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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Previous studies suggested affective processing might occur outside visual awareness.
  • These studies often lacked strict control over participants' awareness of stimuli.
  • The primacy of affective over semantic processing was hypothesized but not rigorously tested.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To directly compare the primacy of affective versus semantic categorization.
  • To investigate the role of visual awareness in affective and semantic processing.
  • To determine the relationship between affective and semantic categorization.

Main Methods:

  • Five experiments (n=178) used explicit (discrimination) and implicit (priming) measures.
  • Biologically relevant stimuli were presented with manipulated exposure durations for visual awareness control.
  • A perceptual awareness scale measured subjective stimulus awareness after each trial.

Main Results:

  • When stimuli were not consciously perceived, categorization accuracy was at chance, and priming was absent.
  • With partial awareness, both semantic and affective categorization were above chance.
  • Semantic categorization was faster than affective categorization, and affective speed depended on semantic speed.

Conclusions:

  • Both implicit and explicit affective and semantic categorization depend on visual awareness.
  • Affective recognition appears to follow semantic categorization, not precede it.
  • A hierarchy of categorization exists, starting with basic semantic and ending with superordinate affective.