TY - JOUR AU - AB - REVIEW ARTICLE published: 19 October 2011 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00279 Positive affect versus reward: emotional and motivational influences on cognitive control Kimberly S. Chiew * and Todd S. Braver Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA Edited by: It is becoming increasingly appreciated that affective influences can contribute strongly Tom Verguts, Ghent University, to goal-oriented cognition and behavior. However, much work is still needed to properly Belgium characterize these influences and the mechanisms by which they contribute to cognitive Reviewed by: processing. An important question concerns the nature of emotional manipulations (i.e., Claudia Danielmeier, Radboud direct induction of affectively valenced subjective experience) versus motivational manip- University, Netherlands Sven Mueller, University of Ghent, ulations (e.g., delivery of performance-contingent rewards and punishments) and their Belgium impact on cognitive control. Empirical evidence suggests that both kinds of manipulations *Correspondence: can influence cognitive control in a systematic fashion, but investigations of both have Kimberly S. Chiew , Department of largely been conducted independently of one another. Likewise, some theoretical accounts Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1125, St. suggest that emotion and motivation may modulate cognitive control via common neural Louis, MO 63130, USA. mechanisms, while others suggest TI - Positive Affect Versus Reward: Emotional and Motivational Influences on Cognitive Control JF - Frontiers in Psychology DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00279 DA - 2011-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/positive-affect-versus-reward-emotional-and-motivational-influences-on-5I9W0yHyMz DP - DeepDyve ER -