The facilitated processing of threatening faces : an ERP analysis

Type of Publication: Journal article
URI (citable link): http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-opus-21243
Author: Schupp, Harald Thomas; Öhman, Arne; Junghöfer, Markus; Weike, Almut I.; Stockburger, Jessica; Hamm, Alfons
Year of publication: 2004
Published in: Emotion ; 4 (2004), 2. - pp. 189-200. - ISSN 1528-3542. - eISSN 1931-1516
DOI (citable link): https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1528-3542.4.2.189
Summary:
Threatening, friendly, and neutral faces were presented to test the hypothesis of the facilitated perceptual processing of threatening faces. Dense sensor event-related brain potentials were measured while subjects viewed facial stimuli. Subjects had no explicit task for emotional categorization of the faces. Assessing early perceptual stimulus processing, threatening faces elicited an early posterior negativity compared with nonthreatening neutral or friendly expressions. Moreover, at later stages of stimulus processing, facial threat also elicited augmented late positive potentials relative to the other facial expressions, indicating the more elaborate perceptual analysis of these stimuli. Taken together, these data demonstrate the facilitated perceptual processing of threatening faces. Results are discussed within the context of an evolved module of fear (A. Öhman & S. Mineka, 2001).
Subject (DDC): 150 Psychology
Keywords: event-related potentials, facial stimuli, threatening faces
Link to License: In Copyright
Bibliography of Konstanz: Yes

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SCHUPP, Harald Thomas, Arne ÖHMAN, Markus JUNGHÖFER, Almut I. WEIKE, Jessica STOCKBURGER, Alfons HAMM, 2004. The facilitated processing of threatening faces : an ERP analysis. In: Emotion. 4(2), pp. 189-200. ISSN 1528-3542. eISSN 1931-1516. Available under: doi: 10.1037/1528-3542.4.2.189

@article{Schupp2004facil-10804, title={The facilitated processing of threatening faces : an ERP analysis}, year={2004}, doi={10.1037/1528-3542.4.2.189}, number={2}, volume={4}, issn={1528-3542}, journal={Emotion}, pages={189--200}, author={Schupp, Harald Thomas and Öhman, Arne and Junghöfer, Markus and Weike, Almut I. and Stockburger, Jessica and Hamm, Alfons} }

Weike, Almut I. Junghöfer, Markus Schupp, Harald Thomas Stockburger, Jessica 2011-03-25T09:22:46Z Öhman, Arne terms-of-use Stockburger, Jessica First publ. in: Emotion 4 (2004), S. 189-200 2004 Weike, Almut I. application/pdf Öhman, Arne 2011-03-25T09:22:46Z eng Junghöfer, Markus Schupp, Harald Thomas Hamm, Alfons The facilitated processing of threatening faces : an ERP analysis Threatening, friendly, and neutral faces were presented to test the hypothesis of the facilitated perceptual processing of threatening faces. Dense sensor event-related brain potentials were measured while subjects viewed facial stimuli. Subjects had no explicit task for emotional categorization of the faces. Assessing early perceptual stimulus processing, threatening faces elicited an early posterior negativity compared with nonthreatening neutral or friendly expressions. Moreover, at later stages of stimulus processing, facial threat also elicited augmented late positive potentials relative to the other facial expressions, indicating the more elaborate perceptual analysis of these stimuli. Taken together, these data demonstrate the facilitated perceptual processing of threatening faces. Results are discussed within the context of an evolved module of fear (A. Öhman & S. Mineka, 2001). Hamm, Alfons

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