Familiarity Facilitates Detection of Angry Expressions
Personal familiarity facilitates rapid and optimized detection of faces. In this study, we investigated whether familiarity associated with faces can also facilitate the detection of facial expressions. Models of face processing propose that face identity and face expression detection are mediated b...
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| author | Vassiki Chauhan Matteo Visconti di Oleggio Castello Morgan Taylor Maria Ida Gobbini |
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| description | Personal familiarity facilitates rapid and optimized detection of faces. In this study, we investigated whether familiarity associated with faces can also facilitate the detection of facial expressions. Models of face processing propose that face identity and face expression detection are mediated by distinct pathways. We used a visual search paradigm to assess if facial expressions of emotion (anger and happiness) were detected more rapidly when produced by familiar as compared to unfamiliar faces. We found that participants detected an angry expression 11% more accurately and 135 ms faster when produced by familiar as compared to unfamiliar faces while happy expressions were detected with equivalent accuracies and at equivalent speeds for familiar and unfamiliar faces. These results suggest that detectors in the visual system dedicated to processing features of angry expressions are optimized for familiar faces. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f7fefc567bdb41acb12928702651a8692023-11-17T10:00:51ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252023-03-0113350910.3390/brainsci13030509Familiarity Facilitates Detection of Angry ExpressionsVassiki Chauhan0Matteo Visconti di Oleggio Castello1Morgan Taylor2Maria Ida Gobbini3Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USADepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USADepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USAIRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, 40139 Bologna, ItalyPersonal familiarity facilitates rapid and optimized detection of faces. In this study, we investigated whether familiarity associated with faces can also facilitate the detection of facial expressions. Models of face processing propose that face identity and face expression detection are mediated by distinct pathways. We used a visual search paradigm to assess if facial expressions of emotion (anger and happiness) were detected more rapidly when produced by familiar as compared to unfamiliar faces. We found that participants detected an angry expression 11% more accurately and 135 ms faster when produced by familiar as compared to unfamiliar faces while happy expressions were detected with equivalent accuracies and at equivalent speeds for familiar and unfamiliar faces. These results suggest that detectors in the visual system dedicated to processing features of angry expressions are optimized for familiar faces.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/3/509face perceptionfamiliar facesfacial expressionsemotionvisual search |
| spellingShingle | Vassiki Chauhan Matteo Visconti di Oleggio Castello Morgan Taylor Maria Ida Gobbini Familiarity Facilitates Detection of Angry Expressions Brain Sciences face perception familiar faces facial expressions emotion visual search |
| title | Familiarity Facilitates Detection of Angry Expressions |
| title_full | Familiarity Facilitates Detection of Angry Expressions |
| title_fullStr | Familiarity Facilitates Detection of Angry Expressions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Familiarity Facilitates Detection of Angry Expressions |
| title_short | Familiarity Facilitates Detection of Angry Expressions |
| title_sort | familiarity facilitates detection of angry expressions |
| topic | face perception familiar faces facial expressions emotion visual search |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/3/509 |
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