Task-irrelevant threatening information is harder to ignore than other valences.
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DOI: 10.1037/emo0001189.supp
Abstract: Emotionally salient objects activate the survival circuits of the brain and are given priority in cognitive processing, even at the cost of inhibiting ongoing activities. These circuits arouse and prepare the organism to take swift… read more here.
Keywords: threatening stimuli; irrelevant threatening; task; harder ... See more keywords
Integration of prior knowledge during haptic exploration depends on information type.
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DOI: 10.1167/19.4.20
Abstract: When haptically exploring softness, humans use higher peak forces when indenting harder versus softer objects. Here, we investigated the influence of different channels and types of prior knowledge on initial peak forces. Participants explored two… read more here.
Keywords: prior knowledge; information; integration prior; knowledge ... See more keywords