That baby caught my eye... attention capture by infant faces.
Emotion
; 7(3): 685-9, 2007 Aug.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17683225
ABSTRACT
An alternative to the view that during evolution the human brain became specialized to preferentially attend to threat-related stimuli is to assume that all classes of stimuli that have high biological significance are prioritized by the attention system. Newborns are highly biologically relevant stimuli for members of a species, as their survival is important for reproductive success. The authors examined whether the Kindchenschema (baby schema) as described by Lorenz (1943) captures attention in the dot probe task. The results confirm attentional capture by photos of human infants presented to the left visual field, suggesting right hemisphere advantage. The magnitude of the attentional modulation was highly correlated with subjective arousal ratings of the photos. The findings show that biologically significant positive stimuli are prioritized by the attention system.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Attention
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Social Perception
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Affect
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Face
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Facial Expression
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Emotion
Journal subject:
PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Switzerland