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Modelling the Slow Emotional Stroop Effect: Suppression of Cognitive Control

Wyble B, Sharma D, and Bowman H

In Angelo Cangelosi, Guido Bugmann, and Roman Borisyuk, editors, Proceedings of the Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, pages 182-196, January 2005.

Abstract

Our connectionist model provides a theoretical explanation for the existence of slow and fast emotional Stroop effects, and depicts them as independent but interacting phenomena. We build upon previous modelling work by [1] and [2] among others, and incorporate data that suggest a functional division of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) into Cognitive and Affective Divisions. This work suggests that slow emotional Stroop effects are caused by activation of the affective portion of the ACC, which inhibits the Cognitive division, reducing top-down cognitive control on the subsequent trial.

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Bibtex Record

@inproceedings{2011,
author = {Wyble B and Sharma D and Bowman H},
title = {{Modelling the Slow Emotional Stroop Effect: Suppression of Cognitive Control}},
month = {January},
year = {2005},
pages = {182-196},
keywords = {determinacy analysis, Craig interpolants},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/2005/2011},
    publication_type = {inproceedings},
    submission_id = {9992_1100801028},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop},
    editor = {Angelo Cangelosi and Guido Bugmann and Roman Borisyuk},
    refereed = {yes},
}

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