Journal article
Emotional foundations of cognitive control
Trends in cognitive sciences, Vol.19(3), pp.126-132
03/01/2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.01.004
PMCID: PMC4348332
PMID: 25659515
Abstract
Often seen as the paragon of higher cognition, here we suggest that cognitive control is dependent on emotion. Rather than asking whether control is influenced by emotion, we ask whether control itself can be understood as an emotional process. Reviewing converging evidence from cybernetics, animal research, cognitive neuroscience, and social and personality psychology, we suggest that cognitive control is initiated when goal conflicts evoke phasic changes to emotional primitives that both focus attention on the presence of goal conflicts and energize conflict resolution to support goal-directed behavior. Critically, we propose that emotion is not an inert byproduct of conflict but is instrumental in recruiting control. Appreciating the emotional foundations of control leads to testable predictions that can spur future research.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Emotional foundations of cognitive control
- Creators
- Michael Inzlicht - University of TorontoBruce D. Bartholow - University of MissouriJacob B. Hirsh - University of Toronto
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Trends in cognitive sciences, Vol.19(3), pp.126-132
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.tics.2015.01.004
- PMID
- 25659515
- PMCID
- PMC4348332
- NLM abbreviation
- Trends Cogn Sci
- ISSN
- 1364-6613
- eISSN
- 1879-307X
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); CGIAR R21AA017282 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA) Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation; Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario R21 AA017282 / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984446262602771
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