The role of presentation time, colour and facial gender in emotion recognition
LE3 .A278 2020
2020
Bleile, Karmen Jones, Stephanie
Acadia University
Bachelor of Science
Honours
Psychology
Many cues mediate how facial expressions convey emotional state; one such cue is colour. The current study examined colour-emotion relationships using a forced choice task in which participants identified emotions displayed by angry, sad, or neutral faces valenced by red, blue, or neutral backgrounds. As emotion processing occurs hierarchically, the study examined how varying presentation time (50, 100 or 200 ms) impacted identification. Regardless of time, it was predicted that emotionally congruent pairings (red-angry, sad-blue) would be identified more accurately than neutral or incongruent pairings, and neutral faces would be identified as the emotion with which their background colour was affectively linked. It was predicted that responses would vary by duration. Results highlighted the varying strengths of colour-emotion pairings as well as an unexpected relationship with facial gender. No effect of presentation time was observed.
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