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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Affective Science

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  • Comparative judgments of emotions from facial expressions are a common cognitive process.
  • Previous research suggested emotion lateralization influences these judgments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the factors influencing comparative emotion judgments from facial expressions.
  • To test whether judgments are stimulus-driven or influenced by brain lateralization.
  • To propose a formal model for emotional semantic congruency.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted using complete (happy/angry) and mixed (neutral/happy-or-angry) facial expression pairs.
  • Stimuli were presented with or without foveation.
  • Task relevance of valence was manipulated (relevant vs. irrelevant).

Main Results:

  • Comparative emotion judgments were found to be stimulus-driven.
  • Judgment speed increased with higher absolute emotion intensity and average pair emotion.
  • This effect occurred irrespective of motor response compatibility, indicating a semantic congruency effect.

Conclusions:

  • The findings challenge interpretations based on emotion lateralization.
  • Results support a direct Speed-Intensity Association model of emotional semantic congruency.
  • Emotional perception and judgment are strongly influenced by stimulus properties.