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ArticleCognitive processing2018

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

L Y Lo, W O Li, L P Lee, P S Yeung

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4 authors.

L Y LoHong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. lylo@hksyu.edu.
W O LiHong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
L P LeeHong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
P S YeungThe University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.

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Hong Kong Research Grants Committee UGC/FDS15/H21/
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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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Facial ExpressionAdolescentArousalDiscrimination, PsychologicalEmotionsFearFeedback, PhysiologicalFemaleHumansMaleReaction TimeYoung AdultDimensionDiscreteEmotion

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