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How arousal influences neural competition: What dual competition does not explain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Steven G. Greening  and
Mara Mather
Steven G. Greening
Affiliation:
Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089. greening@usc.edu Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90089.
Mara Mather
Affiliation:
Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089. greening@usc.edu Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90089. Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90089. mara.mather@usc.edu http://www.usc.edu/matherlab
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Abstract

We argue that although the “dual competition” model is useful when considering interactions between emotional and neutral stimuli, it fails to account for the influence of emotional arousal on perceptual or goal-directed behavior involving neutral stimuli. We present the “arousal-biased competition” framework as an alternative that accounts for both scenarios.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e77
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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