Emotion has no impact on attention in a change detection flicker task.

ABSTRACT: Past research provides conflicting findings regarding the influence of emotion on visual attention. Early studies suggested a broadening of attentional resources in relation to positive mood. However, more recent evidence indicates that positive emotions may not have a beneficial impact on attention, and that the relationship between emotion and attention may be mitigated by factors such as task demand or stimulus valence. The current study explored the effect of emotion on attention using the change detection flicker paradigm. Participants were induced into positive, neutral, and negative mood states and then completed a change detection task. A series of neutral scenes were presented and participants had to identify the location of a disappearing item in each scene. The change was made t

SUBMITTER: Bendall RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4612156 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature