The effects of emotional intelligence on visual search of emotional stimuli and emotion identification

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela N. Fellner ◽  
Gerald Matthews ◽  
Gregory J. Funke ◽  
Amanda K. Emo ◽  
Moshe Zeidner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Visual Search ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Emotion Identification

The Effects of Emotional Intelligence on Visual Search of Emotional Stimuli and Emotion Identification

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (14) ◽  
pp. 845-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela N. Fellner ◽  
Gerald Matthews ◽  
Gregory J. Funke ◽  
Amanda K. Emo ◽  
Moshe Zeidner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Visual Search ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Emotion Identification ◽  
Facial Emotions ◽  
Cognitive Intelligence ◽  
Initial Hypothesis ◽  
And Coping ◽  
And Training

Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to competencies in processing and managing emotion that may be important in security settings; facial emotions may betray criminals and terrorists. This study tested the hypothesis that high EI relates to superior detection and processing of facial emotion, in relation to two tasks: controlled visual search for designated facial emotions, and identification of micro-expressions of emotion. Participants completed scales for EI, as well as cognitive intelligence, personality, and coping. EI failed to predict performance on either task, contrary to the initial hypothesis. However, performance related to higher cognitive intelligence, the personality trait of openness, and use of task-focused coping. These measures related to faster visual search, and to greater accuracy in detecting facial micro-expressions. Practical considerations suggest selecting security agents who are high in conventional rather than emotional intelligence, and training use of task-focused coping. However, EI may be useful for selecting stress-tolerant agents.

Behavioral and Psychophysiological Investigations of Irritability

2019 ◽  
pp. 45-70
Author(s):  
Mariah DeSerisy ◽  
Christen M. Deveney
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Frustrative Nonreward ◽  
Reward Processing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Emotion Identification ◽  
Insight Into

A better understanding of neurocognitive mechanisms underlying irritability has the potential to inform treatments and improve quality of life for the children for whom this symptom is severe and persistent. This chapter examines the existing behavioral and psychophysiological investigations into irritability-related mechanisms in youth. Together, these measures provide insight into the cognitive and socioemotional abilities of youth with irritability. Existing research explores three domains: executive functioning, reward processing, and responses to emotional stimuli. Although deficits have been observed in each domain, the strongest evidence exists for atypical frustrative nonreward responses (i.e., when an expected reward is not received), face emotion identification deficits, and increased attention toward threatening faces. We discuss limitations to the existing literature and propose avenues for future research, including exploring cognitive-emotion interactions, using dimensional measures of irritability, and examining whether deficits are unique to irritability or related to co-occurring symptoms.

Using facial emotional stimuli in visual search experiments: The arousal factor explains contradictory results

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1012-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Lundqvist ◽  
Pernilla Juth ◽  
Arne Öhman
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Emotional Stimuli

scholarly journals Time course of processing emotional stimuli as a function of perceived emotional intelligence, anxiety, and depression.

Emotion ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joscelyn E. Fisher ◽  
Sarah M. Sass ◽  
Wendy Heller ◽  
Rebecca Levin Silton ◽  
J. Christopher Edgar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Perceived Emotional Intelligence

scholarly journals Working memory updating of emotional stimuli predicts emotional intelligence in females

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Orzechowski ◽  
Magdalena Śmieja ◽  
Karol Lewczuk ◽  
Edward Nęcka
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Emotional Content ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Emotional Context ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractPreliminary evidence concerning emotional intelligence (EI) and working memory (WM) showed that the relationship between them is dependent on the emotional content (‘hot’ or ‘cool’) of tasks involving WM. In this paper, we continue investigating the relationship between EI and WM, focusing on a crucial function of WM, i.e., the efficacy of updating its content. WM updating shows substantial correlations with general fluid intelligence (gF) and seems to be a significant predictor of cognitive performance and achievement. We assume that if updating is important for a wide range of higher-order processes, updating emotional content in WM could be essential for emotionally intelligent behavior. To test this hypothesis, we constructed two parallel versions of a task that requires WM updating: one with neutral and the other with emotional stimuli. In addition, performance-based measures of both gF and EI were used in the research. Using the structural equation approach, we sought to demonstrate that gF is dependent on the efficiency of WM updating for both emotional and neutral stimuli, whereas EI might depend only on the updating efficacy in the emotional context. The results are discussed in terms of the domain specificity of EI and the domain generality of gF. The main constraint of the study is its limited sample size (n = 123 for intelligence measures, n = 69 for WM updating tasks). Moreover, the study was based on a female sample; thus, the conclusions can be extrapolated only to women.

scholarly journals Social cognition in people with schizophrenia: a cluster-analytic approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (13) ◽  
pp. 2717-2729 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Rocca ◽  
S. Galderisi ◽  
A. Rossi ◽  
A. Bertolino ◽  
P. Rucci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Negative Symptoms ◽  
Regression Tree ◽  
Classification And Regression Tree ◽  
Emotion Identification ◽  
Regression Tree Analysis ◽  
Inference Test ◽  
Cluster Analytic ◽  
Intelligence Test Scores

BackgroundThe study aimed to subtype patients with schizophrenia on the basis of social cognition (SC), and to identify cut-offs that best discriminate among subtypes in 809 out-patients recruited in the context of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses.MethodA two-step cluster analysis of The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT), the Facial Emotion Identification Test and Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test scores was performed. Classification and regression tree analysis was used to identify the cut-offs of variables that best discriminated among clusters.ResultsWe identified three clusters, characterized by unimpaired (42%), impaired (50.4%) and very impaired (7.5%) SC. Three theory-of-mind domains were more important for the cluster definition as compared with emotion perception and emotional intelligence. Patients more able to understand simple sarcasm (⩾14 for TASIT-SS) were very likely to belong to the unimpaired SC cluster. Compared with patients in the impaired SC cluster, those in the very impaired SC cluster performed significantly worse in lie scenes (TASIT-LI <10), but not in simple sarcasm. Moreover, functioning, neurocognition, disorganization and SC had a linear relationship across the three clusters, while positive symptoms were significantly lower in patients with unimpaired SC as compared with patients with impaired and very impaired SC. On the other hand, negative symptoms were highest in patients with impaired levels of SC.ConclusionsIf replicated, the identification of such subtypes in clinical practice may help in tailoring rehabilitation efforts to the person's strengths to gain more benefit to the person.

Disentangling the facilitating and hindering effects of threat-related stimuli – A visual search study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andras N. Zsido ◽  
Andras Matuz ◽  
Orsolya Inhof ◽  
Gergely Darnai ◽  
Timea Budai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Reaction Time ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Search Time ◽  
Onset Time ◽  
Stimulus Onset ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Attentional Processes ◽  
Presentation Time

A large body of research has demonstrated the attention-grabbing nature of threat-related stimuli. According to the results of studies using spatial cueing tasks, threat could also facilitate attentional processes. However, it was pointed out that it is not clear whether the attentional draw or the facilitated processing caused by threatening stimuli lead to a better performance compared to neutral ones. Here, we aimed to disentangle the two effects by using a visual search paradigm that allowed us to separate the emotional stimuli and the cognitive task. We manipulated stimulus onset time and threat intensity. Participants saw neutral and threatening pictures as priming stimuli, and then, they had to find numbers in ascending order in a matrix array. We measured the reaction time for finding the first number, and search time for finding all the numbers. Our results showed that when the priming stimulus is presented longer threatening pictures had an attentional-grabbing effect compared to neutral ones, which was compensated by the facilitating effect of threat. We did not find any significant effects for the shorter presentation time. Further theoretical and methodological implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The human amygdala disconnecting from auditory cortex preferentially discriminates musical sound of uncertain emotion by altering hemispheric weighting

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis A. M. Manno ◽  
Condon Lau ◽  
Juan Fernandez-Ruiz ◽  
Sinaí Hernandez-Cortes Manno ◽  
Shuk Han Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Auditory Cortex ◽  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Sparse Sampling ◽  
Negative Control ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Emotion Identification ◽  
Amygdala Activation ◽  
Hemispheric Activation ◽  
The Right

Abstract How do humans discriminate emotion from non-emotion? The specific psychophysical cues and neural responses involved with resolving emotional information in sound are unknown. In this study we used a discrimination psychophysical-fMRI sparse sampling paradigm to locate threshold responses to happy and sad acoustic stimuli. The fine structure and envelope of auditory signals were covaried to vary emotional certainty. We report that emotion identification at threshold in music utilizes fine structure cues. The auditory cortex was activated but did not vary with emotional uncertainty. Amygdala activation was modulated by emotion identification and was absent when emotional stimuli were chance identifiable, especially in the left hemisphere. The right hemisphere amygdala was considerably more deactivated in response to uncertain emotion. The threshold of emotion was signified by a right amygdala deactivation and change of left amygdala greater than right amygdala activation. Functional sex differences were noted during binaural uncertain emotional stimuli presentations, where the right amygdala showed larger activation in females. Negative control (silent stimuli) experiments investigated sparse sampling of silence to ensure modulation effects were inherent to emotional resolvability. No functional modulation of Heschl’s gyrus occurred during silence; however, during rest the amygdala baseline state was asymmetrically lateralized. The evidence indicates changing hemispheric activation and deactivation patterns between the left and right amygdala is a hallmark feature of discriminating emotion from non-emotion in music.

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