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Emotional and neutral scenes in competition: Orienting, efficiency, and identification.
- Source :
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Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology . Dec2007, Vol. 60 Issue 12, p1585-1593. 9p. 3 Charts, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- To investigate preferential processing of emotional scenes competing for limited attentional resources with neutral scenes, prime pictures were presented briefly (450 ms), peripherally (5.2° away from fixation), and simultaneously (one emotional and one neutral scene) versus singly. Primes were followed by a mask and a probe for recognition. Hit rate was higher for emotional than for neutral scenes in the dual- but not in the single-prime condition, and A' sensitivity decreased for neutral but not for emotional scenes in the dual-prime condition. This preferential processing involved both selective orienting and efficient encoding, as revealed, respectively, by a higher probability of first fixation on - and shorter saccade latencies to - emotional scenes and by shorter fixation time needed to accurately identify emotional scenes, in comparison with neutral scenes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17470218
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27395283
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210701515868