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Li S, Li S, Ding T, Liu S, Guo X, Liu Z. Effects of attentional deployment training for relieving negative emotion in individuals with subthreshold depression. Clin Neurophysiol 2024; 165:97-106. [PMID: 38996613 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024]
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OBJECTIVE As a prodromal stage to major depressive disorder (MDD), subthreshold depression (StD) has a higher prevalence in the population, resulting in a greater healthcare burden. StD individuals' current negative emotion could be moderated by attentional deployment. However, it remains unclear whether attentional deployment training can mitigate subsequent negative emotion in StD individuals. METHODS Based on 160 participants, we combined decision task (Experiment 1, N = 69), eye-tracking (Experiment 2, N = 40), and EEG (Experiment 3, N = 51) techniques to investigate how one-week attentional deployment (gain-focus, GF) training modulated the emotional processing of negative stimulus and its underlying neural correlates in StD individuals. RESULTS After one-week GF training, StD individuals significantly reduced the first fixation time and total fixation time on the negative part (missed opportunities) of decision outcome and showed a decrease in emotional sensitivity to missed opportunities. An increase in N1 and decrease in P3 and LPP (late positive potentials) amplitudes, as well as a decrease in alpha oscillation, were observed when StD individuals faced missed opportunities after training. Additionally, the extent of reduction in StD individuals' emotional sensitivity to missed opportunities could be significantly predicted by the degree of decrease in alpha oscillation. CONCLUSION One-week attentional deployment training could modulate negative emotion in StD individuals and the degree of change in alpha oscillation might act as an objective indicator for the effectiveness of training. SIGNIFICANCE Our study provides a convenient and effective approach to alleviate the negative emotion of StD individuals.
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- Shuyu Li
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Department of Mental Health Education for College Students, School of Marxism, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Fudan Institute on Ageing, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; MOE Laboratory for National Development and Intelligent Governance, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Fudan Institute on Ageing, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; MOE Laboratory for National Development and Intelligent Governance, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
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Kharwar S, Singh P. Investigating the Role of Anger and Cognitive Malfunction in Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Exploration Paving the Way for a Subsequent Experiment. THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2024:1-23. [PMID: 38564674 DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2334289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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The functional outcomes associated with subjective well-being (SWB) and the detrimental aspects of psychological distress (PD) make it essential to explore contributing factors. The present study investigated a model about the existing gap in the determining role of trait anger (TA), state anger (SA), cognitive reappraisal (CR), rumination and cognitive failure (CF) as predictors of SWB and PD. The study contributes by exploring the interaction of dispositional, situation factors and emotional regulation strategies in shaping SWB and PD in the Indian Sample. A cross-sectional survey design was employed wherein 600 young adults aged 18-40 (Mage = 22.13, SDage = 4.06) were recruited from Uttar Pradesh, India using a multi-level cluster sampling method. The data were collected using questionnaires in the field setting during August-December 2021. Regression and path analysis revealed that the proposed predictors explained significant variance in SWB and PD, i.e., R2 = 0.24, F (5, 594) = 38.03, p < 0.01, Cohen f2 =0.31 and R2 = 0.35, F (5, 594) = 66.40, p < 0.01, Cohen f2 = 0.53, respectively. The models also fit well with the statistical indices. Except CR, all predictors emerged as significant risk factors. The findings suggest that the interventions to reduce PD and enhance SWB may consider inculcating CR and reducing higher levels of TA, SA, rumination and CF to enhance an individual's adaptive functioning. The findings pave the way for conducting a pre-planned experiment to study the outcomes of various levels of TA in regulating incidental anger (SA) employing CR and rumination.
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Zhao R, Zhou L. Do incidental positive emotions induce more optimistic expectations of decision outcomes? An empirical study from the perspective of event-related potential. Brain Behav 2024; 14:e3491. [PMID: 38641887 PMCID: PMC11031635 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.3491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Previous research has found that incidental emotions of different valences (positive/negative/neutral) influence risky decision-making. However, the mechanism of their influence on psychological expectations of decision outcomes remains unclear. METHODS We explored the effects of different incidental emotions on the behavioral, psychological, and electrophysiological responses of individuals in risky decision-making through a money gambling task using a one-way (emotion type: positive, negative, neutral emotions) between-subjects experimental design. RESULTS Individuals with positive emotions had significantly greater risk-seeking rates than those with negative emotions during the decision selection phase (p < .01). In the feedback stage of decision outcomes, individuals showed stronger perceptions of uncertainty in the decision environment under gain and loss feedback compared with neutral feedback, as evidenced by a more positive P2 component (i.e., the second positive component of an event-related potential). Positive emotions produced greater than expected outcome bias than neutral emotions, as evidenced by a more negative FRN component (i.e., the feedback-related negativity component). CONCLUSION Our results suggest that positive emotions increase individuals' psychological expectations of decision outcomes. This study provides new empirical insights to understand the influence of incidental emotions on risky decision outcome expectations.
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- Ruinan Zhao
- Jing Hengyi School of EducationHangzhou Normal UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
- Think Tank Alliance of China Education Modernization Research and Evaluation CenterHangzhou Normal UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
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- Jing Hengyi School of EducationHangzhou Normal UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
- Think Tank Alliance of China Education Modernization Research and Evaluation CenterHangzhou Normal UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
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FEDA: Fine-grained emotion difference analysis for facial expression recognition. Biomed Signal Process Control 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2022.104209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wang J, Wang H, Jiang J, Cheng X, Xu K, Xia F, Chang L, Ji Y, Feng Z. The Validity of Virtual Courage for Trainees in High-Risk Occupations. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2022; 15:1783-1796. [PMID: 35860202 PMCID: PMC9292066 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s371653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Employees in high-risk occupations are exposed to tremendous work stress that hinders organizational effectiveness and personal mental health. Based on positive psychology, courage can be considered a protective factor that buffers the adverse effect of high-risk surroundings on employees. However, little is known about the way courage is simulated or evaluated in response to safety concerns. Virtual reality (VR) is an accessible tool for courage simulation due to its immersive qualities, presence and interactive features and may provide a promising pathway to achieve a scientific, accurate and ecologically valid evaluation of high-risk employees. Methods The sample consisted of 51 high-risk employees who were recruited voluntarily. Before and after experiencing the VR courage scenarios, the participants completed the VR features questionnaire, the Physical Courage at Work Scale (PCWS), the Courage Measure (CM), and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS). During the process of watching the VR courage scenarios, the participants’ heart rate and skin conductance at resting-state baseline and during virtual courage scenarios were recorded through HTC VIVE Pro Eye and BioGraph Infiniti 8. Results The results support the hypothesis and reveal that the interaction, immersion and presence scores of the scenarios were all significantly higher than the median 4 points. The score for the CM in the posttest was significantly higher than that in the pretest. The scared and afraid scores for the posttest were significantly higher than those for the pretest. The heart rate and skin conductance of each scenario showed an increase compared with the baseline. The Pearson’s correlation between physiological indicators and the score of the PCWS was 0.28~0.54. Conclusion This study developed virtual courage for high-risk occupations based on well-established theory and VR technology. Experimental data revealed that the paradigm conformed to the requirements of VR features and was able to activate fear and evoke the quality of courage. Thus, the virtual courage paradigms have good validity in simulating scenarios for high-risk employees, which might accelerate organizational effectiveness while buffering working stress.
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- Jia Wang
- Department of Developmental Psychology of Armyman, School of Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- School of Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- School of Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Unit 32298 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Weifang, People's Republic of China
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- Shigatse Branch, Xinqiao Hospital, Army 953 Hospital, Army Medical University, Shigatse, People's Republic of China
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- School of Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- School of Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Army Engineering University, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Developmental Psychology of Armyman, School of Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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Xu F, Huang L. The Influence of Trait Emotion and Spatial Distance on Risky Choice Under the Framework of Gain and Loss. Front Psychol 2022; 13:592584. [PMID: 35719468 PMCID: PMC9204226 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.592584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are often faced with uncertain risky choice. Risky choice will be affected by different descriptions of the event's gain or loss framework, this phenomenon is known as the framing effect. With the continuous expansion and in-depth study of frame effects in the field of risky choice, researchers have found that the are quite different in different situations. People have different interpretations of the same event at different psychological distances, and will also be affected by their own emotions. Therefore, the current study examines the common influence of task frame, spatial distance, and trait emotion on risky choice through two studies. Study 1 used a 2 (framework: gain vs. loss) × 2 (trait sentiment: high vs. low) inter-subject design, and the dependent variable is the choice of the rescue plan for the classic "Asian disease" problem. The results revealed that trait anger did not predict individuals' risky choice preferences, and high trait anxiety led individuals to be more risk-averse. The framing effect exists in risky choice, and individuals prefer risk seeking in the loss frame. Study 2 used a 2 (spatial distance: distant vs. proximal) × 2 (framework: gain vs. loss) × 2 (trait sentiment: high vs. low) three-factor inter-subject design in which the dependent variable is the choice of rescue plan. The results indicate that the framing effect also exists in risky choice, and individuals prefer risk seeking in a loss frame. High trait anxiety lead individuals to be more risk-averse, while trait anger has no significant predictive effect on risk preference. Distant spatial distance lead individuals to increase their preference for risk-seeking under the gain frame, which leads to the disappearance of the framing effect. In conclusion, trait anxiety and spatial distance have a certain degree of influence on risky choice under the framework of gain and loss.
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- Fuming Xu
- School of Education Science, Nanning Normal University, Nanning, China
- School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China
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- School of Humanities and Management, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China
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The effects of working memory load on feedback processing: Evidence from an event-related potentials (ERP) study. ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA SINICA 2022. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1041.2022.00248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Peng M, Wang X, Chen W, Chen T, Cai M, Sun X, Wang Y. Cooperate or aggress? An opponent's tendency to cooperate modulates the neural dynamics of interpersonal cooperation. Neuropsychologia 2021; 162:108025. [PMID: 34560141 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Humans are social animals and need to cooperate to survive. However, individuals are not cooperative in every social interaction, and their cooperation may depend on social context. The present study used a social dilemma game to investigate whether an opponent's tendency to be cooperative over time influenced a player's behavior and neural response to outcomes in the game. University students ("players") thought they were playing against other students ("opponents") in the Chicken Game but were actually playing against a programmed computer. Participants were randomly assigned to play with an opponent who tended to be competitive (cooperative 20% of the time) or who tended to be cooperative (cooperative 80% of the time). The results showed that early in the game, participants in both groups adopted a "tit-for-tat" strategy. However, as the game progressed and the opponent's behavioral tendency became more noticeable, players in the competitive-opponent group became generally more cooperative to limit their losses. ERPs analyses indicated that players had a higher P300 and larger theta power in response to the opponent's aggression but not to the opponent's cooperation when their opponent showed a tendency to be cooperative vs. competitive. The results suggest that people adjust their cooperative behavior based on their opponent's behavior in social interaction, and aggression captures more attention than cooperation in this process.
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- Ming Peng
- Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior of the Ministry of Education and School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China; School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China; Institute of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychology, Manhattanville College, New York, NY, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior of the Ministry of Education and School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China; School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China; Institute of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China.
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Yuan H, Zheng T, Chang Y, Luo Y, Chen X. Your happy expressions encourage me to take risks: ERP evidence from an interpersonal gambling game. Biol Psychol 2021; 166:108205. [PMID: 34653548 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Although the influence of endogenous emotion on decision-making has been widely studied, the effect of interpersonal emotions on risk decision-making is less understood. To address this issue, participants were asked to perform an interpersonal gambling game after perceiving their cooperator's facial emotions. The results found that the cooperator's happy expressions increased individuals' risk-approaching choice compared with angry expressions. Moreover, happy expressions induced larger P300 potentials in the option assessment stage, and diminished the differences between losses and wins in feedback-related FRN/RewP in the outcome valuation stage. Additionally, single-trial analysis found that the neural response induced by interpersonal expressions and feedback could predict participants' subsequent decision-making. These findings suggest that interpersonal emotions shape individuals' risk preference through enhancing in-depth valuation in the option assessment stage and early motivational salience valuation in the outcome valuation stage.
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- Hang Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Psychology in Shaanxi Province, School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Leiden University Center for Linguistics & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Psychology in Shaanxi Province, School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Psychology in Shaanxi Province, School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Psychology in Shaanxi Province, School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
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Gable PA, Paul K, Pourtois G, Burgdorf J. Utilizing electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate positive affect. Curr Opin Behav Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lin H, Liang J, Yang J, Wu F. Effects of experienced regret on risky decision making are dependent on risky degree. Scand J Psychol 2021; 62:339-347. [PMID: 33719048 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We investigated whether experienced regret influences risky decision making in future dissimilar situations and whether this effect is affected by risky degree. Therefore, participants (N = 39 and 54 in Experiment 1 and 2, respectively) were asked to select one of the two options. In the experienced regret condition, the selected option was worse than the unselected option; in the control condition, the information about the unselected option was unknown to the participants. Subsequently, participants were required to either keep the selected option or to gamble. Additionally, Experiment 2 varied in risky degree of the gamble from low to high. Results showed that experienced regret enhanced possibilities of gamble under low risk (Experiment 1 and 2). Under high risk, however, the effect of experienced regret was reversed (Experiment 2). The findings might suggest that experienced regret affects risky decision making in future dissimilar situations dependently on risky degree.
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- Huiyan Lin
- Laboratory for Behavioral and Regional Finance, Guangdong University of Finance, Guangzhou, China.,Institute of Applied Psychology, School of Public Administration, Guangdong University of Finance, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Education, Guangdong University of Education, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory for Behavioral and Regional Finance, Guangdong University of Finance, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory for Behavioral and Regional Finance, Guangdong University of Finance, Guangzhou, China
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Liu D, Wang Y, Lu F, Shu D, Zhang J, Zhu C, Luo W. Emotional valence modulates arithmetic strategy execution in priming paradigm: an event-related potential study. Exp Brain Res 2021; 239:1151-1163. [PMID: 33555381 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-021-06048-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Combined with the prime paradigm, the present study aimed to explore the influence of emotion (anger, fear, happiness, and neutral) on performing multiplication estimation. Participants were asked to complete a two-digit multiplication estimation task using the down-up strategy (e.g., doing 20 × 80 = 1600 for 24 × 79). Behavioral results showed that the reaction time for completing multiplication estimation tasks under happy conditions was shorter than for those under anger and fear, and it was shorter under neutral than under fearful conditions. The ERP results showed that about 100 ms after multiplication estimation task onset, multiplication estimation execution in the context of happiness (vs. neutral) elicited smaller P1 amplitudes; about 170 ms after multiplication estimation task onset, the N170 amplitudes elicited by multiplication estimation strategy execution under different emotional priming conditions showed no significant differences. The above results showed that the impact of emotion priming demonstrates the occurrence of a dynamic process when participants use a specified strategy to complete the multiplication estimation task. The present study revealed that emotional valence modulated arithmetic strategy execution, suggesting the role of different emotions should be fully considered in similar study.
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- Dianzhi Liu
- Department of Psychology, School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Foreign Languages, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Humanities, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Educational Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, China.
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- Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China.
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Huang W, Chen C, Chen X, Chen X, Gan J, Zhu X, Xu J, Zhao L, Zhou J, Yang R, Lv J, Liu X, Li H. Association between global visual scanning and cognitive function in schizophrenia. Asian J Psychiatr 2021; 56:102559. [PMID: 33465748 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Abnormalities of global visual scanning have been well-recognized in schizophrenia patients. However, its relevance to various cognitive domains is still understudied. In the present study, we identified the association between global visual scanning and cognitive function in schizophrenia. METHODS Eye movement was captured and analyzed in 28 individuals with schizophrenia and 21 healthy controls in free viewing test. The MATRICS consensus cognitive battery (MCCB) was applied to evaluate cognitive function. RESULTS Consistent with previous reports, schizophrenia patients exhibited several eye movement abnormalities during global visual scanning and showed cognition deficits in MCCB test as compared with healthy controls. Fixation duration was significantly related to cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. Moreover, there was a potential that eye movement measures during landscape scanning, rather than face scanning, were preferentially related to cognitive dysfunction. CONCLUSION This study indicated the association between free visual scanning and various cognitive functions in schizophrenia, shedding light on the possibility that some eye movement measures during visual exploration could be a biomarker for cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
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- Wei Huang
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, No. 923 Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), No. 52 Zhiwu Road, Nanning, 530000, China
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- Department of Military Medical Psychology, Air Force Medical University of PLA (the Fourth Military Medical University), No. 169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Physiology, Research Center of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Nantong No. 4 People's Hospital, No. 37 Chenggang Road, Nantong, 226000, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mental Diseases Prevention and Treatment Institute of PLA, No. 988 Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of PLA, Jiaozuo, 454003, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mental Diseases Prevention and Treatment Institute of PLA, No. 988 Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of PLA, Jiaozuo, 454003, China
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Nantong No. 4 People's Hospital, No. 37 Chenggang Road, Nantong, 226000, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, No. 923 Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), No. 52 Zhiwu Road, Nanning, 530000, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, No. 923 Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), No. 52 Zhiwu Road, Nanning, 530000, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, No. 923 Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), No. 52 Zhiwu Road, Nanning, 530000, China
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- The Second Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No.28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China.
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- Department of Military Medical Psychology, Air Force Medical University of PLA (the Fourth Military Medical University), No. 169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, No. 923 Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), No. 52 Zhiwu Road, Nanning, 530000, China.
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Hou J, Shu T, Fang X. Influence of Resources on Cue Preferences in Mate Selection. Front Psychol 2020; 11:574168. [PMID: 33071911 PMCID: PMC7542307 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.574168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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According to the research on the influence of resources on mate selection, the amount of financial resources affects an individual’s choice of “luxuries” and “necessities” among mate selection cues, while the amount of time resources affects cue diversity. However, for a long time, researchers only paid attention to the impact of financial resources and ignored the role of time resources. Therefore, this paper draws lessons from the relevant research on the influence of time on decision-making and proposes to study mate selection from the perspective of decision-making. Additionally, current research concerning the influence of resources on the choice of a spouse focuses more on results and neglects to examine the process. Therefore, based on the relevant theories, this paper makes several theoretical assumptions regarding the influence mechanism of resource availability on mate choice decisions, gender differences, and the actor-partner effect.
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- Juan Hou
- Department of Philosophy, Anhui University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Philosophy, Anhui University, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Wake S, Wormwood J, Satpute AB. The influence of fear on risk taking: a meta-analysis. Cogn Emot 2020; 34:1143-1159. [PMID: 32116122 PMCID: PMC7423744 DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2020.1731428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A common finding in the study of emotion and decision making is the tendency for fear and anxiety to decrease risk taking. The current meta-analysis summarises the strength and variability of this effect in the extant empirical literature. Our analysis of 136 effect sizes, derived from 68 independent samples and 9,544 participants, included studies that experimentally manipulated fear or measured naturally varying levels of fear or anxiety in both clinical and non-clinical samples, and studies measuring risky decision making and risk estimation. A multilevel random effects model estimated a small to moderate average effect size (r = 0.22), such that fear was related to decreased risky decision making and increased risk estimation. There was also high heterogeneity in the effect sizes. Moderator analyses showed that effect sizes were greater when risk tasks used tangible (e.g. monetary) outcomes and when studies used clinically anxious participants. However, there also remained considerable variability in effect sizes, the sources of which remain unknown. We posit several potential factors that may contribute to observed variability in this effect for future study, including factors concerning both the nature of fear experience and the risk taking context.
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- Sean Wake
- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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Li G, Zhang S, Le TM, Tang X, Li CSR. Neural responses to negative facial emotions: Sex differences in the correlates of individual anger and fear traits. Neuroimage 2020; 221:117171. [PMID: 32682098 PMCID: PMC7789231 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Studies have examined sex differences in emotion processing in health and illness. However, it remains unclear how these neural processes may relate to individual differences in affective traits. We addressed this issue with a dataset of 970 subjects (508 women) curated from the Human Connectome Project. Participants were assessed with the NIH Toolbox Emotion Measures and fMRI while identifying negative facial emotion and neutral shape targets in alternating blocks. Imaging data were analyzed with published routines and the results were reported at a corrected threshold. Men scored similarly in Anger- but lower in Fear-Affect, as compared to women. Men as compared with women engaged the occipital-temporal visual cortex, retrosplenial cortex (RSC), and both anterior and posterior cingulate cortex to a greater extent during face versus shape identification. Women relative to men engaged higher activation of bilateral middle frontal cortex. In regional brain responses to face versus shape identification, men relative to women showed more significant modulations by both Anger- and Fear- Affect traits. The left RSC and right RSC/precuneus each demonstrated activities during face vs. shape identification in negative correlation with Anger- and Fear- Affect scores in men only. Anger affect was positively correlated with prolonged RT in identifying face vs. shape target in men but not women. In contrast, women relative to men showed higher Fear-Affect score and higher activation in the right middle frontal cortex, which was more strongly correlated with prolonged RT during face vs. shape identification. Together, men and women with higher Fear-Affect demonstrated lower accuracy in identifying negative facial emotion versus neutral shape target, a relationship mediated by activity of the RSC. These findings add to the literature of sex and trait individual differences in emotion processing and may help research of sex-shared and sex-specific behavioral and neural markers of emotional disorders.
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- Guangfei Li
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Beijing Institute of technology, 715-3 Teaching Building No.5, Beijing Institute of technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Beijing Institute of technology, 715-3 Teaching Building No.5, Beijing Institute of technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center S112, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519-1109, United States; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
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Yang Q, Zhang Y, Wang J, Wu Y. Processing Facial Expressions That Conflict With Their Meanings to an Observer: An Event Related Potential Study. Front Psychol 2020; 11:1273. [PMID: 32625149 PMCID: PMC7311664 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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As social signals, identical facial expressions can be perceived differently, even oppositely, depending on the circumstances. Fast and accurate understanding of the information conveyed by others’ facial expressions is crucial for successful social interaction. In the current study, we used electroencephalographic analysis of several event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate how the brain processes the facial expressions of others when they indicate different self-outcomes. In half of the trial blocks, a happy face indicated “Win” and an angry face indicated “Lose.” In the other half of the blocks, the rule was reversed. The results showed that the N170 could distinguish expression valence and the N300 could distinguish outcome valence. The valence of the expression (happy or angry) and the valence of the outcome (Win or Loss) interacted with each other in the early, automatic perceptual processing stage (N1) as well as in the later, cognitive evaluation stage (P300). Standardized Low-Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography (sLORETA) results indicated that the N1 modulation only occurred for happy faces, which may relate to automatic emotion regulation, while the interaction on P300 was significant only for angry faces, which might be associated with the regulation of negative emotions.
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- Qiwei Yang
- Sichuan Research Center of Applied Psychology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Research Center of Applied Psychology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Research Center of Applied Psychology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Research Center of Applied Psychology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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How do different kinds of incidental emotions influence risk decision making? Biol Psychol 2020; 154:107920. [PMID: 32534902 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Incidental emotions, which are irrelevant to the ongoing decision, play a significant role in decision-making processes. In this study, we investigated the influence of specific incidental emotions on behavioral, psychological, and electrophysiological responses during the process of decision making. Participants finished a forced-choice gambling task, during which incidental emotions (anger/fear/happiness) were elicited by recalling emotional experiences. Behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) data were recorded in the experiment. Behavioral results showed that risk preference was weaker in the fearful condition than in the angry and happy conditions, but emotional feelings to outcome feedback were not influenced by incidental emotions. The feedback-related negativity (FRN) amplitude was larger in the fearful condition than in the angry, happy, and neutral conditions for large outcomes, whereas there was no difference between the four conditions for small outcomes. In addition, the influence of outcome magnitude (small/large) on the P3 amplitude was stronger in the fearful condition than in the angry, happy, and neutral conditions. We suggest that incidental fear elicits risk-avoidant behavior (manifested in behavioral choices), stronger motivation (manifested in the FRN amplitude) and cognitive resources (manifested in the P3 amplitude) for risky outcomes of decision making unconsciously (indicated by unchanged subjective emotional experiences). The current findings have expanded our understanding of the role of specific incidental emotions in decision making.
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Li S, Zhang T, Sawyer BD, Zhang W, Hancock PA. Angry Drivers Take Risky Decisions: Evidence from Neurophysiological Assessment. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:ijerph16101701. [PMID: 31096546 PMCID: PMC6572592 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16101701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Revised: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The present study investigated the risk-taking behaviors of angry drivers, which were coincidentally measured via behavioral and electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings. We manipulated a driving scenario that concerned a Go/No-Go decision at an intersection when the controlling traffic light was in its yellow phase. This protocol was based upon the underlying format of the Iowa gambling task. Variation in the anger level was induced through task frustration. The data of twenty-four drivers were analyzed via behavioral and neural recordings, and P300 was specifically extracted from EEG traces. In addition, the behavioral performance was indexed by the percentage of high-risk choices minus the number of the low-risk choices taken, which identified the risk-taking propensity. Results confirmed a significant main effect of anger on the decisions taken. The risk-taking propensity decreased across the sequence of trial blocks in baseline assessments. However, with anger, the risk-taking propensity increased across the trial regimen. Drivers in anger state also showed a higher mean amplitude of P300 than that in baseline state. Additionally, high-risk choices evoked larger P300 amplitude than low-risk choices during the anger state. Moreover, the P300 amplitude of high-risk choices was significantly larger in the anger state than the baseline state. The negative feedback induced larger P300 amplitude than that recorded in positive feedback trials. The results corroborated that the drivers exhibited higher risk-taking propensity when angry although they were sensitive to the inherent risk-reward evaluations within the scenario. To reduce this type of risk-taking, we proposed some effective/affective intervention methods.
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- Shuling Li
- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
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