Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorForbes, S.
dc.contributor.authorPurkis, H.
dc.contributor.authorLipp, Ottmar
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:20:46Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:20:46Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:09:02Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationForbes, S. and Purkis, H. and Lipp, O. 2011. Better safe than sorry: Simplistic fear-relevant stimuli capture attention. Cognition and Emotion. 25 (5): pp. 794-804.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30644
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02699931.2010.514710
dc.description.abstract

It has been consistently demonstrated that fear-relevant images capture attention preferentially over fear-irrelevant images. Current theory suggests that this faster processing could be mediated by an evolved module that allows certain stimulus features to attract attention automatically, prior to the detailed processing of the image. The present research investigated whether simplified images of fear-relevant stimuli would produce interference with target detection in a visual search task. In Experiment 1, silhouettes and degraded silhouettes of fear-relevant animals produced more interference than did the fear-irrelevant images. Experiment 2, compared the effects of fear-relevant and fear-irrelevant distracters and confirmed that the interference produced by fear-relevant distracters was not an effect of novelty. Experiment 3 suggested that fear-relevant stimuli produced interference regardless of whether participants were instructed as to the content of the images. The three experiments indicate that even very simplistic images of fear-relevant animals can divert attention. © 2010 Psychology Press.

dc.titleBetter safe than sorry: Simplistic fear-relevant stimuli capture attention
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume25
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage794
dcterms.source.endPage804
dcterms.source.issn0269-9931
dcterms.source.titleCognition and Emotion
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


Files in this item

FilesSizeFormatView

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record