Emotion elicitation and regulation tasks¶

Affective stimuli are presented to elicit, recognize or regulate an emotional response; ratings, physiological responses and recognition accuracy are the measures.

This family contains 4 tasks.

Affective Picture Viewing ¶

Passive or instructed viewing of emotionally valenced images (IAPS, GAPED, NAPS, OASIS) while physiological, neural, or rating responses to valence and arousal are recorded. Engages 6 processesEmotion recognitionEmotion regulationVisual perceptionSelective attentionApproach motivationAvoidance motivation. 2 aliasesIAPS ViewingPassive Viewing Task, 1 variationCategory-Specific Selection.

Affective Priming ¶

Target evaluation (good/bad) preceded by a briefly presented affective prime; response facilitation on congruent trials indexes automatic evaluation. Engages 5 processesAffective primingEmotion recognitionSemantic processingResponse selectionResponse conflict. 1 aliasEvaluative Priming, 7 variationsEvaluative Decision (Good/Bad)Pronunciation/NamingSubliminal PrimingPicture-Word PrimingFace-Face PrimingCross-Modal Affective PrimingMasked vs. Unmasked Priming, also filed under 1 other familyConflict and interference tasks.

Emotion Regulation ¶

View affective images under instructions to reappraise or passively view; self-reported affect, physiological responses, and neural activity index emotion regulation ability. Engages 5 processesEmotion regulationCognitive reappraisalExpressive suppressionEmotion recognitionExecutive attention. 2 aliasesCognitive Reappraisal TaskER Task, 9 variationsReinterpretation/ReappraisalDistancing/DetachmentDistraction/Attentional DeploymentExpressive SuppressionAcceptance/Mindful AwarenessSituation Selection/ModificationUp-RegulationRegulation of Positive vs. Negative EmotionsImplicit Emotion Regulation.

Facial Emotion Recognition ¶

Identification of an emotion category from a face image; accuracy and RT per emotion index emotion decoding ability. Engages 4 processesEmotion recognitionFace perceptionCategorizationSocial perception. 2 aliasesEkman Faces TaskFacial Emotion Recognition, 8 variationsStatic Ekman Faces (6 basic emotions)Morphed IntensityDynamic ExpressionsMicroexpression DetectionEmotion-in-ContextExpression MatchingCompound ExpressionsDimensional Ratings.