biostudies-literatureUnknown13Chakravarthula LNCReward motivation and emotion share common dimensions of valence and arousal, but the nature of interactions between the two constructs is relatively unclear. On the one hand, based on the common valence dimension, <i>valence-compatible</i> interactions are expected where reward motivation would facilitate the processing of compatible (i.e., positive) emotion and hamper the processing of incompatible (i.e., negative) emotion. On the other hand, one could hypothesize <i>valence-general</i> interactions driven by the arousal dimension, where the processing of both positive and negative emotions would be facilitated under reward motivation. Currently, the evidence for valence-compatible vs. valence-general type interactions between reward motivation and goal-relevant emotion is relatively mixFrontiers in psychology985652https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9681152biostudies-literatureArousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions.PMC9681152Padmala SChakravarthula LNCfalseArousal-driven interactions between reward motivation and categorization of emotional facial expressions.Reward motivation and emotion share common dimensions of valence and arousal, but the nature of interactions between the two constructs is relatively unclear. On the one hand, based on the common valence dimension, <i>valence-compatible</i> interactions are expected where reward motivation would facilitate the processing of compatible (i.e., positive) emotion and hamper the processing of incompatible (i.e., negative) emotion. On the other hand, one could hypothesize <i>valence-general</i> interactions driven by the arousal dimension, where the processing of both positive and negative emotions would be facilitated under reward motivation. Currently, the evidence for valence-compatible vs. valence-general type interactions between reward motivation and goal-relevant emotion is relatively mix2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222025-04-25T21:03:02.985Z2025-04-06T08:34:32.875ZS-EPMC96811523642581610.3389/fpsyg.2022.985652