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Does emotion influence visual perception? Depends on how you look at it.

Paula M Niedenthal¹, Adrienne Wood²

¹a Department of Psychology , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA.

Cognition & Emotion

|January 15, 2019

Summary

This review explores if and how emotions impact visual perception. Current research shows no conclusive evidence, but future studies may clarify the emotion-perception relationship.

Keywords:

New Look Visual perception emotion networks emotion-congruence top-down influence

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology
Philosophy of Mind

Background:

The emotion-cognition interaction is a complex field.
Theories of emotion often posit a perception → emotion pathway.
A bidirectional relationship, where emotion influences perception, has been proposed.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the history and empirical evidence for emotion influencing visual perception.
To examine methodologies used to study this interaction.
To discuss the challenges in researching the emotional penetrability of perception.

Main Methods:

Literature review of historical and empirical studies.
Analysis of research methodologies in emotion-perception interaction.
Discussion of conceptual challenges in the field.

Main Results:

Empirical support for emotion influencing visual perception remains inconclusive.
Methodological difficulties complicate definitive conclusions.
The debate parallels the discussion on cognitive penetrability of perception.

Conclusions:

The emotional penetrability of perception is not yet conclusively established.
Despite challenges, future research holds promise for understanding this relationship.