-memory susceptibility after mindfulness practice. A possible explanatory mechanism has been suggested, related to the nature of the studied material. For semantically related information, mindfulness would increase false memories; however, the addition of rich perceptual information could prevent this detrimental effect. The present study aimed to verify this hypothesis by testing the impact of state mindfulness induced by a short meditation session, and dispositional mindfulness on the production of false memory for pictorial material presented in a complex virtual environment. We employed a virtual reality version of the Deese–Roediger–McDermott paradigm (DRM), a classical protocol to induce false memories. Contrary to previous studies, we did not observe any effect of mindfulness on false or correct memories (free recall and recognition) after a short mindfulness practice session compared to a control condition. Nonetheless, we found a beneficial effect of mindfulness practice on memory sensitivity. Additionally, we reported a positive and negative effect of dispositional mindfulness on memory outcomes. While the Non-Reactivity facet was associated with overall better memory performances, we observed an association between the Acting with Awareness facet and an increased recollection of lures. We discuss these findings in line with a recent proposal on the link between mindfulness and episodic memory.

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“…monitor (1920 × 1080, 60 Hz) at a distance of 80 cm. The experiment was programmed in Python 3.5 using the Neuropsydia module (Makowski & Dutriaux, 2017). At the beginning of each session, the program randomly picked 96 images (48 in each emotion condition) out of the initial set.…”

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Phenomenal, bodily and brain correlates of fictional reappraisal as an implicit emotion regulation strategy

Makowski

Sperduti

Pelletier

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Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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The ability to modulate our emotional experience, depending on our current goal and context, is of critical importance for adaptive behavior. This ability encompasses various emotion regulation strategies, such as fictional reappraisal, at stake whenever one engages in fictional works (e.g., movies, books, video games, virtual environments). Neuroscientific studies investigating the distinction between the processing of real and fictional entities have reported the involvement of brain structures related to selfrelevance and emotion regulation, suggesting a threefold interaction between the appraisal of reality, aspects of the Self, and emotions. The main aim of this study is to investigate the effect of implicit fictional reappraisal on different components of emotion, as well as on the modulatory role of autobiographical and conceptual self-relevance. While recording electrodermal, cardiac, and brain activity (EEG), we presented negative and neutral pictures to 33 participants, describing them as either real or fictional. After each stimulus, the participants reported their subjective emotional experience, self-relevance of the stimuli, as well as their agreement with their description. Using the Bayesian mixed-modeling framework, we showed that stimuli presented as fictional, compared with real, were subjectively appraised as less intense and less negative, and elicited lower skin conductance response, stronger heart-rate deceleration, and lower late positive potential amplitudes. Finally, these phenomenal and physiological changes did, to a moderate extent, rely on variations of specific aspects of self-relevance. Implications for the neuroscientific study of implicit emotion regulation are discussed.

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Neuropsydia.py: A Python Module for Creating Experiments, Tasks and Questionnaires

Cited by 19 publications

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The heart of cognitive control: Cardiac phase modulates processing speed and inhibition

The heart of cognitive control: Cardiac phase modulates processing speed and inhibition

Mindfulness and false memories: state and dispositional mindfulness does not increase false memories for naturalistic scenes presented in a virtual environment

Phenomenal, bodily and brain correlates of fictional reappraisal as an implicit emotion regulation strategy

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