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The regulation of positive and negative social feedback: a psychophysiological study

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Vanderhasselt, Marie-Anne, Remue, Jonathan, Ng, Kwun Kei, Mueller, Sven C., De Raedt, Rudi·2015·Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

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Everyday social evaluations are psychologically potent and trigger self-reflective thoughts and feelings. The present study sought to examine the psychophysiological impact of such evaluations using eye tracking, pupillometry, and heart-rate variability. Fifty-nine healthy adult volunteers received rigged social feedback (criticism and praise) based on their photograph. Gaze data were collected to investigate processes of attentional deployment/allocation toward the self or the evaluator expressing criticism or praise. Whereas voluntary attention was directed to evaluators who expressed praise, attention was drawn to one's own picture after criticism. Pupil dilation and heart-rate variability were larger in response to criticism as compared to praise, suggesting a flexible and adaptive emotion regulatory effort in response to social information that triggers an affective response. Altogether, healthy individuals recruited more regulatory resources to cope with negative (as compared to positive) social feedback, and this processing of social feedback was associated with adjustments in self-focused attention.

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Authors
Vanderhasselt, M.-A., Remue, J., Ng, K. K., Mueller, S. C., & De Raedt, R.
Affiliations
  • Ghent University (BE)
  • National University of Singapore (SG)
Corresponding author
Vanderhasselt, Marie-Anne
Venue
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Published
2015-03-26
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
553-563
ISSN
  • 1530-7026 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-135X
OpenAlex
W2110750678
Cited by
45
References
53
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3
FWCI
1.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (BOF10/GOA/014, FWO08/PDO/168)
  • Universiteit Gent (BOF10/GOA/014)
  • Vlaamse regering
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
social feedback, criticism, praise, emotion regulation, self-focus, pupillometry, heart rate variability, eye tracking, attentional deployment, self-assessment, psychophysiology
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Attention, Eye Movements, Face, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Psychological Tests, Psychophysics, Pupil, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Behavior, Feedback, Psychological, Eye Movement Measurements, Young Adult

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