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Emotional and neutral scenes in competition: orienting, efficiency, and identification.
- Source :
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Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) [Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)] 2007 Dec; Vol. 60 (12), pp. 1585-93. - 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 degrees 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.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Analysis of Variance
Cognition physiology
Cues
Female
Humans
Male
Perceptual Masking physiology
Photic Stimulation methods
Reaction Time physiology
Recognition, Psychology physiology
Saccades physiology
Students psychology
Visual Fields physiology
Visual Perception physiology
Attention physiology
Efficiency physiology
Emotions physiology
Identification, Psychological
Orientation physiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1747-0218
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17853212
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210701515868