The Influence of Guilt Emotion on Cognitive Flexibility

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210617.142How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Guilt emotion, Cognitive flexibility, Switching task paradigm

Abstract

Cognitive flexibility is one of the three dimensions of executive function, and the influence of emotion on it has always been a hot topic in international research in recent years. A review of previous studies shows that predecessors focus on influence of basic emotions, while there is no research on higher moral emotions. Guilt emotion, as a special emotion, is a negative emotion, but it has a prosocial function. This study aims to explore the influence of guilt emotion on cognitive flexibility. We induced subjects’ guilt emotion by the point estimation task, and then selected switching task paradigm (digital switching and odd-even switching) to compare the differences in accuracy, response time and switch cost of switching task between guilt group and neutral group. The results showed that switching task had longer response times and lower accuracy than task repetition. Secondly, guilt group showed lower RT switch costs, indicating that guilt emotion promote task switching and cognitive flexibility. This study preliminarily explored the influence mechanism of guilt emotion on cognitive flexibility and some supporting evidence for the prosocial function of guilt.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yun Tao
AU  - Danna Luo
AU  - Ting Deng
AU  - Xie Ma
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/20
TI  - The Influence of Guilt Emotion on Cognitive Flexibility
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 2nd International Conference on Mental Health and Humanities Education (ICMHHE 2021）
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 579
EP  - 583
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210617.142
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210617.142
ID  - Tao2021
ER  -