Emotional expressions and visual search efficiency
Specificity and effects of anxiety symptoms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15408689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bunmi O Olatunji (0000-0002-3573-4165, Vanderbilt University, corresponding author), Bethany G Ciesielski (Vanderbilt University), Thomas Armstrong (0000-0002-9153-8070, Vanderbilt University), David H Zald (0000-0002-1229-2923, Vanderbilt University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1073-1079 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Emotion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1528-3542 • E-ISSN: 1931-1516 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0021785 |
| PMID | 21517160 |
| OpenAlex | W2086650380 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 9 |
Although facial expressions are thought to vary in their functional impact on perceivers, experimental demonstration of the differential effects of facial expressions on behavior are lacking. In the present study, we examined the effects of exposure to facial expressions on visual search efficiency. Participants (n = 31) searched for a target in a 12 location circle array after exposure to an angry, disgusted, fearful, happy, or neutral facial expression for 100 ms or 500 ms. Consistent with predictions, exposure to a fearful expression prior to visual search resulted in faster target identification compared to exposure to other facial expressions. The effects of other facial expressions on visual search did not differ from each other. The fear facilitating effect on visual search efficiency was observed at 500-ms but not at 100-ms presentations, suggesting a specific temporal course of the facilitation. Subsequent analysis also revealed that individual differences in fear of negative evaluation, trait anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms possess a differential pattern of association with visual search efficiency. The experimental and clinical implications of these findings are discussed
Anxiety · Audiology · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Differential effects · Facial expression · Facilitation · Trait anxiety · Visual Search · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Communication · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Neuroscience · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology
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The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory
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Visual Awareness and the Detection of Fearful Faces
An argument for basic emotions
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |