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Conscious and Non-conscious Representations of Emotional Faces in Asperger's Syndrome

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Published on: July 31, 2016

Angry facial expressions hamper subsequent target identification.

Peter J de Jong¹, Ernst H W Koster, Rineke van Wees

¹Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, Groningen, the Netherlands. p.j.de.jong@rug.nl

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People quickly process angry faces, even when distracted. This heightened attention to social threat signals, like angry expressions, impacts temporal attention, affecting subsequent information processing.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Social Neuroscience
Emotional Processing

Background:

Selective attention research has focused on spatial domains, neglecting temporal aspects.
Limited understanding exists on how processing socially threatening information impacts temporal attention.
Individuals are predisposed to monitor social signals of disapproval.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate temporal attention costs associated with processing emotional expressions.
To examine the effect of emotional faces on the identification of subsequent task-relevant information.
To explore the role of social anxiety in this process.

Main Methods:

Utilized a dual-target rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) paradigm.
Presented emotional faces (neutral, happy, angry) as the first target (T1).
Presented neutral letter stimuli (p, q, d, b) as the second target (T2) in high and low socially anxious women.

Main Results:

The attentional blink was significantly larger when angry faces were presented as T1, regardless of social anxiety levels.
This suggests prioritized processing of angry faces.
Findings align with evolutionary models emphasizing vigilance towards social threat signals.

Conclusions:

Angry facial expressions capture attention rapidly, leading to temporal attention costs.
This prioritized processing of social threat is a fundamental adaptive mechanism.
Future research should further explore the interplay between emotional face perception and attentional dynamics.