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ArticlePsychological research2023

Attentional capture in emotion comparison is orientation independent.

Giulio Baldassi, Mauro Murgia, Valter Prpic, Sara Rigutti, Dražen Domijan, Tiziano Agostini, Andrea Dissegna, Carlo Fantoni

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Article in Psychological research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Giulio BaldassiDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 21, 34128, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2114-3567
Mauro MurgiaDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 21, 34128, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-1157
Valter PrpicDe Montfort University, Leicester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1382-0951
Sara RiguttiDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 21, 34128, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5028-6535
Dražen DomijanUniversity of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-3397
Tiziano AgostiniDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 21, 34128, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0105-2999
Andrea DissegnaDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 21, 34128, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4333-3353
Carlo FantoniDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 21, 34128, Trieste, Italy. cfantoni@units.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7749-1771

Funding

Università degli Studi di Trieste RESRIC-FANTONI2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent findings on emotion comparison show a typical pattern of motor reactivity rising from attentional capture. When pairs of emotional faces are presented simultaneously, the most intense emotional face is recognized faster (Emotional Semantic Congruency-ESC effect). Furthermore, a global response speed advantage for emotional pairs with positive rather than negative average emotion intensity is observed (i.e., emotional size effect), with the choice for the happiest face resulting in a faster response than the choice for the angriest face within the pair (i.e., the happiness advantage). In two experiments, we asked whether these effects are orientation dependent, and thus linked to whether face processing is holistic or part-based. Participants were asked to choose the angriest/happiest face in emotional pairs displayed either in upright or inverted orientation and including (Experiment 1) or not including (Experiment 2) a neutral face. Beyond an overall facilitation for upright relative to inverted pairs, results showed orientation independent ESC and emotional size effects. Furthermore, the happiness advantage was present in emotional pairs of Experiment 2 but not in emotional pairs of Experiment 1, independently from face orientation. Together, results suggest that attentional capture in emotion comparison is immaterial on the type of face processing, being orientation invariant.

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EmotionsFacial ExpressionAngerAttentionHappinessHumans

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PMCPMC9928822

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