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Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing 4/2018

17.05.2018 | Research Report

Running in fear: an investigation into the dimensional account of emotion in discriminating emotional expressions

verfasst von: L. Y. Lo, W. O. Li, L. P. Lee, P. S. Yeung

Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing | Ausgabe 4/2018

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Abstract

Emotion can be conceptualized by the dimensional account of emotion with the dimensions of valence and arousal. There is little discussion of the difference in discriminability across the dimensions. The present study hypothesized that any pair of emotional expressions differing in the polarity of both valence and arousal dimensions would be easier to distinguish than a pair differing in only one dimension. The results indicate that the difference in the dimensions did not affect participants’ reaction time. Most pairs of emotional expressions, except those involving fear, were similarly discriminative. Reaction times to pairs with a fearful expression were faster than to those without. The fast reaction time to fearful facial expressions underscores the survival value of emotions.

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Metadaten
Titel
Running in fear: an investigation into the dimensional account of emotion in discriminating emotional expressions
verfasst von
L. Y. Lo
W. O. Li
L. P. Lee
P. S. Yeung
Publikationsdatum
17.05.2018
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Cognitive Processing / Ausgabe 4/2018
Print ISSN: 1612-4782
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-4790
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-018-0868-3

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