Faces in the dark: Interactive effects of darkness and anxiety on the memory for threatening faces.

Faces in the dark: Interactive effects of darkness and anxiety on the memory for threatening faces.

In the current research, we extend past work on the effects of ambient darkness and threat to the domain of memory for expressive faces. In one study, we examined the effects of ambient darkness and individual differences in state anxiety on memory of unfamiliar expressive faces. Here, participants...

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Main Authors: Satoshi F Nakashima, Yuko eMorimoto, Yuji eTakano, Sakiko eYoshikawa, Kurt eHugenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Anxiety
Darkness
Facial Expression
face memory
threatening face
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01091/full

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