Emotion and Motivation I: Defensive and Appetitive Reactions in Picture Processing, Export

@article{citeulike:310647, abstract = {Emotional reactions are organized by underlying motivational states--defensive and appetitive--that have evolved to promote the survival of individuals and species. Affective responses were measured while participants viewed pictures with varied emotional and neutral content. Consistent with the motivational hypothesis, reports of the strongest emotional arousal, largest skin conductance responses, most pronounced cardiac deceleration, and greatest modulation of the startle reflex occurred when participants viewed pictures depicting threat, violent death, and erotica. Moreover, reflex modulation and conductance change varied with arousal, whereas facial patterns were content specific. The findings suggest that affective responses serve different functions--mobilization for action, attention, and social communication--and reflect the motivational system that is engaged, its intensity of activation, and the specific emotional context.}, author = {Bradley, Margaret M. and Codispoti, Maurizio and Cuthbert, Bruce N. and Lang, Peter J.}, citeulike-article-id = {310647}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WYF-46DSXJR-F/2/7a8b45cb3b6c8419e3fdcd2701403607}, journal = {Emotion}, keywords = {affective, emg, facial}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {276--298}, posted-at = {2008-11-16 08:35:50}, priority = {3}, title = {Emotion and Motivation I: Defensive and Appetitive Reactions in Picture Processing,}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WYF-46DSXJR-F/2/7a8b45cb3b6c8419e3fdcd2701403607}, volume = {1}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:310647 L3 - citeulike-article-id:310647 N2 - Emotional reactions are organized by underlying motivational states--defensive and appetitive--that have evolved to promote the survival of individuals and species. Affective responses were measured while participants viewed pictures with varied emotional and neutral content. Consistent with the motivational hypothesis, reports of the strongest emotional arousal, largest skin conductance responses, most pronounced cardiac deceleration, and greatest modulation of the startle reflex occurred when participants viewed pictures depicting threat, violent death, and erotica. Moreover, reflex modulation and conductance change varied with arousal, whereas facial patterns were content specific. The findings suggest that affective responses serve different functions--mobilization for action, attention, and social communication--and reflect the motivational system that is engaged, its intensity of activation, and the specific emotional context. IS - 3 JF - Emotion EP - 298 TI - Emotion and Motivation I: Defensive and Appetitive Reactions in Picture Processing, VL - 1 SP - 276 KW - affective KW - emg KW - facial AU - Bradley, Margaret AU - Codispoti, Maurizio AU - Cuthbert, Bruce AU - Lang, Peter PY - 2001/09// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WYF-46DSXJR-F/2/7a8b45cb3b6c8419e3fdcd2701403607 ER -