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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Adaptive behavior requires prioritizing emotionally significant stimuli.
  • Preferential processing of affective stimuli is observed in sensory cortical areas.
  • The modulatory influence of cognitive control on this automatic mechanism remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if cognitive control can suppress preferential processing of affective distractors.
  • To examine the impact of response conflict on affective face processing.
  • To determine the neural correlates of cognitive control over affective stimuli processing.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was employed.
  • A word-face Stroop task was used to elicit response conflict.
  • Analysis focused on visual processing stages: striate area (BA 17), extrastriate areas (BA 18/19), and fusiform face area (FFA).

Main Results:

  • Response conflict selectively suppressed affective face processing in extrastriate areas and the FFA.
  • This suppression was associated with altered functional connectivity with the rostral anterior cingulate cortex.
  • Affective face processing in the striate area remained unaffected.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive control adaptively suppresses preferential processing of affective stimuli when detrimental.
  • This suppression mechanism is engaged when affective processing leads to response conflict.
  • Findings highlight the brain's ability to regulate emotional resource allocation based on task demands.