Automaticity and Hemispheric Specialization in Emotional Expression Recognition: Examined using a modified Stroop Task
Description:
The main focus of this investigation was to examine the automaticity of facial expression recognition through valence judgments in a modified photo-word Stroop paradigm. Positive and negative words were superimposed across male and female faces expressing positive (happy) and negative (angry, sad) emotions. Subjects categorized the valence of each stimulus. Gender biases in judgments of expressions (better recognition for male angry and female sad expressions) and the valence hypothesis of hemi…
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Date:
August 2002
Creator:
Beall, Paula M.
Partner:
UNT Libraries