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Leppanen, Jukka M.; Moulson, Margaret C.; Vogel-Farley, Vanessa K.; Nelson, Charles A. – Child Development, 2007
To examine the ontogeny of emotional face processing, event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded from adults and 7-month-old infants while viewing pictures of fearful, happy, and neutral faces. Face-sensitive ERPs at occipital-temporal scalp regions differentiated between fearful and neutral/happy faces in both adults (N170 was larger for fear)…
Descriptors: Infants, Cognitive Processes, Adults, Human Body
Tharp, David A.; Redding, Gordon M. – 1976
The efficacy of gating in the processing of simple, multidimensional stimuli was investigated. In Experiment 1, a continuous classification task was used, with subjects sorting cards according to binary dimensions of line orientation and location. Results suggested that orientation and location are integral dimensions, facilitation occurring with…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Psychological Patterns, Psychological Studies
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Raymond, Jane E.; Fenske, Mark J.; Westoby, Nikki – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2005
Visual search has been studied extensively, yet little is known about how its constituent processes affect subsequent emotional evaluation of searched-for and searched-through items. In 3 experiments, the authors asked observers to locate a colored pattern or tinted face in an array of other patterns or faces. Shortly thereafter, either the target…
Descriptors: Attention, Inhibition, Psychological Patterns, Psychological Evaluation