Functions of consciousness in emotional processing

IF 2.1 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.concog.2024.103801
Dylan Ludwig
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Contrary to the leading theories of consciousness on offer, it is a fruitful working hypothesis that conscious experiences facilitate a variety of functional capacities that are distinct to particular psychological tasks, individuals, and species (i.e., functional pluralism). In this paper, I illustrate this novel methodological point by identifying some of the functional contributions that consciousness makes to (human) emotional processing. I first consolidate empirical evidence of the capacities and limitations of unconscious emotional processing, drawing on a) experimental paradigms that employ the tools of vision science (masking and suppression of emotionally relevant stimuli), and b) theoretical and clinical research on emotional disorder (Generalized Anxiety Disorder). After comparing the functional characteristics of unconscious and conscious emotional processes, I argue that conscious experiences facilitate a cluster of functions that are specific to emotion, including increased capacities for representing fine-grained evaluative information, inhibition, and flexible response.
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意识在情绪处理中的功能。
与现有的主流意识理论相反,这是一个卓有成效的工作假设,即意识体验促进了各种不同于特定心理任务、个体和物种的功能能力(即功能多元主义)。在本文中,我通过识别意识对(人类)情绪处理的一些功能贡献来说明这一新颖的方法论观点。我首先巩固了无意识情绪处理能力和局限性的经验证据,借鉴了a)使用视觉科学工具的实验范式(掩盖和抑制情绪相关刺激),以及b)情绪障碍(广泛性焦虑障碍)的理论和临床研究。在比较了无意识和有意识的情感过程的功能特征后,我认为有意识的经历促进了一系列特定于情感的功能,包括表达细粒度评估信息、抑制和灵活反应的能力增强。
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Consciousness and Cognition
Consciousness and Cognition PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-
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期刊介绍: Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal provides a forum for a natural-science approach to the issues of consciousness, voluntary control, and self. The journal features empirical research (in the form of regular articles and short reports) and theoretical articles. Integrative theoretical and critical literature reviews, and tutorial reviews are also published. The journal aims to be both scientifically rigorous and open to novel contributions.
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