Rachel Swainson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5450197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Swainson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Swainson |
| SIGNATURE | SWAINSON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0848-8819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social Category Modulation of the Happy Face Advantage
The size of the happy face advantage—faster categorization of happy faces—is modulated by interactions between perceiver and target social categories, with reliable happy face advantages for ingroups but not necessarily outgroups. The current understanding of this phenomenon is constrained by the limited social categories typically used in experiments. To better understand the mechanism(s) underpinning social category modulation of the happy face…
Does preparation generate the cost of task switching? A recipe for a switch cost after cue-only trials
A switch cost can be observed in cued task-switching on trials that follow a cue-only trial , which presents a task cue indicating a task to be performed but does not present a target stimulus to be responded to. This finding has provided important implications as to the source of the performance cost that emerges when switching tasks. However, cue-only trials differ from completed trials (for which the target occurs and is responded to) in sever…
Intergroup processes and the happy face advantage: How social categories influence emotion categorization
There is abundant evidence that emotion categorization is influenced by the social category membership of target faces, with target sex and target race modulating the ease with which perceivers can categorize happy and angry emotional expressions. However, theoretical interpretation of these findings is constrained by gender and race imbalances in both the participant samples and target faces typically used when demonstrating these effects (e.g.,…
Investigating task preparation and task performance as triggers of the backward inhibition effect
Backward inhibition is posited to aid task switching by counteracting the tendency to repeat a recent task. Evidence that factors such as cue transparency affect backward inhibition seems to imply that it is generated during task preparation, making its absence following trials on which a prepared task was not performed (nogo trials) surprising. However, the nogo method used in previous studies might have prevented detection of preparation-driven…
The simultaneous extraction of multiple social categories from unfamiliar faces
ERP correlates of executive control during repeated language switching
A key aspect of higher cognitive function is the ability to switch rapidly and efficiently between alternative modes of response where this is appropriate behaviourally. Such suppression appears to be highly dependent upon the integrity of the prefrontal cortex, yet other cortical areas are likely to be necessary to implement response switching. Language switching in bilingual speakers is a clear example of a task in which response switching is r…
ERP correlates of executive control during repeated language switching
A key aspect of higher cognitive function is the ability to switch rapidly and efficiently between alternative modes of response where this is appropriate behaviourally. Such suppression appears to be highly dependent upon the integrity of the prefrontal cortex, yet other cortical areas are likely to be necessary to implement response switching. Language switching in bilingual speakers is a clear example of a task in which response switching is r…
The simultaneous extraction of multiple social categories from unfamiliar faces
Investigating task preparation and task performance as triggers of the backward inhibition effect
Backward inhibition is posited to aid task switching by counteracting the tendency to repeat a recent task. Evidence that factors such as cue transparency affect backward inhibition seems to imply that it is generated during task preparation, making its absence following trials on which a prepared task was not performed (nogo trials) surprising. However, the nogo method used in previous studies might have prevented detection of preparation-driven…
Intergroup processes and the happy face advantage: How social categories influence emotion categorization
There is abundant evidence that emotion categorization is influenced by the social category membership of target faces, with target sex and target race modulating the ease with which perceivers can categorize happy and angry emotional expressions. However, theoretical interpretation of these findings is constrained by gender and race imbalances in both the participant samples and target faces typically used when demonstrating these effects (e.g.,…
Does preparation generate the cost of task switching? A recipe for a switch cost after cue-only trials
A switch cost can be observed in cued task-switching on trials that follow a cue-only trial , which presents a task cue indicating a task to be performed but does not present a target stimulus to be responded to. This finding has provided important implications as to the source of the performance cost that emerges when switching tasks. However, cue-only trials differ from completed trials (for which the target occurs and is responded to) in sever…
Social Category Modulation of the Happy Face Advantage
The size of the happy face advantage—faster categorization of happy faces—is modulated by interactions between perceiver and target social categories, with reliable happy face advantages for ingroups but not necessarily outgroups. The current understanding of this phenomenon is constrained by the limited social categories typically used in experiments. To better understand the mechanism(s) underpinning social category modulation of the happy face…
Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Categorization (3 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Task switching (3 works) · Cued speech (2 works)