Contextual Valence and Sociality Jointly Influence the Early and Later Stages of Neutral Face Processing

Recent studies have demonstrated that face perception is influenced by emotional contextual information. However, because facial expressions are routinely decoded and understood during social communication, sociality should also be considered—that is, it seems necessary to explore whether emotional...

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Main Authors: Mengsi Xu, Zhiai Li, Liuting Diao, Lingxia Fan, Dong Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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LPP
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01258/full