Emotional reactivity and recovery are crucial for maintaining well-being. It remains unknown, however, to what extent emotion modulates the time course of recovery assessed using a simple categorization task and how this varies based on individual differences in worry. To address these questions, 35 participants viewed emotional pictures, followed by abstract greeble targets, which were to be categorized. Greebles were presented between 100 ms and 4,000 ms after picture offset. Physiological measures including skin conductance level and the corrugator supercilii were recorded and served as indicators of responsivity to emotional pictures. Measures of reaction time (RT) and accuracy scores were taken as indicators of the impact of emotion on facilitation or interference to the greeble target. Effects of interference and facilitation were observed up to 4,000 ms after emotional pictures on RT and accuracy scores. High worry was associated with greater (1) corrugator supercilii and skin conductance level to negative versus positive and neutral pictures and (2) interference from emotional pictures on accuracy scores. Overall, these findings suggest that subsequent processing is still impacted up to 4,000 ms after the offset of emotional pictures, particularly for negative events in individuals with high worry.

情绪反应和恢复对于维持幸福至关重要。然而，尚不清楚情感在多大程度上调节了使用简单分类任务评估的恢复时间过程，以及情感如何因担忧中的个体差异而变化。为了解决这些问题，有35名参与者查看了情感图片，然后查看了要分类的抽象贪婪目标。图像偏移后100毫秒至4,000毫秒之间出现了Greebles。记录包括皮肤电导率水平和皱纹皱褶形成器在内的生理指标，并将其作为对情感图片反应的指标。反应时间（RT）和准确性得分的量度被用作指示情绪对促进或干扰贪婪目标的影响的指标。情感图片后的4,000毫秒内，观察到干扰和促进对RT和准确性评分的影响。高度担忧与以下因素有关：（1）瓦楞纸上皮和皮肤电导率水平分别高于阴性和阳性和中性图片，以及（2）情感图片对准确性得分的干扰。总体而言，这些发现表明，在情感图片偏移后的4000毫秒内，后续处理仍会受到影响，尤其是对于高度担忧的人的负面事件。