Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigm

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Autor(a) principal: Rosa, Pedro Joel
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Gamito, Pedro, Oliveira, Jorge, Morais, Diogo, Saraiva, Tomaz
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10437/2299
Resumo: Snakes are thought as fear-relevant stimuli (biologically prepared to be associated with fear) which can lead to an enhanced attentional capture when compared fear-irrelevant stimuli. Inherent limitations related to the key-press behaviour might be bypassed with the measurement of eye movements, since they are more closely related to attentional processes than reaction times. An eye tracking technique was combined with the flicker paradigm in two studies. A sample of university students was gathered. In both studies, an instruction to detect changes between the pair of scenes was given. Attentional orienting for the changing element in the scene was analyzed, as well the role of fear of snakes as a moderator variable. The results for both studies revealed a significant shorter time to first fixation for snake stimuli when compared to control stimuli. A facilitating effect of fear of snakes was also found for snakes, presenting the highly fear participants a shorter a time to first fixation for snake stimuli when compared to low-feared participants. The results are in line with current research that supports the advantage of snakes to grab attention due their evo-biological significance.
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spelling Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigmEYE TRACKINGATENÇÃOESTÍMULOS EMOCIONAISMEDOPSICOLOGIAEYE TRACKINGATTENTIONEMOTIONAL STIMULIFEARPSYCHOLOGYSnakes are thought as fear-relevant stimuli (biologically prepared to be associated with fear) which can lead to an enhanced attentional capture when compared fear-irrelevant stimuli. Inherent limitations related to the key-press behaviour might be bypassed with the measurement of eye movements, since they are more closely related to attentional processes than reaction times. An eye tracking technique was combined with the flicker paradigm in two studies. A sample of university students was gathered. In both studies, an instruction to detect changes between the pair of scenes was given. Attentional orienting for the changing element in the scene was analyzed, as well the role of fear of snakes as a moderator variable. The results for both studies revealed a significant shorter time to first fixation for snake stimuli when compared to control stimuli. A facilitating effect of fear of snakes was also found for snakes, presenting the highly fear participants a shorter a time to first fixation for snake stimuli when compared to low-feared participants. The results are in line with current research that supports the advantage of snakes to grab attention due their evo-biological significance.Edições Universitárias Lusófonas2012-04-04T12:19:51Z2011-01-01T00:00:00Z2011info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10437/2299eng1647-7677Rosa, Pedro JoelGamito, PedroOliveira, JorgeMorais, DiogoSaraiva, Tomazinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-09T14:06:30Zoai:recil.ensinolusofona.pt:10437/2299Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:14:02.747072Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigm
title Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigm
spellingShingle Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigm
Rosa, Pedro Joel
EYE TRACKING
ATENÇÃO
ESTÍMULOS EMOCIONAIS
MEDO
PSICOLOGIA
EYE TRACKING
ATTENTION
EMOTIONAL STIMULI
FEAR
PSYCHOLOGY
title_short Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigm
title_full Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigm
title_fullStr Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigm
title_full_unstemmed Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigm
title_sort Attentional orienting to biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation flicker paradigm
author Rosa, Pedro Joel
author_facet Rosa, Pedro Joel
Gamito, Pedro
Oliveira, Jorge
Morais, Diogo
Saraiva, Tomaz
author_role author
author2 Gamito, Pedro
Oliveira, Jorge
Morais, Diogo
Saraiva, Tomaz
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rosa, Pedro Joel
Gamito, Pedro
Oliveira, Jorge
Morais, Diogo
Saraiva, Tomaz
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv EYE TRACKING
ATENÇÃO
ESTÍMULOS EMOCIONAIS
MEDO
PSICOLOGIA
EYE TRACKING
ATTENTION
EMOTIONAL STIMULI
FEAR
PSYCHOLOGY
topic EYE TRACKING
ATENÇÃO
ESTÍMULOS EMOCIONAIS
MEDO
PSICOLOGIA
EYE TRACKING
ATTENTION
EMOTIONAL STIMULI
FEAR
PSYCHOLOGY
description Snakes are thought as fear-relevant stimuli (biologically prepared to be associated with fear) which can lead to an enhanced attentional capture when compared fear-irrelevant stimuli. Inherent limitations related to the key-press behaviour might be bypassed with the measurement of eye movements, since they are more closely related to attentional processes than reaction times. An eye tracking technique was combined with the flicker paradigm in two studies. A sample of university students was gathered. In both studies, an instruction to detect changes between the pair of scenes was given. Attentional orienting for the changing element in the scene was analyzed, as well the role of fear of snakes as a moderator variable. The results for both studies revealed a significant shorter time to first fixation for snake stimuli when compared to control stimuli. A facilitating effect of fear of snakes was also found for snakes, presenting the highly fear participants a shorter a time to first fixation for snake stimuli when compared to low-feared participants. The results are in line with current research that supports the advantage of snakes to grab attention due their evo-biological significance.
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