Facial expressions of emotion involve a physical component of morphological changes in a
face and an affective component conveying information about the expresser's internal …

We propose a framework to understand increases in vulnerability for depression after
recurrent episodes that links attention processes and schema activation to negative mood …

In order to successfully move about in the world and respond to its permanent challenges,
we have to rapidly make sense of our multifarious and fast-changing environment. To do so …

Is it easier to detect angry or happy facial expressions in crowds of faces? The present
studies used several variations of the visual search task to assess whether people …

In this study, the authors investigated how salient visual features capture attention and
facilitate detection of emotional facial expressions. In a visual search task, a target emotional …

Theoretical frameworks of anxiety propose that attentional biases to threat-related stimuli
cause or maintain anxious states. The current paper draws on theoretical frameworks and …

We report three experiments that investigate whether faces are capable of capturing
attention when in competition with other non-face objects. In Experiment 1a participants took …

The goal of this review is to critically examine contradictory findings in the study of visual
search for emotionally expressive faces. Several key issues are addressed: Can emotional …

Most theoretical models of anxiety disorders implicate maladaptive visuo-spatial attentional
processing of threat-relevant information in the onset and maintenance of symptoms. We …

Anxiety is characterized by the anticipation of aversive future events. The importance of
prestimulus anticipatory factors, such as goals and expectations, is well-established in both …