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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Affective Science
  • Social Psychology

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  • The broaden-and-build theory posits that positive emotions broaden thought-action repertoires.
  • This broadening may extend to attentional scope in cognitive tasks.
  • Previous research suggests a link between positive affect and cognitive flexibility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of induced emotions on holistic face processing.
  • To examine how positive, neutral, and negative emotions affect face encoding and discrimination.
  • To test the hypothesis that positive emotions widen attentional scope.

Main Methods:

  • Induced emotions using the International Affective Picture System (IAPS).
  • Experiment 1: Assessed holistic face encoding using a composite-face task.
  • Experiment 2: Measured face discrimination accuracy.

Main Results:

  • Positive emotions significantly improved holistic face encoding and face discrimination compared to neutral emotions.
  • Negative emotions impaired holistic face encoding and reduced face discrimination accuracy.
  • Significant interactions were observed between induced emotions and face processing performance.

Conclusions:

  • Induced positive emotions facilitate holistic/configural face processing.
  • Findings support the attentional broadening effect of positive affect.
  • Emotional states demonstrably influence specific cognitive functions like face perception.