Preference Is Biased by Crowded Facial Expressions

Bibliographic Data

ID19037682
AuthorsSid Kouider (0000-0002-5998-8821, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, CNRS/EHESS/DEC-ENS, corresponding author), Vincent Berthet (0000-0003-0998-3624, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, CNRS/EHESS/DEC-ENS), Nathan Faivre (0000-0001-6011-4921, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, CNRS/EHESS/DEC-ENS)
Year2011
Volume22
Issue2
Pages184-189
Publication date2011-01-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-7976 • E-ISSN: 1467-9280
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0956797610396226
PMID21233479
OpenAlexW2140792278
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited29

Crowding occurs when nearby flankers impede the identification of a peripheral stimulus. Here, we studied whether crowded features containing inaccessible emotional information can nevertheless affect preference judgments. We relied on gaze-contingent crowding, a novel method allowing for constant perceptual unawareness through eye-tracking control, and we found that crowded facial expressions can bias evaluative judgments of neutral pictographs. Furthermore, this emotional bias was effective not only for static images of faces, but also for videos displaying dynamic facial expressions. In addition to showing an alternative approach for probing nonconscious cognition, this study reveals that crowded information, instead of being fully suppressed, can have important influences on decisions

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Crowding · Face perception · Facial expression · Gaze · Perception · Preference · Social cognition · Social perception · Communication · Face Recognition and Perception · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology · Visual perception and processing mechanisms

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