Investigating Eye Movements to Examine Attachment-Related Differences in Facial Emotion Perception and Face Memory.

ABSTRACT: Individual differences in attachment orientations may influence how we process emotionally significant stimuli. As one of the most important sources of emotional information are facial expressions, we examined whether there is an association between adult attachment styles (i.e., scores on the ECR questionnaire, which measures the avoidance and anxiety dimensions of attachment), facial emotion perception and face memory in a neurotypical sample. Trait and state anxiety were also measured as covariates. Eye-tracking was used during the emotion decision task (happy vs. sad faces) and the subsequent facial recognition task; the length of fixations to different face regions was measured as the dependent variable. Linear mixed models suggested that differences during emotion perception may resu

SUBMITTER: Torok-Suri K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11856241 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature