Conscious access to fear-relevant information is mediated by threshold
Remigiusz Szczepanowski
Abstract
The present report proposed a model of access consciousness to fear-relevant information according to which there is a threshold for emotional perception beyond that the subject makes hits with no false alarm. The model was examined by having the participants performed a confidence-ratings masking task with fearful faces. Measures of the thresholds for conscious access were taken by looking at the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves generated from a three-state low- and high-threshold (3-LHT) model by Krantz. Indeed, the analysis of the masking data revealed that the ROCs had threshold-like-nature (a two-limb shape) rather continuous (a curvilinear shape) challenging in this fashion the classical signal-detection view on perceptual processing. Moreover, the threshold ROC curve exhibited the specific y-intercepts relevant to conscious access performance. The study suggests that the threshold can be an intrinsic property of conscious access, mediating emotional contents between perceptual states and consciousness.Author | |||||
Journal series | Polish Psychological Bulletin, ISSN 0079-2993, e-ISSN 1641-7844, (B 15 pkt) | ||||
Issue year | 2011 | ||||
Vol | 42 | ||||
No | 2 | ||||
Pages | 30-31 | ||||
Publication size in sheets | 0.3 | ||||
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DOI | DOI:10.2478/v10059-011-0009-7 | ||||
URL | brak linku - publikacja w druku | ||||
Language | en angielski | ||||
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Score (nominal) | 0 | ||||
Publication indicators | : 2011 = 0.246 | ||||
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Dorobek Naukowy - Preview URL | http://dn.swps.edu.pl/Podglad.aspx?WpisID=5938 | ||||
Dorobek Naukowy - Approve URL | http://dn.swps.edu.pl/Biuro/ZatwierdzanieWpisu.aspx?WpisID=5938 |
* presented citation count is obtained through Internet information analysis and it is close to the number calculated by the Publish or Perish system.
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