Predicting affective information – An evaluation of repetition suppression effects

Both theoretical proposals and empirical studies suggest that the brain interprets sensory input based on prior expectations to mitigate computational burden. However, as social beings, much of sensory input is affectively loaded – e.g., the smile of a partner, the critical voice of a boss, or the w...

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Main Authors: Sabrina Trapp, Sonja Kotz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01365/full