Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53852#.VNhdbCzQrzE Author(s) Mengyin Zhu 1,2* , Jing Ma 1,2 , Qi Jiang 1,2 , Wenbo Luo 3 , Min Hou 1,2 , Xiao Chen 1,2 Affiliation(s) 1 Institution of Mental Health Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China . 2 Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China . 3 Laboratory of Cognition and Mental Health, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing, China . ABSTRACT Attention allocation research frequently focuses on the valence of emotion. However, there is increasing evidence to indicate that arousal may be more relevant at some stages of affective processing. The present study employed a combined priming and cue-target paradigm and examined event-related potentials (ERPs) in order to explore the effects of emotional conflict of arousal on attention allocation. The background context of arousal was manipulated (using ph...
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