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Explicit and implicit emotional processing in peripheral vision: A saccadic choice paradigm.

Fabien D'Hondt¹, Sébastien Szaffarczyk², Henrique Sequeira³

¹Laboratory for Experimental Psychopathology, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, 10, Place du Cardinal Mercier, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

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Peripheral vision processing of emotions differs based on task and stimulus type. Explicit emotional processing of pleasant stimuli remains effective at 60°, while implicit processing benefits from emotion only at closer distances.

Keywords:

Emotion Eye movement International affective picture system Peripheral vision Visual scenes

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Area of Science:

Visual neuroscience
Cognitive psychology
Human perception

Background:

Peripheral vision plays a crucial role in environmental awareness.
Understanding emotional processing in peripheral vision is vital for comprehending real-world interactions.
Previous research has primarily focused on central vision emotional processing.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how explicit and implicit emotional processing are affected by visual field eccentricity.
To examine the influence of stimulus valence (pleasant vs. unpleasant) on peripheral emotional perception.
To compare performance across different saccadic choice tasks at varying visual eccentricities.

Main Methods:

Utilized saccadic choice tasks to assess emotional and neutral scene categorization in peripheral vision.
Presented emotional-neutral scene pairs at 10°, 30°, and 60° from visual fixation.
Differentiated between explicit (emotional vs. neutral) and implicit (shape-based) categorization tasks.

Main Results:

Explicit categorization of pleasant scenes remained accurate up to 60° eccentricity.
Performance for unpleasant scenes decreased significantly from 10° to 30°, becoming chance-level at 60°.
Implicit task showed enhanced performance for emotional targets at 10°, with pleasant stimuli retaining benefits at 30°.

Conclusions:

Explicit and implicit emotional processing in peripheral vision are differentially affected by visual eccentricity.
The valence of emotional stimuli significantly modulates their detectability in peripheral vision.
Eccentricity and stimulus valence are critical factors influencing how we process emotions outside direct gaze.