The effects of different reward types on the attention capture of non-target emotional faces

Zhang Ruohan; Li Shuo; Wang Zhilin; Zhang Zilin; Zhou Yihong; Hai Ri

doi:10.54097/2vtcsa49

Authors

Zhang Ruohan
Li Shuo
Wang Zhilin
Zhang Zilin
Zhou Yihong
Hai Ri

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/2vtcsa49

Keywords:

monetary reward, social reward, emotional face, attention capture.

Abstract

To investigate the impact of different reward types on the attention capture effect of non-target emotional faces, this study recruited 40 healthy college students and used a visual discrimination task to explore the attention capture effect. The results showed that the main effect of reward type was significant (F[1,39] = 4.352, p = 0.044), with reaction times being significantly longer under monetary rewards compared to social rewards. The main effect of emotion was not significant (p> 0.05), and the interaction between reward type and emotion was also not significant (p> 0.05). The study indicates that both monetary and social rewards can effectively regulate cognitive resource allocation, but social rewards are more effective in inhibiting the attention capture effect of non-target emotional faces.

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