Are visual threats prioritized without awareness? A critical review and meta-analysis involving 3 behavioral paradigms and 2696 observers.
Given capacity limits, only a subset of stimuli give rise to a conscious percept.
Neurocognitive models suggest that humans have evolved mechanisms that operate without …
Neurocognitive models suggest that humans have evolved mechanisms that operate without …
Long-term musical group interaction has a positive influence on empathy in children
TC Rabinowitch, I Cross, P Burnard - Psychology of music, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Musical group interaction (MGI) is a complex social setting requiring certain cognitive skills
that may also elicit shared psychological states. We argue that many MGI-specific features …
that may also elicit shared psychological states. We argue that many MGI-specific features …
Top-down influences on ambiguous perception: the role of stable and transient states of the observer
The world as it appears to the viewer is the result of a complex process of inference
performed by the brain. The validity of this apparently counter-intuitive assertion becomes …
performed by the brain. The validity of this apparently counter-intuitive assertion becomes …
Faces and awareness: low-level, not emotional factors determine perceptual dominance.
Threat-relevant stimuli such as fear faces are prioritized by the human visual system. Recent
research suggests that this prioritization begins during unconscious processing: A …
research suggests that this prioritization begins during unconscious processing: A …
[HTML][HTML] Unconscious evaluation of faces on social dimensions.
It has been proposed that two major axes, dominance and trustworthiness, characterize the
social dimensions of face evaluation. Whether evaluation of faces on these social …
social dimensions of face evaluation. Whether evaluation of faces on these social …
Access of emotional information to visual awareness in patients with major depressive disorder
P Sterzer, T Hilgenfeldt, P Freudenberg… - Psychological …, 2011 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAccording to cognitive theories of depression, negative biases affect most
cognitive processes including perception. Such depressive perception may result not only …
cognitive processes including perception. Such depressive perception may result not only …
Instructed threat enhances threat perception in faces.
Anxiety can boost the detection of potential threats in many ways. There is evidence that one
and the same facial expression can be perceived differently depending on whether it is seen …
and the same facial expression can be perceived differently depending on whether it is seen …
Anxiety increases breakthrough of threat stimuli in continuous flash suppression.
LP Capitão, SJV Underdown, S Vile, E Yang… - Emotion, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Trait anxiety is associated with an excessive processing of danger-related stimuli,
predisposing individuals to quickly detect threatening cues. Early, automatic mechanisms …
predisposing individuals to quickly detect threatening cues. Early, automatic mechanisms …
United we sense, divided we fail: context-driven perception of ambiguous visual stimuli
PC Klink, RJA van Wezel… - … Transactions of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ambiguous visual stimuli provide the brain with sensory information that contains conflicting
evidence for multiple mutually exclusive interpretations. Two distinct aspects of the …
evidence for multiple mutually exclusive interpretations. Two distinct aspects of the …
Onset rivalry: The initial dominance phase is independent of ongoing perceptual alternations
J Stanley, JD Forte, P Cavanagh… - Frontiers in Human …, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Binocular rivalry has been used to study a wide range of visual processes, from the
integration of low-level features to the selection of signals that reach awareness. However …
integration of low-level features to the selection of signals that reach awareness. However …