Neural correlates of emotion-attention interactions: from perception, learning, and memory to social cognition, individual differences, and training interventions

Dolcos, F. and Katsumia, Y. and Moore, M. and Berggren, Nick and de Gelder, B. and Derakhshan, Nazanin and Hamm, A. and Koster, E. and Ladouceurg, C. and Okon-Singer, H. and Pegnai, A. and Richter, T. and Schweizer, S. and Van den Stock, J. and Ventural-Bortl, C. and Weymar, M. and Dolcos, S. (2020) Neural correlates of emotion-attention interactions: from perception, learning, and memory to social cognition, individual differences, and training interventions. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 108 , pp. 559-601. ISSN 0149‐7634.

Abstract

Due to their ability to capture attention, emotional stimuli tend to benefit from enhanced perceptual processing, which can be helpful when such stimuli are task-relevant but hindering when they are task-irrelevant. Altered emotion-attention interactions have been associated with symptoms of affective disturbances, and emerging research focuses on improving emotion-attention interactions to prevent or treat affective disorders. In line with the Human Affectome Project’s emphasis on linguistic components, we also analyzed the language used to describe attention-related aspects of emotion, and highlighted terms related to domains such as conscious awareness, motivational effects of attention, social attention, and emotion regulation. These terms were discussed within a broader review of available evidence regarding the neural correlates of (1) Emotion-Attention Interactions in Perception, (2) Emotion-Attention Interactions in Learning and Memory, (3) Individual Differences in Emotion-Attention Interactions, and (4) Training and Interventions to Optimize Emotion-Attention Interactions. This comprehensive approach enabled an integrative overview of the current knowledge regarding the mechanisms of emotion-attention interactions at multiple levels of analysis, and identification of emerging directions for future investigations.

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