The effect of fear on attentional processing in a sample of healthy females |
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| Authors: | Anne M Finucane Mick J Power |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, Scotland, UK;2. School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK;1. Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France;2. UDSL, LNFP, EA4559, Lille, France;3. Université de Lille 1, Neurosciences, Villeneuve d''Ascq, France;4. Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition (CERNEC), Montréal, QC, Canada;5. Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, Canada;6. CNRS, Paris, France;1. Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University “G. d’annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy;2. Department of Oral Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy;3. Department of Clinical Sciences and Bioimaging, University ‘G. d’Annunzio’, Chieti, Pescara, Italy;1. Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 100144, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;2. AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, 47–83 boulevard de l’hôpital, F-75013 Paris, France;3. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1158, Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique, F-75005 Paris, France;4. INSERM, UMR_S 1158, Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique, F-75005 Paris, France;5. Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, and Healthy Ageing Research Center, Chang Gung University, 259 Wenhwa 1st Road, Taoyuan, Taiwan;6. Department of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 117420, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;7. Research group on Health Psychology, University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | The present experiment examines the effect of fear on efficiency of three attention networks: executive attention, orienting and alerting, in a healthy female sample. International Affective Picture System (IAPS) images were used to elicit both a fear response and a non-emotional response in 100 participants. During the emotion manipulation, participants performed a modified version of the Attention Network Test (ANT). Results showed enhanced executive attention in the fear condition compared to the control condition. Specifically, during a fear experience participants were better able to inhibit irrelevant information resulting in faster response times to a target. There was no effect of fear on orienting while the effect of fear on alerting was inconclusive. It is suggested that enhanced executive attention in fear-eliciting situations may function to focus attention on a potentially threat-related target, thus facilitating subsequent rapid responding. |
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