The role of arousal and motivation in emotional conflict resolution: Implications for spinal cord injury

Under many conditions, emotional information is processed with priority and it may lead to cognitive conflict when it competes with task-relevant information. Accordingly, being able to ignore emotional information relies on cognitive control. The present perspective offers an integrative account of...

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Published in:Frontiers in human neuroscience 2022-10, Vol.16, p.927622-927622
Main Authors: Pecchinenda, Anna, Gonzalez Pizzio, Adriana Patrizia, Salera, Claudia, Pazzaglia, Mariella
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Arousal
Cognitive ability
Competition
Conflict resolution
emotional conflict resolution
emotional interference
Emotional regulation
Emotions
Information processing
Integrated approach
interoception
Motivation
Neuroscience
Spinal cord
Spinal cord injuries
spinal cord injury
Therapeutic applications
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Summary:Under many conditions, emotional information is processed with priority and it may lead to cognitive conflict when it competes with task-relevant information. Accordingly, being able to ignore emotional information relies on cognitive control. The present perspective offers an integrative account of the mechanism that may underlie emotional conflict resolution in tasks involving response activation. We point to the contribution of emotional arousal and primed approach or avoidance motivation in accounting for emotional conflict resolution. We discuss the role of arousal in individuals with impairments in visceral pathways to the brain due to spinal cord lesions, as it may offer important insights into the “typical” mechanisms of emotional conflict control. We argue that a better understanding of emotional conflict control could be critical for adaptive and flexible behavior and has potential implications for the selection of appropriate therapeutic interventions.
ISSN:1662-5161
1662-5161
DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2022.927622