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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Affective science

Background:

  • Humans tend to select less cognitively demanding actions, suggesting cognitive control is costly.
  • Cognitive control exertion is linked to negative affective states, but the reverse (affect on demand avoidance) is unknown.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if negative affective states increase the avoidance of cognitively demanding tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Two well-powered experiments were conducted.
  • Participants' affective states were induced.
  • Behavioral avoidance of cognitive demand was measured.

Main Results:

  • Induced negative affective states did not modulate the avoidance of cognitive demand.
  • Affective states did influence task performance and subjective experience.

Conclusions:

  • Affective signals have limits in modulating cognitive control avoidance.
  • The interaction between affect and cognitive control may depend on specific settings.