Submission Type
Poster
Abstract
The current study examined how fear-inducing stimuli affected the processing of subsequent stimuli. Previous research has shown that emotional stimuli can disrupt the processing of other stimuli that appear shortly after emotional pictures (e.g., Emotion Induced Blindness). A rapid serial visual presentation task was used in which pictures of spiders and snakes served as fear-inducing distractors, and we measured participants’ ability to identify target pictures in close temporal and spatial proximity to these distractors. Distractors hampered target identification more when they appeared in the same visual field, supporting a spatio-temporal competition account of Emotion Induced Blindness.
Recommended Citation
Mounts, Jeff, "211-Fear-Inducing Stimuli and Emotion-Induced Blindness" (2024). GREAT Day Posters. 58.
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/great-day-symposium/great-day-2024/posters-2024/58
211-Fear-Inducing Stimuli and Emotion-Induced Blindness
The current study examined how fear-inducing stimuli affected the processing of subsequent stimuli. Previous research has shown that emotional stimuli can disrupt the processing of other stimuli that appear shortly after emotional pictures (e.g., Emotion Induced Blindness). A rapid serial visual presentation task was used in which pictures of spiders and snakes served as fear-inducing distractors, and we measured participants’ ability to identify target pictures in close temporal and spatial proximity to these distractors. Distractors hampered target identification more when they appeared in the same visual field, supporting a spatio-temporal competition account of Emotion Induced Blindness.