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The Affective Arousal and Valence in the Attentional Blink Sparing Effect Elicited by Affective Pictures: Evidence from an ERP Study

JIA Lei1, LI Xiao1, SUN Xiao1, ZHANG Qing-lin1,2, LI Hai-jiang1, JIANG Jun1   

  1. 1. Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715
  • Online:2012-07-15 Published:2012-07-15

Abstract: This study examined the roles of the valence and arousal in the attentional blink (AB) sparing effect which elicited by affective pictures.Our behavior results revealed an AB sparing effect elicited by the positive T2 pictures,and the valence (but not the arousal) was responsible for this effect.So it revealed the advantage of positive emotion in the AB sparing effect.The ERPs results supported the effects in behavior data and further indicated that this AB sparing effect happened in the working memory consolidation phase represented by P3.For the early attentional processes represented by P2 and N2,however,the AB and the affective process did not interact with each other.

Key words: Attentional blink, Affective, Valence, Arousal

CLC Number: 

  • B844. 3
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