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- Title
Enhanced processing of threatening stimuli: The case of face recognition.
- Authors
Mealey, Linda
- Abstract
Because of their evolutionary importance, threat-detection mechanisms are likely to exist at a variety of levels. A recent study of face recognition suggests that novel stimuli receive enhanced processing when presented as fear-related. This suggests the existence of a complex, context-dependent threat-detection mechanism that can adaptively respond to spatiotemporally varying and unique environmental features.
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 1995, Vol 18, Issue 2, p304
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X00038589