Induced affective states do not modulate effort avoidance
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- Carlos Gonzalez-Garcia (UGent) , Beatriz García-Carrión, Raúl López-Benítez, Alberto Sobrado, Alberto Acosta and María Ruz
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- Recent research reveals that when faced with alternative lines of action, humans tend to choose the less cognitively demanding one, suggesting that cognitive control is intrinsically registered as costly. This idea is further supported by studies showing that the exertion of cognitive control evokes negative affective states. Despite extensive evidence for mood-induced modulations on control abilities, the impact of affective states on the avoidance of cognitive demand is still unknown. Across two well-powered experiments, we tested the hypothesis that negative affective states would increase the avoidance of cognitively demanding tasks. Contrary to our expectations, induced affective states did not modulate the avoidance of demand, despite having an effect on task performance and subjective experience. Altogether, our results indicate that there are limits to the effect of affective signals on cognitive control and that such interaction might depend on specific affective and control settings.
- Keywords
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Developmental and Educational Psychology, General Medicine, ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX, DECISION-MAKING, AVERSIVE SIGNALS, CONFLICT, ADJUSTMENTS, DEMAND, MOOD
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8703371
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- Gonzalez-Garcia, Carlos, et al. “Induced Affective States Do Not Modulate Effort Avoidance.” PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG, vol. 85, no. 3, 2021, pp. 1016–28, doi:10.1007/s00426-020-01300-9.
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- Gonzalez-Garcia, C., García-Carrión, B., López-Benítez, R., Sobrado, A., Acosta, A., & Ruz, M. (2021). Induced affective states do not modulate effort avoidance. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG, 85(3), 1016–1028. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01300-9
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- Gonzalez-Garcia, Carlos, Beatriz García-Carrión, Raúl López-Benítez, Alberto Sobrado, Alberto Acosta, and María Ruz. 2021. “Induced Affective States Do Not Modulate Effort Avoidance.” PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG 85 (3): 1016–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01300-9.
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- Gonzalez-Garcia, Carlos, Beatriz García-Carrión, Raúl López-Benítez, Alberto Sobrado, Alberto Acosta, and María Ruz. 2021. “Induced Affective States Do Not Modulate Effort Avoidance.” PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG 85 (3): 1016–1028. doi:10.1007/s00426-020-01300-9.
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- 1.Gonzalez-Garcia C, García-Carrión B, López-Benítez R, Sobrado A, Acosta A, Ruz M. Induced affective states do not modulate effort avoidance. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG. 2021;85(3):1016–28.
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- [1]C. Gonzalez-Garcia, B. García-Carrión, R. López-Benítez, A. Sobrado, A. Acosta, and M. Ruz, “Induced affective states do not modulate effort avoidance,” PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 1016–1028, 2021.
@article{8703371,
abstract = {{Recent research reveals that when faced with alternative lines of action, humans tend to choose the less cognitively demanding one, suggesting that cognitive control is intrinsically registered as costly. This idea is further supported by studies showing that the exertion of cognitive control evokes negative affective states. Despite extensive evidence for mood-induced modulations on control abilities, the impact of affective states on the avoidance of cognitive demand is still unknown. Across two well-powered experiments, we tested the hypothesis that negative affective states would increase the avoidance of cognitively demanding tasks. Contrary to our expectations, induced affective states did not modulate the avoidance of demand, despite having an effect on task performance and subjective experience. Altogether, our results indicate that there are limits to the effect of affective signals on cognitive control and that such interaction might depend on specific affective and control settings.}},
author = {{Gonzalez-Garcia, Carlos and García-Carrión, Beatriz and López-Benítez, Raúl and Sobrado, Alberto and Acosta, Alberto and Ruz, María}},
issn = {{0340-0727}},
journal = {{PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG}},
keywords = {{Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Developmental and Educational Psychology,General Medicine,ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX,DECISION-MAKING,AVERSIVE SIGNALS,CONFLICT,ADJUSTMENTS,DEMAND,MOOD}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{1016--1028}},
title = {{Induced affective states do not modulate effort avoidance}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01300-9}},
volume = {{85}},
year = {{2021}},
}
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