The Library
Tagging multiple emotional stimuli : negative valence has little benefit
Tools
Tools
Tools
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
|
Text
WRAP_Watson_200812-watson_hpp2010_1892_accepted.pdf - Accepted Version Download (683Kb) | Preview |
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0026730
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 | ||||
| Dates: |
|
||||
| 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 |
Data sourced from Thomson Reuters' Web of Knowledge
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
