Not exact matches
This novel study is the first to separate emotion from threat by controlling for the dimension of arousal, the
emotional reaction provoked, whether
positive or negative, in response to
stimuli.
However, the most efficient method to create a strong
positive emotional response to
stimuli is to not only condition the response with the first experience, but also to have the novel
stimulus (e.g., nail trimmers) precede the pleasant one (treat), as in the following steps:
By pairing the umbrella with a
positive stimulus, such as a piece of sausage, the
emotional response gradually begins to change.
Emotional and physiological responses to normative and idiographic
positive stimuli in bipolar disorder
However, the difference in brain activity during processing of both,
positive and negative
emotional facial
stimuli between the two priming conditions appeared in the attachment anxiety group alone.
Based on previous findings on attention to
emotional stimuli in children with disruptive behaviors (e.g., Kimonis et al., 2012; Hodsoll et al., 2014), we hypothesized that higher levels of CU traits would be associated with reduced attention toward fearful and angry faces, while higher levels of ODD - related problems would be associated with greater attention toward both negative and
positive (happy)
emotional faces.
Furthermore, to our knowledge, the present study is the first addressing the question on how children with various levels of CU traits, anxiety and ODD - related problems process both negative and
positive emotional faces, by indexing attentional orientation patterns toward these
stimuli through a dynamic computation procedure.
The results showed that attachment secure priming interacted with attachment anxiety to affect the processing of
emotional stimuli with both
positive and negative valence.