Facial Expressions of Emotion: Are Angry Faces Detected More Efficiently?

Journal article

The rapid detection of facial expressions of anger or threat has obvious adaptive value. In this study, we examined the efficiency of facial processing by means of a visual search task. Participants searched displays of schematic faces and were required to determine whether the faces displayed were all the same or whether one was different. Four main results were found: (1) When displays contained the same faces, people were slower in detecting the absence of a discrepant face when the faces ...

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Authors: Fox, E; Lester, V; Russo, R; Bowles, R; Pichler, A

• Journal: Cognition and emotion
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 61-92
• Publication date: 2000-01-01
• DOI: 10.1080/026999300378996
• EISSN: 1464-0600
• ISSN: 0269-9931
• Language: English