Electrophysiological correlates of semantic pain processing in the affective priming
IntroductionPain plays a fundamental role in the well-being of the individual, and its semantic content may have specific properties compared to other negative domains (i.e., fear and anger) which allows the cognitive system to detect it with priority. Considering the influence of the affective cont...
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| description | IntroductionPain plays a fundamental role in the well-being of the individual, and its semantic content may have specific properties compared to other negative domains (i.e., fear and anger) which allows the cognitive system to detect it with priority. Considering the influence of the affective context in which stimuli (targets) are evaluated, it is possible that their valence could be differentially processed if preceded by negative stimuli (primes) associated with pain than negative stimuli not associated with pain. Thus, the present study aims to investigate the electrophysiological correlates of the implicit processing of words with pain content by using an affective priming paradigm.MethodsEvent-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded while participants were presented with positive and negative word targets (not associated with pain) that were preceded by positive, negative (not associated with pain), and pain word primes. Participants were asked to judge the valence of the target word.ResultsResults showed faster reaction times (RTs) in congruent conditions, especially when the negative target was preceded by a pain prime rather than a positive one. ERPs analyses showed no effect of pain at an early-stage processing (N400), but a larger waveform when the pain prime preceded the positive prime on the LPP.DiscussionThese results reaffirm the importance that valence has in establishing the priority with which stimuli are encoded in the environment and highlight the role that pain has in the processing of stimuli, supporting the hypothesis according to which the valence and the semantics of a stimulus interact with each other generating a specific response for each type of emotion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-131535bfeb8e4ca980c97a81d4fb07eb2023-09-08T17:27:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-09-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12015811201581Electrophysiological correlates of semantic pain processing in the affective primingAnna Gilioli0Eleonora Borelli1Luana Serafini2Francesca Pesciarelli3Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyIntroductionPain plays a fundamental role in the well-being of the individual, and its semantic content may have specific properties compared to other negative domains (i.e., fear and anger) which allows the cognitive system to detect it with priority. Considering the influence of the affective context in which stimuli (targets) are evaluated, it is possible that their valence could be differentially processed if preceded by negative stimuli (primes) associated with pain than negative stimuli not associated with pain. Thus, the present study aims to investigate the electrophysiological correlates of the implicit processing of words with pain content by using an affective priming paradigm.MethodsEvent-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded while participants were presented with positive and negative word targets (not associated with pain) that were preceded by positive, negative (not associated with pain), and pain word primes. Participants were asked to judge the valence of the target word.ResultsResults showed faster reaction times (RTs) in congruent conditions, especially when the negative target was preceded by a pain prime rather than a positive one. ERPs analyses showed no effect of pain at an early-stage processing (N400), but a larger waveform when the pain prime preceded the positive prime on the LPP.DiscussionThese results reaffirm the importance that valence has in establishing the priority with which stimuli are encoded in the environment and highlight the role that pain has in the processing of stimuli, supporting the hypothesis according to which the valence and the semantics of a stimulus interact with each other generating a specific response for each type of emotion.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1201581/fullaffective primingpainwordsevent-related potentialsN400LPP |
| spellingShingle | Anna Gilioli Eleonora Borelli Luana Serafini Francesca Pesciarelli Electrophysiological correlates of semantic pain processing in the affective priming Frontiers in Psychology affective priming pain words event-related potentials N400 LPP |
| title | Electrophysiological correlates of semantic pain processing in the affective priming |
| title_full | Electrophysiological correlates of semantic pain processing in the affective priming |
| title_fullStr | Electrophysiological correlates of semantic pain processing in the affective priming |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electrophysiological correlates of semantic pain processing in the affective priming |
| title_short | Electrophysiological correlates of semantic pain processing in the affective priming |
| title_sort | electrophysiological correlates of semantic pain processing in the affective priming |
| topic | affective priming pain words event-related potentials N400 LPP |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1201581/full |
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