Signal Detection on the Battlefield: Priming Self-Protection vs. Revenge-Mindedness Differentially Modulates the Detection of Enemies and Allies

Detecting signs that someone is a member of a hostile outgroup can depend on very subtle cues. How do ecology-relevant motivational states affect such detections? This research investigated the detection of briefly-presented enemy (versus friend) insignias after participants were primed to be self-p...

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Main Authors: Becker, D. Vaughn, Mortensen, Chad R., Shapiro, Jenessa R., Anderson, Uriah S., Sasaki, Takao, Maner, Jon K., Neuberg, Steven L., Kenrick, Douglas T., Ackerman, Joshua
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69071