Priming the activation of fear and disgust

Evidence for semantic processing

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ID15407649
AuthorsRoland Neumann (0000-0003-0504-9228, Universität Trier, corresponding author), Ljubica Lozo (TU Dortmund University)
Year2012
Volume12
Issue2
Pages223-228
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEmotion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1528-3542 • E-ISSN: 1931-1516
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/a0026500
PMID22251050
OpenAlexW2029134742
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited1

Given that semantic processes mediate early processes in the elicitation of emotions, we expect that already activated emotion-specific information can influence the elicitation of an emotion. In Experiment 1, participants were exposed to masked International Affective Picture System (IAPS) pictures that elicited either disgust or fear. Following the presentation of the primes, other IAPS pictures were presented as targets that elicited either disgust or fear. The participants' task was to classify the target picture as either disgust or fear evoking. In Experiment 2, we substituted the IAPS primes with facial expressions of either disgust or fear. In Experiment 3, we substituted the IAPS primes with the words disgust or fear. In all three experiments, we found that prime-target combinations of the same emotion were responded to faster than prime-target combinations of different emotions. Our findings suggest that the influence of primes on the elicitation of emotion is mediated by activated schemata or appraisal processes

Anger · Arousal · Cognitive psychology · Disgust · International Affective Picture System · Priming (agriculture · Face Recognition and Perception · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology

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