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Action complexity influences how emotional distractors affect motor performance. More complex actions, requiring greater cognitive resources, showed reduced interference from emotional stimuli.

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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Motor Control

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  • Emotions significantly impact cognitive functions and behavior, including attention, perception, memory, and motor performance.
  • Emotional effects on cognition are modulated by attentional demands and task difficulty, influencing brain activation patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how emotional distractors influence ongoing motor performance.
  • To determine the effect of action complexity on motor performance during emotional distraction.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a modified emotional oddball paradigm with two distinct levels of action complexity.
  • Measured motor performance using root mean square error and brain activity via electroencephalography (EEG) during action planning and execution.

Main Results:

  • Increased action complexity led to a reduced impact of emotional distractors on motor performance.
  • Positive emotional stimuli elicited larger N2 amplitudes compared to negative stimuli.
  • More complex actions were performed better with positive emotional stimuli than negative ones.
  • Delta-band oscillations were more prominent during complex action execution.

Conclusions:

  • Action complexity modulates motor performance in emotional oddball tasks.
  • Action complexity influences attentional processing resources, particularly in the presence of positive emotional distractors.