Does incongruence of lexicosemantic and prosodic information cause discernible cognitive conflict?

We are often required to interpret discordant emotional signals. Whereas equivalent cognitive paradigms cause noticeable conflict via their behavioral and psychophysiological effects, the same may not necessarily be true for discordant emotions. Skin conductance responses (SCRs) and heart rates (HRs...

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Published in:Cognitive, affective, & behavioral neuroscience affective, & behavioral neuroscience, 2006-12, Vol.6 (4), p.298-305
Main Author: MITCHELL, Rachel L. C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Affect
Affectivity. Emotion
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Conflict (Psychology)
Emotions
Exocrine glands
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Linguistics - methods
Male
Nervous system
Paradigms
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychophysiology - methods
Semantics
Skills
Speech
Speech Perception
Speech Production Measurement
Vocabulary
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Summary:We are often required to interpret discordant emotional signals. Whereas equivalent cognitive paradigms cause noticeable conflict via their behavioral and psychophysiological effects, the same may not necessarily be true for discordant emotions. Skin conductance responses (SCRs) and heart rates (HRs) were measured during a classic Stroop task and one in which the emotions conveyed by lexicosemantic content and prosody were congruent or incongruent. The participants' task was to identify the emotion conveyed by lexicosemantic content or prosody. No relationship was observed between HR and congruence. SCR was higher during incongruent than during congruent conditions of the experimental task (as well as in the classic Stroop task), but no difference in SCR was observed in a comparison between congruence effects during lexicosemantic emotion identification and those during prosodic emotion identification. It is concluded that incongruence between lexicosemantic and prosodic emotion does cause notable cognitive conflict. Functional neuroanatomic implications are discussed.
ISSN:1530-7026
1531-135X
DOI:10.3758/CABN.6.4.298