Socially induced negative affective knowledge modulates early face perception but not gaze cueing of attention.

ABSTRACT: Prior affective and social knowledge about other individuals has been shown to modulate perception of their faces and gaze-related attentional processes. However, it remains unclear whether emotionally charged knowledge acquired through interactive social learning also modulates face processing and attentional control. Thus, the aim of this study was to test whether affective knowledge induced through social interactions in a naturalistic exchange game can influence early stages of face processing and attentional shifts in a subsequent gaze-cueing task. As indicated by self-reported ratings, the game was successful in inducing valenced affective knowledge towards positive and negative players. In the subsequent task, in which the locations of future targets were cued by the gaze of the gam

SUBMITTER: Matyjek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8459251 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature