Department of Psychology, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2012 Dec 31;6:342. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00342. eCollection 2012.
Adapting to changing task demands is one of the hallmarks of human cognition. According to an influential theory, the conflict monitoring theory, the adaptation of information processing occurs in a context-sensitive manner in that conflicts signal the need for control recruitment. Starting from the conflict monitoring theory, here the authors discuss the role of affect in the context of conflict-triggered processing adjustments from three different perspectives: (1) the affective value of conflict per se, (2) the affective modulation of conflict-triggered processing adjustments, and (3) the modulation of conflict adaptation by reward. Based on the current empirical evidence, the authors stress the importance of disentangling effects of affect and reward on conflict-triggered control adjustments.
适应不断变化的任务需求是人类认知的标志之一。根据一个有影响力的理论，冲突监测理论，信息处理的适应是以上下文敏感的方式发生的，即冲突信号需要控制招募。从冲突监测理论出发，作者从三个不同的角度讨论了情感在冲突引发的加工调整中的作用：（1）冲突本身的情感价值，（2）冲突引发的加工调整的情感调节，（3）奖励对冲突适应的调节。基于当前的实证证据，作者强调了区分情感和奖励对冲突引发的控制调整的影响的重要性。
