title: The effect of negative emotion on multiple object tracking task: An ERP study.
abstract: Previous studies have revealed that negative emotion may influence participants' cognitive processing. However, the neural mechanism of the impact of negative emotion on dynamic task like Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) is still unknown. This present study used electrophysiological (Event-Related Potentials, ERP) measures to investigate the effect of negative emotion on MOT tasks. Participants were required to complete MOT tasks while detecting the probe dots that would appear on targets, distractors or the space between them during tracking. Results of N2 amplitude showed that the distractor inhibition effect existed only in the neutral emotional picture condition. The P3 amplitude in the parietal area was also modulated by the emotion condition. P3 amplitude in the occipital area showed a target enhancement effect for both the neutral and negative emotion condition. The present study indicates that negative emotion could affect attention resource allocation during MOT.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an City, Shanxi Province, China.
authors.forename: Dongyuan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Center for Collaboration and Innovation in Brain and Learning Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: xmzhang@bnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xuemin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Huanyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Chundi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, University of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium.
authors.forename: Xiaoqian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004644:Emotions; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attention resource; Event-related potentials (ERPs); Multiple object tracking; Negative emotion