Effects of Briefly Presented Masked Emotional Facial Expressions on Gaze Behavior
An Eye-Tracking Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13670645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlott Maria Bodenschatz, Anette Kersting (0000-0002-5451-490X), Thomas Suslow (0000-0003-4560-0555, Leipzig University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1432-1448 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0033294118789041 |
| PMID | 30032717 |
| OpenAlex | W2884052146 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
Orientation of gaze toward specific regions of the face such as the eyes or the mouth helps to correctly identify the underlying emotion. The present eye-tracking study investigates whether facial features diagnostic of specific emotional facial expressions are processed preferentially, even when presented outside of subjective awareness. Eye movements of 73 healthy individuals were recorded while completing an affective priming task. Primes (pictures of happy, neutral, sad, angry, and fearful facial expressions) were presented for 50 ms with forward and backward masking. Participants had to evaluate subsequently presented neutral faces. Results of an awareness check indicated that participants were subjectively unaware of the emotional primes. No affective priming effects were observed but briefly presented emotional facial expressions elicited early eye movements toward diagnostic regions of the face. Participants oriented their gaze more rapidly to the eye region of the neutral mask after a fearful facial expression. After a happy facial expression, participants oriented their gaze more rapidly to the mouth region of the neutral mask. Moreover, participants dwelled longest on the eye region after a fearful facial expression, and the dwell time on the mouth region was longest for happy facial expressions. Our findings support the idea that briefly presented fearful and happy facial expressions trigger an automatic mechanism that is sensitive to the distribution of relevant facial features and facilitates the orientation of gaze toward them
Backward masking · Cognitive psychology · Computer vision · Emotional expression · Expression (computer science · Eye movement · Eye tracking · Facial expression · Gaze · Orientation (vector space · Perception · Priming (agriculture · Communication · Computer Science · Face Recognition and Perception · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |