It’s all in the past: Temporal-context effects modulate subjective evaluations of emotional visual stimuli, regardless of presentation sequence
The aim of this study was to investigate if and how temporal context influences the affective response to emotional images. To do so, we examined whether the subjective evaluation of a target image is influenced by the valence of its preceding image, and/or its overall position in a sequence of imag...
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| author | Kristína eCzekóová Daniel Joel Shaw Eva eJanoušová Tomáš eUrbánek |
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| description | The aim of this study was to investigate if and how temporal context influences the affective response to emotional images. To do so, we examined whether the subjective evaluation of a target image is influenced by the valence of its preceding image, and/or its overall position in a sequence of images. Furthermore, we assessed if these potentially confounding contextual effects can be moderated by a common procedural control: randomized stimulus presentation. Four groups of participants evaluated the same set of 120 IAPS pictures presented in four different sequences. Our data reveal strong effects of both aspects of temporal context in all presentation sequences, modified only slightly in their nature and magnitude. Furthermore, this was true for both valence and arousal ratings. Subjective ratings of negative target images were influenced by temporal context most strongly across all sequences. We also observed important gender differences: females expressed greater sensitivity to temporal-context effects and design manipulations relative to males, especially for negative images. Our results have important implications for future emotion research that employs normative picture stimuli, and contributes to our understanding of context effects in general. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1ed722663d544f7821f78ee9650e0462022-12-22T00:27:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-04-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.00367125782It’s all in the past: Temporal-context effects modulate subjective evaluations of emotional visual stimuli, regardless of presentation sequenceKristína eCzekóová0Daniel Joel Shaw1Eva eJanoušová2Tomáš eUrbánek3Masaryk UniversityMasaryk UniversityMasaryk UniversityAcademy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicThe aim of this study was to investigate if and how temporal context influences the affective response to emotional images. To do so, we examined whether the subjective evaluation of a target image is influenced by the valence of its preceding image, and/or its overall position in a sequence of images. Furthermore, we assessed if these potentially confounding contextual effects can be moderated by a common procedural control: randomized stimulus presentation. Four groups of participants evaluated the same set of 120 IAPS pictures presented in four different sequences. Our data reveal strong effects of both aspects of temporal context in all presentation sequences, modified only slightly in their nature and magnitude. Furthermore, this was true for both valence and arousal ratings. Subjective ratings of negative target images were influenced by temporal context most strongly across all sequences. We also observed important gender differences: females expressed greater sensitivity to temporal-context effects and design manipulations relative to males, especially for negative images. Our results have important implications for future emotion research that employs normative picture stimuli, and contributes to our understanding of context effects in general.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00367/fullemotiontemporal contextcontrast effectassimilation effectpresentation sequence |
| spellingShingle | Kristína eCzekóová Daniel Joel Shaw Eva eJanoušová Tomáš eUrbánek It’s all in the past: Temporal-context effects modulate subjective evaluations of emotional visual stimuli, regardless of presentation sequence Frontiers in Psychology emotion temporal context contrast effect assimilation effect presentation sequence |
| title | It’s all in the past: Temporal-context effects modulate subjective evaluations of emotional visual stimuli, regardless of presentation sequence |
| title_full | It’s all in the past: Temporal-context effects modulate subjective evaluations of emotional visual stimuli, regardless of presentation sequence |
| title_fullStr | It’s all in the past: Temporal-context effects modulate subjective evaluations of emotional visual stimuli, regardless of presentation sequence |
| title_full_unstemmed | It’s all in the past: Temporal-context effects modulate subjective evaluations of emotional visual stimuli, regardless of presentation sequence |
| title_short | It’s all in the past: Temporal-context effects modulate subjective evaluations of emotional visual stimuli, regardless of presentation sequence |
| title_sort | it s all in the past temporal context effects modulate subjective evaluations of emotional visual stimuli regardless of presentation sequence |
| topic | emotion temporal context contrast effect assimilation effect presentation sequence |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00367/full |
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