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Encouraging the perceptual underdog: positive affective priming of nonpreferred local–global processes

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Tan, Hannah K., Jones, Gregory V. and Watson, Derrick G. . (2009) Encouraging the perceptual underdog: positive affective priming of nonpreferred local–global processes. Emotion, Vol.9 (No.2). pp. 238-247. ISSN 1528-3542

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0014713

Abstract

Two experiments examined affective priming of global and local perception. Participants attempted to detect a target that might be present as either a global or a local shape. Verbal primes were used in 1 experiment, and pictorial primes were used in the other. In both experiments, positive primes led to improved performance on the nonpreferred dimension. For participants exhibiting global precedence, detection of local targets was significantly improved, whereas for participants exhibiting local precedence, detection of global targets was significantly improved. The results provide support for an interpretation of the effects of positive affective priming in terms of increased perceptual flexibility.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Categorization (Psychology), Priming (Psychology), Association of ideas, Psychology, Experimental, Perception -- Testing
Journal or Publication Title:	Emotion
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	1528-3542
Date:	April 2009
Volume:	Vol.9
Number:	No.2
Page Range:	pp. 238-247
Identification Number:	10.1037/a0014713
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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