Deployment dynamics of hypnotic anger modulation |
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Institution: | 1. China Electrics Technology Cyber Security Co., Ltd, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China;2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi''an 710072, Shaanxi, China |
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Abstract: | To understand the role that attention plays in the deployment timeline of hypnotic anger modulation, we composed an Attentional Blink paradigm where the first and second targets were faces, expressing neutral or angry emotions. We then suppressed the salience of angry faces through a “hypnotic numbing” suggestion. We found that hypnotic suggestion only attenuated the emotional salience of the second target (T2). By implementing drift-diffusion decision modelling, we also found that hypnotic suggestion mainly affected decision thresholds. These findings suggest that hypnotic numbing resulted from belated changes in response strategy. Interestingly, a contrast against non-hypnotized participants revealed that the numbing suggestion had the instruction-like feature of incorporating emotional valence into the attentional task-set. Together, our results portray hypnotic anger modulation as a two-tiered process: first, hypnotic suggestion alters the attentional task-set; second, provided processing and response preparation are not interrupted, a hypnotizability-dependent response based on said altered task-set is produced through late cognitive control strategies. |
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Keywords: | Hypnosis Attentional blink Anger superiority Emotional numbing Attentional task set Cognitive control |
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