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The Influence of Face Inversion and Spatial Frequency on the Self-Positive Expression Processing Advantage.
Yueyang Yin1,2, Yu Yuan3, Lin Zhang2
1School of Philosophy and Sociology, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Frontiers in Psychology
|September 21, 2018
Summary
The self-positive expression processing advantage remains stable, unaffected by visual coding or facial expression information extraction. This indicates a consistent cognitive pattern for recognizing positive self-expressions.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Social Neuroscience
- Visual Perception
Background:
- Previous studies focused on late self-evaluation, overlooking early visual processing stages.
- The impact of facial identity and expression information extraction on self-positive expression processing was not fully understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the stability of the self-positive expression processing advantage.
- To elucidate the underlying mechanisms of this processing advantage.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a visual search paradigm across three experiments.
- Manipulated early visual coding using inverted faces (Experiment 1).
- Affected mid-term facial information extraction using spatial frequencies (Experiments 2a & 2b).
Main Results:
- Self-positive expressions were processed faster than self-angry expressions and others' faces.
- This self-positive expression advantage persisted across different visual processing conditions.
- Search speed for self-faces was consistently faster.
Conclusions:
- Self-positive expressions are more salient and attractive than self-angry or others' expressions.
- Self-expression recognition integrates with conceptual self-knowledge, forming an abstract and stable processing pattern.
- Facial orientation and spatial frequencies do not influence self-expression recognition processing.
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