Auditory Emotion Word Primes Influence Emotional Face Categorization in Children and Adults, but Not Vice Versa
In order to assess how the perception of audible speech and facial expressions influence one another for the perception of emotions, and how this influence might change over the course of development, we conducted two cross-modal priming experiments with three age groups of children (6-, 9-, and 12-...
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| description | In order to assess how the perception of audible speech and facial expressions influence one another for the perception of emotions, and how this influence might change over the course of development, we conducted two cross-modal priming experiments with three age groups of children (6-, 9-, and 12-years old), as well as college-aged adults. In Experiment 1, 74 children and 24 adult participants were tasked with categorizing photographs of emotional faces as positive or negative as quickly as possible after being primed with emotion words presented via audio in valence-congruent and valence-incongruent trials. In Experiment 2, 67 children and 24 adult participants carried out a similar categorization task, but with faces acting as visual primes, and emotion words acting as auditory targets. The results of Experiment 1 showed that participants made more errors when categorizing positive faces primed by negative words versus positive words, and that 6-year-old children are particularly sensitive to positive word primes, giving faster correct responses regardless of target valence. Meanwhile, the results of Experiment 2 did not show any congruency effects for priming by facial expressions. Thus, audible emotion words seem to exert an influence on the emotional categorization of faces, while faces do not seem to influence the categorization of emotion words in a significant way. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc833dfd23a14a8e86cefbdd5738239a2022-12-22T03:10:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-05-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.00618360743Auditory Emotion Word Primes Influence Emotional Face Categorization in Children and Adults, but Not Vice VersaMichael Vesker0Daniela Bahn1Christina Kauschke2Monika Tschense3Franziska Degé4Gudrun Schwarzer5Department of Developmental Psychology, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Giessen, GermanyClinical Linguistics, Department of German Linguistics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, GermanyClinical Linguistics, Department of German Linguistics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, GermanyClinical Linguistics, Department of German Linguistics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Giessen, GermanyDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Giessen, GermanyIn order to assess how the perception of audible speech and facial expressions influence one another for the perception of emotions, and how this influence might change over the course of development, we conducted two cross-modal priming experiments with three age groups of children (6-, 9-, and 12-years old), as well as college-aged adults. In Experiment 1, 74 children and 24 adult participants were tasked with categorizing photographs of emotional faces as positive or negative as quickly as possible after being primed with emotion words presented via audio in valence-congruent and valence-incongruent trials. In Experiment 2, 67 children and 24 adult participants carried out a similar categorization task, but with faces acting as visual primes, and emotion words acting as auditory targets. The results of Experiment 1 showed that participants made more errors when categorizing positive faces primed by negative words versus positive words, and that 6-year-old children are particularly sensitive to positive word primes, giving faster correct responses regardless of target valence. Meanwhile, the results of Experiment 2 did not show any congruency effects for priming by facial expressions. Thus, audible emotion words seem to exert an influence on the emotional categorization of faces, while faces do not seem to influence the categorization of emotion words in a significant way.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00618/fullemotion processingcross-modal integrationpriming effectsemotion wordsemotional facial expressionsdevelopmental changes |
| spellingShingle | Michael Vesker Daniela Bahn Christina Kauschke Monika Tschense Franziska Degé Gudrun Schwarzer Auditory Emotion Word Primes Influence Emotional Face Categorization in Children and Adults, but Not Vice Versa Frontiers in Psychology emotion processing cross-modal integration priming effects emotion words emotional facial expressions developmental changes |
| title | Auditory Emotion Word Primes Influence Emotional Face Categorization in Children and Adults, but Not Vice Versa |
| title_full | Auditory Emotion Word Primes Influence Emotional Face Categorization in Children and Adults, but Not Vice Versa |
| title_fullStr | Auditory Emotion Word Primes Influence Emotional Face Categorization in Children and Adults, but Not Vice Versa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Auditory Emotion Word Primes Influence Emotional Face Categorization in Children and Adults, but Not Vice Versa |
| title_short | Auditory Emotion Word Primes Influence Emotional Face Categorization in Children and Adults, but Not Vice Versa |
| title_sort | auditory emotion word primes influence emotional face categorization in children and adults but not vice versa |
| topic | emotion processing cross-modal integration priming effects emotion words emotional facial expressions developmental changes |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00618/full |
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