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Emotional responses in spider fear are closely related to picture awareness

Nathalie Peira, Armita Golkar, Arne Öhman, Silke Anders, Stefan Wiens*

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Abstract

Theories of emotion propose that responses to emotional pictures can occur independently of whether or not people are aware of the picture content. Because evidence from dissociation paradigms is inconclusive, we manipulated picture awareness gradually and studied whether emotional responses varied with degree of awareness. Spider fearful and non-fearful participants viewed pictures of spiders and flowers at four levels of backward masking while electrodermal activity and heart rate were measured continuously. Recognition ratings confirmed that participants' picture awareness decreased with masking. Critically, effects of spider fear on emotion ratings and heart rate also decreased with masking. These findings suggest that effects of spider fear on emotion ratings and heart rate are closely related to picture awareness.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftCognition and Emotion
Jahrgang26
Ausgabenummer2
Seiten (von - bis)252-260
Seitenumfang9
ISSN0269-9931
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 02.2012

Fördermittel

Correspondence should be addressed to: Stefan Wiens, Frescati Hagväg 9, Psykologiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: [email protected] This study was supported by grants from the Swedish Research Foundation to SW (421-2004-1845, 421-2010-1697).

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  • Forschungsschwerpunkt: Gehirn, Hormone, Verhalten - Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM)

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