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AuthorBlanchette, Isabelle
AuthorMarzouki, Yousri
AuthorClaidière, Nicolas
AuthorGullstrand, Julie
AuthorFagot, Joël
Available date2023-09-28T10:54:24Z
Publication Date2016-11-12
Publication NamePsychological Science
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797616671557
CitationBlanchette, I., Marzouki, Y., Claidière, N., Gullstrand, J., & Fagot, J. (2017). Emotion-cognition interaction in nonhuman primates: Cognitive avoidance of negative stimuli in baboons (Papio papio). Psychological Science, 28(1), 3-11.
ISSN0956-7976
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URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/48082
AbstractIt is well established that emotion and cognition interact in humans, but such an interaction has not been extensively studied in nonhuman primates. We investigated whether emotional value can affect nonhuman primates’ processing of stimuli that are only mentally represented, not visually available. In a short-term memory task, baboons memorized the location of two target squares of the same color, which were presented with a distractor of a different color. Through prior long-term conditioning, one of the two colors had acquired a negative valence. Subjects were slower and less accurate on the memory task when the targets were negative than when they were neutral. In contrast, subjects were faster and more accurate when the distractors were negative than when they were neutral. Some of these effects were modulated by individual differences in emotional disposition. Overall, the results reveal a pattern of cognitive avoidance of negative stimuli, and show that emotional value alters cognitive processing in baboons even when the stimuli are not physically present. This suggests that emotional influences on cognition are deeply rooted in evolutionary continuity.
Sponsor- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN/372307-2009) - The French National Research Agency - “Attraction et Sélection dans l’évolution Culturelle” (ANR-13-PDOC-0004).
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PublisherSAGE
Subjectavoidance
baboons
emotion-cognition interaction
negative stimuli
open data
short-term memory
TitleEmotion-Cognition Interaction in Nonhuman Primates: Cognitive Avoidance of Negative Stimuli in Baboons (Papio papio)
TypeArticle
Pagination3-11
Issue Number1
Volume Number28
ESSN1467-9280
dc.accessType Open Access


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