A computational perspective on the roles of affect in cognitive control.

ABSTRACT: Previous work has demonstrated that cognitive control can be influenced by affect, both when it is tied to the anticipated outcomes for cognitive performance (integral affect) and when affect is induced independently of performance (incidental affect). However, the mechanisms through which such interactions occur remain debated, in part because they have yet to be formalized in a way that allows experimenters to test quantitative predictions of a putative mechanism. To generate such predictions, we leveraged a recent model that determines cognitive control allocation by weighing potential costs and benefits in order to determine the overall Expected Value of Control (EVC). We simulated potential accounts of how integral and incidental affect might influence this valuation process, includin

SUBMITTER: Grahek I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7228808 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature