The visual impact of gossip.
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SUBMITTER: Anderson E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3141574 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
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The visual impact of gossip.
Anderson Eric E Siegel Erika H EH Bliss-Moreau Eliza E Barrett Lisa Feldman LF
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20110519 6036
Gossip is a form of affective information about who is friend and who is foe. We show that gossip does not influence only how a face is evaluated--it affects whether a face is seen in the first place. In two experiments, neutral faces were paired with negative, positive, or neutral gossip and were then presented alone in a binocular rivalry paradigm (faces were presented to one eye, houses to the other). In both studies, faces previously paired with negative (but not positive or neutral) gossip ...[more]
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