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Tagging multiple emotional stimuli : negative valence has little benefit

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Watson, Derrick G. and Blagrove, Elisabeth (2012) Tagging multiple emotional stimuli : negative valence has little benefit. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol.38 (No.3). pp. 785-803. doi:10.1037/a0026730

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Abstract

Six experiments examined the influence of emotional valence on the tagging and enumeration of multiple targets. Experiments 1, 5 and 6 found that there was no difference in the efficiency of tagging/enumerating multiple negative or positive stimuli. Experiment 2 showed that, when neutral-expression face distractors were present, enumerating negative targets was faster overall, but was only more efficient for small numbers of targets. Experiments 3 and 4 determined that this negative target advantage was most likely caused by increased attentional guidance to negatively-valenced stimuli and was not based on simple visual feature differences. The findings suggest that a multiple-target negative stimulus advantage will only occur under conditions of attentional competition, and for relatively small numbers of targets. The results are discussed in relation to theories of multiple- and single-item processing, threat-priority mechanisms, and the types of representations that support different attentional tasks.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Psychological tests -- Design and construction, Emotions, Facial expression -- Testing, Searching behavior
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISSN: 0096-1523
Official Date: 2012
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2012Published
Volume: Vol.38
Number: No.3
Page Range: pp. 785-803
DOI: 10.1037/a0026730
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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