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Automatic racial preferences guide attention, drawing focus to Black faces when searching for negative emotions like anger or fear. This effect was not observed when searching for happy faces, indicating emotional valence is key.

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  • Experiments 2 & 3: Assessed correlations with automatic race preferences and tested with happy target faces.

    • Main Results:

    • Black target faces were detected more efficiently than white target faces, indicating greater attention.
    • Attention differences correlated with individual automatic race preferences.
    • Attentional preference for Black faces was eliminated when searching for happy targets.

    Conclusions:

    • Automatic social group preferences, particularly race, can guide attention.
    • Attention is biased towards individuals from negatively valenced groups when searching for negative emotions.
    • Emotional valence significantly modulates attentional biases related to social groups.