Attentional bias for positive words and negative facial expressions revealed in an emotional Stroop paradigm using concurrent stimulus and target
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Jalaf, U. and Patchay, S. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-7013-8940
(2009)
Attentional bias for positive words and negative facial expressions revealed in an emotional Stroop paradigm using concurrent stimulus and target.
In: Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference 2009, 1-3 Sep 2009, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.
Abstract
Research objectives: Attentional bias to emotional words and faces in trait anxiety was examined in an emotional Stroop paradigm where stimulus and target were concurrent and adjacent. A bias was expected for both negative and positive words and faces, with a greater interference in higher trait anxiety.
Design: Repeated-measures were used in a word and face emotional Stroop tasks to examine bias for emotion-laden relative to neutral stimuli.
Method: Participants were placed in low (n=20) and high (n=20) trait anxiety groups based on a median split of STAI-T scores. They were shown positive-valenced, negative-valenced and neutral words, and happy, sad and neutral facial expressions. Response times to name the background colour (target) of the words and faces (stimuli) were measured.
Results: No difference between the groups was found. Response times were slower for positive words and sad faces.
Conclusions: Interference also operates when emotional stimulus and target are presented concurrently in adjacent locations.
| Item Type: | Conference or Conference Paper (Poster) |
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| Additional Information: | [1] This poster was presented at the British Psychological Society (BPS) Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference held from 1-3 September 2009 in Hertfordshire, UK. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Stroop, facial expression, attentional bias, emotion |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Pre-2014 Departments: | School of Health & Social Care School of Health & Social Care > Department of Psychology & Counselling |
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| Last Modified: | 14 Oct 2016 09:11 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/4517 |
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