The Effect of the Angry Faces on the Attention
The attentional capture effect of emotional faces in sufficient or restricted attentional conditions were investigated.In a modified visual search paradigm,three kinds of schematic faces(angry,happy,and neutral face)were included as the stimuli.Participants ought to search for a target face having a dot and respond the dot position.The results of Experiment 1 showed that only angry face as the target can facilitate response compared to the control.And angry face as distractor can slow down the response.Experiment 2 included inverted faces for decreasing emotional content and found the effect of inverted angry face was not the same as the upright condition.When attention was cued to a specific location in experiment 3,the effect of angry faces outside the attended area became weaker.In conclusion,the results support that angry face can capture attention automatically but require attentional resources.
Yu-Ju Chen Shwu-Lih Huang Yu-Chieh Chang
Department of Psychology,National Chengchi University,11605,Taiwan Department of Psychology,Research Center for Mind,Brain,and Learning,National Chengchi University,11
国际会议
2008亚太心智、脑和教育学术会议(Asia-Pacific Conference on Mind Brain and Education 2008)
南京
英文
87-90
2008-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）