Shen Yang, Zheng Huijia, Li Yu, Tian Xuetao
China Basic Education Quality Monitoring Collaborative Innovation Center, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2024 Oct 17;18:1467403. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1467403. eCollection 2024.
Emotion and attention regulation significantly influence various aspects of human functioning and behavior. However, the interaction between emotion and attention in affecting performance remains underexplored. This study aims to investigate how individual differences in sustained attention, influenced by varying emotional states.
A total of 12 participants underwent emotion induction through Virtual Reality (VR) videos; completed an AX-CPT (continuous performance test) task to measure sustained attention, for which task performance is evaluated from two aspects, task accuracy and task reaction times; and reported their flow states. EEG and PPG data were collected throughout the sessions, as supporting evidence for sustained attention.
Our findings suggest that emotional valence and arousal significantly influence task reaction times and sustained attention, when gender differences are accounted for, but do not significantly impact task accuracy. Specifically, males responded faster under high-arousal negative emotions, while females responded faster under high-arousal positive emotions. Additionally, we find that flow experience is not significantly impacted by emotions states or sustained attention.
The study underscores the nuanced interplay between emotion, sustained attention, and task performance, suggesting that emotional states can differentially impact cognitive processes. Also, it support the use of VR, EEG, and PPG technologies in future research on related topics. Future research could expand upon this study by including larger sample sizes and a wider range of emotional inductions to generalize the findings.
情绪和注意力调节对人类机能和行为的各个方面有着显著影响。然而，情绪与注意力在影响表现方面的相互作用仍未得到充分探索。本研究旨在调查不同情绪状态如何影响持续注意力的个体差异。
共有12名参与者通过虚拟现实（VR）视频进行情绪诱导；完成一项AX-CPT（连续性能测试）任务以测量持续注意力，该任务的表现从任务准确性和任务反应时间两个方面进行评估；并报告他们的沉浸状态。在整个实验过程中收集脑电图（EEG）和光电容积脉搏波描记图（PPG）数据，作为持续注意力的支持证据。
我们的研究结果表明，在考虑性别差异的情况下，情绪效价和唤醒水平对任务反应时间和持续注意力有显著影响，但对任务准确性没有显著影响。具体而言，男性在高唤醒负面情绪下反应更快，而女性在高唤醒正面情绪下反应更快。此外，我们发现沉浸体验不受情绪状态或持续注意力的显著影响。
该研究强调了情绪、持续注意力和任务表现之间细微的相互作用，表明情绪状态可以对认知过程产生不同的影响。同时，它支持在未来相关主题的研究中使用VR、EEG和PPG技术。未来的研究可以通过纳入更大的样本量和更广泛的情绪诱导来扩展本研究，以推广研究结果。
