Clarifying the effect of facial emotional expression on inattentional blindness

Dennis Redlich*, Daniel Memmert, Carina Kreitz

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Abstract

Conscious perception often fails when an object appears unexpectedly and our attention is focused elsewhere (inattentional blindness). While various factors have been identified as determinants of inattentional blindness, the influence of an unexpected object́s semantic value remains ambiguous. This is also true for the supposedly evolutionary meaning of faces; some studies found higher detection rates for faces while others did not or used control conditions that differed in physical aspects of the stimulus as well. In the proposed studies we aim to replicate and clarify the effect of the semantic value of faces on inattentional blindness in a controlled and systematic manner.
Original languageEnglish
Article number103050
JournalConsciousness and cognition : an international journal
Volume87
ISSN1053-8100
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.2021

Research areas and keywords

  • Attention bias
  • Conscious awareness
  • Value

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