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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Qian W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3459896 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20120927 9
It is well known that emotion can modulate attentional processes. Previous studies have shown that even under restricted awareness, emotional facial expressions (especially threat-related) can guide the direction of spatial attention. However, it remains unclear whether emotional facial expressions under restricted awareness can affect temporal attention. To address this issue, we used a modified attentional blink (AB) paradigm in which masked (Experiment 1) or unmasked (Experiment 2) emotional ...[more]