Fig. 1.

Experimental paradigms: a Emotional Pictures Task (EPT) affective images from a validated affective pictures set (Lang et al. 1999) are presented for three conditions [neutral, pleasant, unpleasant] interspersed with a variable grey fixation screen. Trials are presented for 4 s each, five times per block, two blocks per run; three runs total. b Emotional Face Matching Task (EFMT) images from a validated affective faces set (Gur et al. 2002) are presented for three conditions [two matching emotional faces (angry, fearful or happy) paired with a neutral face] interspersed with matching shapes (circle, triangle, square) paired with another shape]. Trials are presented for 5 s each, four times per block and three blocks per run per run; two runs total