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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Affective Science

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  • Cognitive control is crucial for adapting to changing task demands.
  • Error-driven adjustments in cognitive control are not fully understood.
  • Previous research suggests threat detection enhances visual search efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate error-driven adjustments in cognitive control.
  • To examine performance changes in posterror trials following threat detection failures.
  • To differentiate posterror adjustments based on the affective nature of the missed target.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed a visual search task involving angry, happy, and neutral facial expressions.
  • Performance was analyzed in posterror trials following missed targets.
  • Three sets of experiments were conducted to validate findings.

Main Results:

  • Failure to detect an angry face (threat) led to posterror speeding.
  • Failure to detect happy or neutral faces (non-threats) resulted in posterror slowing.
  • These effects were observed even when participants failed to detect a threat.

Conclusions:

  • Posterror adjustments are influenced by affective information.
  • Threat detection failure impacts cognitive control through domain-specific mechanisms.
  • Error monitoring may be influenced by emotion, rather than being a general system.