Implicit processing of visual emotions is affected by sound-induced affective states and individual affective traits.

ABSTRACT: The ability to recognize emotions contained in facial expressions are affected by both affective traits and states and varies widely between individuals. While affective traits are stable in time, affective states can be regulated more rapidly by environmental stimuli, such as music, that indirectly modulate the brain state. Here, we tested whether a relaxing or irritating sound environment affects implicit processing of facial expressions. Moreover, we investigated whether and how individual traits of anxiety and emotional control interact with this process. 32 healthy subjects performed an implicit emotion processing task (presented to subjects as a gender discrimination task) while the sound environment was defined either by a) a therapeutic music sequence (MusiCure), b) a noise sequenc

SUBMITTER: Quarto T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4114563 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature