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Distinct contributions to facial emotion perception of foveated vs nonfoveated facial features

Atkinson, A.P.; Smithson, H.E.

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Authors

H.E. Smithson



Abstract

Foveated stimuli receive visual processing that is quantitatively and qualitatively different from non-foveated stimuli. At normal interpersonal distances, people move their eyes around another’s face so that certain features receive foveal processing; on any given fixation, other features therefore project extrafoveally. Yet little is known about the processing of extrafoveally-presented facial features, how informative those extrafoveally-presented features are for face perception (e.g., for assessing another’s emotion), or what processes extract task-relevant (e.g., emotion-related) cues from facial features that first appear outside the fovea, and how these processes are implemented in the brain.

Citation

Atkinson, A., & Smithson, H. (2013). Distinct contributions to facial emotion perception of foveated vs nonfoveated facial features. Emotion Review, 5(1), 30-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073912457226

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 26, 2012
Publication Date Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date Jun 28, 2012
Publicly Available Date Dec 17, 2013
Journal Emotion Review
Print ISSN 1754-0739
Electronic ISSN 1754-0747
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 5
Issue 1
Pages 30-35
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073912457226
Keywords Amygdala, Attention, Emotion perception, Eye movements, Face perception, Peripheral vision, Magnocellular.

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The final definitive version of this article has been published in the journal Emotion review, 5/1, 2013 © The Authors by SAGE Publications Ltd on behalf of the International Society for Research on Emotion at the Emotion review page: http://emr.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/





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